[development] 'old' core 6 & new 7, working together..? +crossite

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(I tried to respond on a particular message, but don't know how)

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Thanks for all the feedback. Ofcourse; backwards programming doesn't make sense. But
I encountered several sites running on core 5, because there isn't even
an upgrade for the mods they need to core 6, or only a preliminary one.
I'm not going to make a report of what I encountered (last 4 days
uploading many-many mods); probably all here are familiar with the problem.

There are mods that have something about what I suggested, like this 'outdated' module I just encountered:
http://drupal.org/project/crossite

Many usefull mods are written for 5 and never updated for
6, see for example this hyper-modern site that untill now only can run on 5:
http://drupal.org/node/342472

So
the question: what is outdated in these? Ofcourse the new core 7, not
at all. But the whole package with the mods, will be literally outdated
for one year, up to some years.

Why not getting crossite running
again, in a new and broader & standardized form, for both 6 and 7? Maybe even changing the
7 core before the definitive first release, to anticipate for this development & make some transitions
smoother?
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IF SO:

1) one could run some parts on core 6 and others on core 7, for the first 2 years untill almost all necessary mods are on 7. Everyone could migrate inmediately to 7, so it would be a step forward with a smooth transition, not backward;

2) The same system (updated) can in future also be used for 7 to 8, so its not a one time case and lost creativity;

3)
Several other web-programs have some bridge with Drupal, but quite
amateuristic and no broad development support to get the basic/general
API ready for all of these specific bridges (, communicators, exchangers, integrators a.s.o.).

It might be web-worlds future hype, or already is with integrating gadgets, cellphones, twitter,
facebook, groups, mediawiki and so on. Mediawiki was partly running,
but with new releases it stopped running again, lacking a protocol for
both Drupal and Mediawiki. Yes, it is difficult to get the core
optimized for this and make a sort of inter... protocol how
programs best can bridge with as many aspects as possible. But because of the importance, to my opinion
it should become a main developers community task to get done

Do
we still need to wait untill core 8 for such a development? Actually I had a test site on 5 and had to
wait 2 years before not even all required modules were up to date. So I
might start soon in 6, but I'm still missing some features from 5.
If
possible, I recommend to start working on bridging even before the release of 7,
examining if there better needs to be changes in the basics of core 7 first, to optimise for
an additional 'general bridge API'.

My sincere excuses to all voluntary programmers; but
succesfully learning how to program these mods, would cost me too much
time. I better concentrate my volunteer work on building the social
site with the mods & getting that project running. In doing so, I can check the latest dev's and feedback. Like who knows for example, if I encounter a problem for this 'new' preliminary dev securelogin:
http://drupal.org/node/146238/release

Good luck with core 7!
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