+1 for moshe's .02. Contrib should not, IMO, try to modify that extensively. Reference point is CCK, which gained simplicity in its inclusion in Core, but did not assume it. Kosher Law notwithstanding. On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Moshe Weitzman <weitzman@tejasa.com> wrote:
my .02 is that such altering is quite reasonable for custom programming but not so kosher for contrib modules
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 12:19 PM, nan wich <nan_wich@bellsouth.net> wrote:
Is there an official stance on using hook_schema_alter to add columns to core tables? For example, we collect additional data on anonymous comments and want to actually save that data. Rather than creating another table (and subsequent JOINs), I'd just as soon stuff that data into the comments table, where it belongs. Should we ever disable comments (unlikely), we probably wouldn't mind losing that data too.
Nancy E. Wichmann, PMP
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