[development] file handling, open_basedir for 4.7?

[Gabor Hojtsy]

IMHO it is critical, Dries pointed out that Drupal should aim to be
working at least on the small hosted environments, where open_basedir
issues are of concern. This bugfix is long overdue.

Goba

Darrel O'Pry wrote:
> Whats the consensus on supporting open_basedir for 4.7. I have one issue
> open with that I'd appreciate some external testing on...
> http://drupal.org/node/5961
> 
> If open_basedir support is not critical for 4.7 I'll downgrade the bug.
> Regardless I'd like to have it working. So if you have time for patch
> review please poke at it.
>