Deprecated - Drupal core

Hi,

There is a bug in Drupal 4.6.2 core: it is impossible to create a link with absolute path. There is an 'absolute' parameter in function url but it doesn't work. Even passing TRUE, a base_url is still added at the beggining of the link.

common.inc, function url, line 1500 contains the following code:
$base = ($absolute ? $base_url .'/' : '');
but absolute parameter is ignored:
return $base . $script .'?q='. $path .'&'. $query . $fragment;

The existing valid_url() in common.inc ignores completely mailto: as an alternative url type.

My adding @ to the list of allowed claracters _and_ by adding mailto: as an alternative to http://, https:// and ftp:// mail-address automagically become valid URLs.

The new function should be something like

Just tried the latest CVS version of Drupal and immediately got hit with a few showstopping errors in the core.

It might be worth flagging the Drupal -->> CVS download page with something like:

This version of Drupal is best described as a "work in Progress" version. If you're not experienced at patching files or programming it's recommended you download Drupal 4.6.3 until development of the new version is complete.

Hi,

I'm using Drupal 4.6.2 which should work with PHP5.
But I still have troubles with
call_user_func($theme_engine .'_init', $themes[$theme]); in theme.inc, line 103 (in the end of the init_theme function).

It is not working with PHP5. That's why theme can't be inited.

Does anybody could help with is issue ?
Should I post it into your issues list or not ?

Thank you.

I found this up-front self-reflection by John Cox of Xaraya to be refreshing. Its purpose is not to defend against an attack or persuade a potential user, but rather to carry on an open-minded conversation with the community and expecting the community to respond graciously and helpfully, rather than taking frank admissions as fodder to criticize (unconstructively). I just like the spirit I sense in that blog, and I often see it here, too, at Drupal. I hope to start contributing more to Drupal myself, rather than just posting in forums, so I will do that soon.

Xaraya, Drupal, and Ruby on Rails are the most interesting, attainable web technologies I've been able to find for the needs of my first major web project. I'm probably going with Drupal and PHP, but it's good to see other thoughtful CMS design out there, especially for a neat project like Xaraya.

http://wyome.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=10&aid=473

"Xaraya 2.0 Brainstorming

I certainly love change more than I like maintaining so the Xaraya 2.0 brainstorming session is on. I have some things that I would love to see in the next version and they mainly deal around module and template handling. Here are a few of my ideas as a scratch pad:

Core

I think that most of the core is in pretty good shape for the future. Session handling, server variables, along with the rest of the maintenance of business items. However, there are some improvements that need to be made.