[development] RFC: Module checksum module

[Gábor Hojtsy]

Hi Olivier,

Many of us just use straight CVS checkouts of the modules. Then you
can just do a CVS diff and see what kinds of changes you made to the
module, if you did.

Gábor

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Olivier Jacquet <ojacquet at jax.be> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> When developing with Drupal you often use contrib modules. When using
> contrib modules it happens that you find a bug or need it to behave
> differently than what was intended. So you modify the module.
>
> Now you have to have a method for knowing that this module is no longer the
> stock contrib module. I've seen different shops hande this in different ways
> but never really in a robust way.
>
> That's why I want to suggest the "module checksum" module. When you activate
> a module, the directory it is in is checksummed and the result stored. The
> module then allows you to rerun the checksum against all modules and shows
> for which modules the new checksum no longer matches. These are the modules
> that have been modified. With this list you can make sure you have the
> necessary patches before you upgrade said modules.
>
> I've briefly looked around and have not found anything like this. Is there?
> Any other suggestions or remarks? If not, I think I'll go ahead and make it.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Olivier
>