I just tried to install Views on a pretty fresh Drupal 6 and all I get is Page not found errors.

I cannot access any part of the site. I still see my theme.

I tried to:

- turn off Views in the database
- clear cache
- clear cookies in browser
- remove the Views files

but it didn't solve anything.

Help...

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merlinofchaos’s picture

merlinofchaos commented
Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

Please read the release notes for the version that you're posting issues against before posting issues against it.

buggs_moran’s picture

buggs_moran commented

Sorry Merlin,

But I am lost on how to uninstall it from the database.

Guess I could've read the one liner note...duh.

dsp1’s picture

dsp1 commented

Merlin,

FYI: the Available updates shows the Jan 5th version which if installed makes the drupal install totally unusable.
Jan 3rd versions runs OK.

Views 6.x-2.x-dev (2008-Jan-03)
Recommended version: 6.x-2.x-dev (2008-Jan-05) Download Release notes

maybe not show that release in Available updates if it is going to break the system.
just a thought.

had to delete all tables and re-run install. no biggie since it is just testing right now.

merlinofchaos’s picture

merlinofchaos commented

By "not even a little usable" I seriously mean "don't use this". Is it that hard?

There are people who might be developing this, and thus need the -dev version. I don't have any control over the dev versions -- they are packaged at midnight and noon automatically. Please, please, please do not do something like that. I'm really sorry you installed unusable software, but if you deleted the module from your system, I have absolutely no idea what else it could've done that even caused this problem, and I have little enough time to actually develop this thing without dealing with this kind of an issue.

I'll change the release notes and the project page to make absolutely sure this doesn't happen again.

dsp1’s picture

dsp1 commented

no biggie. we are all overworked. and we all appreciate your hard work!

just wanted to let you know because it is showing as recommended within drupal update status module.
some people might not read the release notes. most of the time I do. ;)

and many developers are using the endless DEV as the full release. seems like file naming has got a little non-standard lately with all the different module developers.
just a suggestion, maybe adding ALPHA to the file name.

thanks.

merlinofchaos’s picture

merlinofchaos commented

Well, the problem is that I try to use a normal release structure.

When I make it -alpha, it's actually meant to be something that people can do something with. Right now it's not.

I've tried my best to encourage developers not to use the -dev versions for actual use, but there are people who are just too damn lazy or incompetent to deal with the system. More lazy than incompetent, but either way.

The update status module thing is a little odd; I'm surprised it says anything at all, since you never should've had Views on a 6.x site anyway. If I could just unpublished the 2.x dev version, I would, but then the version wouldn't appear for issues, and I need it to.