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[Brian Fending]

+1 for moshe's .02. Contrib should not, IMO, try to modify that extensively.
Reference point is CCK, which gained simplicity in its inclusion in Core,
but did not assume it. Kosher Law notwithstanding.


On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Moshe Weitzman <weitzman at tejasa.com> wrote:

> my .02 is that such altering is quite reasonable for custom
> programming but not so kosher for contrib modules
>
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 12:19 PM, nan wich <nan_wich at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > Is there an official stance on using hook_schema_alter to add columns to
> > core tables? For example, we collect additional data on anonymous
> comments
> > and want to actually save that data. Rather than creating another table
> (and
> > subsequent JOINs), I'd just as soon stuff that data into the comments
> table,
> > where it belongs. Should we ever disable comments (unlikely), we probably
> > wouldn't mind losing that data too.
> >
> >
> > Nancy E. Wichmann, PMP
> >
> > Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L.
> King,
> > Jr.
>
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