[development] A replacement for cron hook

[Sammy Spets]

Hi Omar,

I've posted a feature request for schedule module with my wishlist. 
Others can add to that. :)

http://drupal.org/node/98863

Cheers,

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Sammy Spets
Synerger Pty Ltd
http://synerger.com

On 21-Nov-06 13:48, Omar Abdel-Wahab wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I was in #drupal couple days ago chatting with dww and rDoughlass about  
> dbbackup and dba.
> 
> The the discussion drifted to this point:
> 
> Why not introduce a module that will allow both modules and users to add  
> scheduled tasks to Drupal.
> 
> I mean, instead of every module adding its own logic to maintain a task  
> over a specific period/schedule, why not introduct module developer with a  
> new hook that will provide an array of scheduled functions to run. And  
> will also allow users to call some urls/function calls on scheduled basis.
> 
> This won't replace or rewrite the functionality provided by Actions and  
> Workflow module or even do what schedule module does.
> 
> It's a re-designed scheduler module that may replace cron.
> 
> What do you all think?
> 
> Omar