[development] Drupal 7 API Change notification: system_settings_form() automatic defaults reverted, hook_menu_active_handler_alter() removed

[Alex Bronstein]

If anyone on this list is adversely affected by the removal of 
hook_menu_active_handler_alter(), please share your use-case on 
http://drupal.org/node/838408.

Thanks,
Alex.

Randy Fay wrote:
> /We try to notify this list when API changes are made in Drupal 7, so 
> contrib and custom developers have a chance to fix their code before 
> they have the pain of figuring out why it's broken.
>
> /FIrst, *system_settings_form() *had until this weekend an "automatic 
> defaults" capability, removing the need to set '#default_value' => 
> variable_get('whatever', 'def') in your system settings form. The 
> automatic defaults capability was rolled back (issue 
> <http://drupal.org/node/266246>) so that means that wherever you have 
> been using system_settings_form() without explicitly setting the 
> #default_value to a variable_get(), you will have to go back in and 
> set it up as you would have in Drupal 6. This is a significant API 
> change and will have widespread impact, so check your system settings 
> forms.
>
> Second, *hook_menu_active_handler_alter() *was removed from Drupal 7 
> (issue <http://drupal.org/node/838408>), so if you have used that, you 
> will have to rework your code.
>
> Thanks,
> -Randy
>
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