On Wednesday 11 June 2008, Aaron Winborn wrote:
Regarding Drupal FTP at http://drupal.org/project/drupal_ftp
[snip]
... The project itself came partly out of the poor file handling that Drupal has had in the past (but will hopefully be fixed with http://drupal.org/node/142995 hint hint...)
[snip] I'm all in favor of improving Drupal's core file handling. But also when discussions like this come up, I mention http://drupal.org/project/upapi (Upload API contrib module). If I could rally the troops around this module it could become a great thing. One thing this module does is invoke hooks to let other modules know when new files have been uploaded and act on them. I can imagine an add-on that detects FTPed files, and inserts them into the upapi system (which currently only supports uploads via forms).
Should I entirely remove the project? Officially abandon it? Amend or replace the project page with a warning, in case people are actually using it? Ask for a security team audit if we decide to keep it?
I'd maintain it if you need it, hand it off if you don't. But don't remove it entirely. -Dave