[drupal-devel] why is node.module not required?

[Gabor Hojtsy]

>>>What is the reason for node.module is not a required one? What can
>>>Drupal be used without nodes?
>>
>>As an aggregator for example, or basically anything that does not
>>involve content publishing, but involves users. Like database
>>administration (eg. with the DBA module).
> 
> Drupal does not work with node switched off:
> 
> theme_get_settings calls node_list .
> 
> Either we fix this or simply make node required.

I vote for fixing it.

Goba