[development] CVS HEAD, code freeze, zeitgeist

[Darrel O'Pry]

On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 22:45 +0200, Dries Buytaert wrote:
> Hello world,
> 
> I wanted to point out that the code freeze starts less than two weeks  
> from now.
> 
> Since Drupal 4.7 was released, we added a fair number of features to  
> the development version of Drupal.  Enough features to justify making  
> a release.  It will be a very exciting release, even, with features  
> like the installer, the foundation for custom content types and  
> various usability improvements including improved administration  
> pages!  Thanks to the great work of many people, we hit quite a few  
> milestones.  :)
> 
> Before we move on to discuss whether this release should be called  
> 4.8 or 5.0 (let's save that discussion for _after_ the code freeze  
> when all the work is complete!), I wanted to ask if everybody is  
> still happy with the date of the code freeze, and the fact that we're  
> about to transition to a new branch.  We're about to freeze core  
> development for several months as we work out the new bugs we've  
> introduced.  In addition, module authors will have to upgrade their  
> modules to be compatible with CVS HEAD, and translators will need to  
> update their translations.
> 
> I sense that most people are ready for all this, but that at least a  
> number of people are still catching up with the Drupal 4.7 madness.   
> Just look at the translation status page (http://drupal.org/ 
> translation-status), for example.  Certainly, the translators are  
> behind a little.  Given more time, they would likely still be behind.
> 
> Note that I'm not suggesting that we postpone the code freeze.   
> Rather, I figured it wouldn't hurt to share our thoughts about the  
> code freeze and all the work we have done so far.   I know this could  
> be a long discussion with a lot of different opinions but -- believe  
> it or not -- ultimately conversations like these add value (as long  
> we're careful enough to stay on topic).   If anything, such  
> discussions help us understand each other's goals and problems, and  
> help us to collectively figure out the current Drupal zeitgeist.
> 
> --
> Dries Buytaert  ::  http://www.buytaert.net/


Lets adhere to the freeze date. I have some stuff I'd like to get in
head, but I will live with it in contrib until another release. I'm too
busy to really polish it up for head and test it properly.

I think we have enough to shore up for a solid next release. I really
like the ui improvement's. I'd like to see the modules admin patch make
it before the freeze. 

I think we're looking at a solid next release already.. changes like
moving the modules into their own dirs, sites/all, block visibility by
role, render node->body using fapi style arrays, splitting css by
module, plus the plethora ofh ui and performance patches, make me
excited... I'm looking forward to the pre-release debuggin binge for
DRUPAL_NEXT already.