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Drupal 4.3.0 release candidate

By dries on

I'm happy to announce that the Drupal 4.3.0 release candidate is available. While not finished or final, it should be very stable. Since our last public release three months ago we further harnessed the administration pages, we introduced URL aliasing, sortable tables, database prefixing as well as numerous other improvements all over the map.

The release candidate is available for download at:

http://www.drupal.org/drupal/drupal-4.3.0-rc.tgz

The release candidate is repackaged twice a day so make sure to download a fresh copy every now and then to get the latest bug fixes. No new features or functionality will be added. Only bug fixes, documentation updates and small usability improvements will find their way into the release candidate and thus into the final Drupal 4.3.0 release. As a result, upgrading from the release candidate should be easy.

For bug reports, use the project pages. For support, consult the
documentation, the mailing lists or the support forums.

Developers should note that custom themes and modules for Drupal 4.2.0 need to be updated to work with Drupal 4.3.0. If you maintain a theme or module in Drupal's contributions repository, this would be the time to make sure your code is up to date.

Gaming the system: How moderation tools can backfire

By cel4145 on

Derek M. Powazek of Design for Community has a new piece on moderation systems which discusses a few differences between Slashdot, MetaFilter and Kuro5hin. Might be useful for those working on Drupal moderation.

Code freeze: preparing Drupal 4.3.0

By killes@www.drop.org on

On October 1, Dries, head developer of the Drupal project, announced a code freeze in preparation of the Drupal 4.3.0 release. The Drupal community aims to release Drupal 4.3.0 on November 1, three months after the 4.2.0 release. The upcoming release will contain a lot of new features visible to the user and even more under the hood.

Some goodies are:

Drupal project module upgrade

By Kjartan on

The bug tracking system used on drupal.org just got a major upgrade. There are a lot of changes, but the biggest change is contributed modules and themes getting their own project area. The individual project areas include separate bug trackers, making it easier to find and keep track of projects..

Issues—bug reports, feature requests, support requests, tasks—can be subscribed to on an individual basis, without having to subscribe to any of the Drupal mailing lists. To subscribe to a project:

  • Log into your account.
  • Find the project page you want to subscribe to.
  • Toggle the subscription options and save your new settings.

Module and theme owners can leave a comment to this post to request ownership of their projects. Being the owner of a project grants you the permission add a description, enter links and create release notes for the different versions. This, combined with the new versioning/tagging/branching policy of the contributions repository will help improve the quality of modules and themes provided on the download page.

To see a complete list of changes, check out the CHANGELOG.

OpensourceCMS drupal demo

By wcrowshaw@yahoo.com on

For users new thinking about using drupal, you might want to check out OpensourceCMS.com which offers a demo version here.

To drupal's chagrin, this site will also allow you to check out other CMS, some of which give drupal a good run for its money, (as if it costs anything other than time to set up and maintain).

William

Ann: Quotes Module

By jhriggs on

I am happy to announce quotes.module a module that displays a block containing a random quote. Quotes can be added one at a time or mass-imported. They can also be edited and deleted as needed.

Installation is all web based (no .sql file) — I despise the sql-file install method. I am especially seeking feedback on this functionality.

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