Drupal without modifications (Re: [development] Extend database abstraction layer, to include table creation.)

[Bèr Kessels]

Op maandag 15 mei 2006 14:34, schreef Gary (Lists):
> And my point is not to be taken as "just a complaint", for it is not.  It's
> a real barrier, most especially, to keeping things up to date and
> implementing new features as they become recommended.

Op zondag 14 mei 2006 14:45, schreef Gerhard Killesreiter:
> You are making these changes because you can. You skills help you to run
> better sites. But even if you had not the skills you yould still use
> Drupal. Sure, your sites would lack a feature here and there, but that's
> not the point. The point is that Drupal "out of the box" works for a lot
> of people and you don't need to know PHP to set up a site which already
> has a lot of features.

I am not complaining. I am saying two things:
1) Drupal is very powerfull (mostly becuase of its architecture) for 
modificated websites. There is absolutely no way that I could hack Joomja, or 
Nuke in such an easy way (I used both a lot, so its not just a matter of 
knowing one app better). Which is was my reason for moving to Drupal.
2) Becuase Drupal has this power, and this great "feature", we have a real gem 
at hand! We should not forget that a lot of people might use Drupal for this 
very reason too. Focussing only on end-user improvements, is IMO bad. That is 
my main point.

Dries points out in several blog posts and mailinglists mails that the low 
"hop on level" is a good thing in Drupal. 
I wanted to add to his points the fact that it is easy to hack Drupal. 

Hacking your stuff is not bad. Because IMO getting a good site up n Running 
you simply cannot do without it. 

From the Lets keep Drupal Hack Friendly dept. Bèr