The death of the Drupal programmer
Okay, so that’s going a bit too far. But we’re getting ever closer to the dream module and theme updates and installs using a GUI in your browser!
Many thanks to cwgordon, Joshua Rogers, dww and especially chx for kicking some serious arse on this issue and getting us very close.
That’s right, in Drupal 7 you will be able to update your modules and themes without learning FTP, SSH or CVS.
Check out my latest screencast
and get involved.
Also PLEASE vote for my session at DrupalCon Paris.
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Bryan House
It is that phase of my life! I'm just turning 30 in a month, working with Drupal for 7 years and just had my third Acquia anniversary a week ago. Time to look back and evaluate how things went, all the good and bad things; even better if the wisdom can be shared with others. This was part of my thinking when I submitted the session titled "Come for the software, stay for the community" for Drupalcon Copenhagen.
Gábor Hojtsy
It sounded like a really simple request: "Is it easy to add a search filter for 'My posts'?". In other words, add a search result facet for posts by the current (logged in) user through the Apache Solr Search Integration module APIs?
But then the wheels start turning - we want not just one blind link, but a real facet link that tells us how many results we'll get. Also, if we are filtering by 'My posts' then we probably have an equal use case for the opposite filter 'Posts not by me'. So we really need a facet block with two links and facets counts.
Peter Wolanin
Comments
I really like this new
I really like this new development. This is the beginning of maturity in an already superb CMS. Great job guys.
Jake Strawn
This is an amazing feature
This is an amazing feature to have implemented. Even as a tech-guru, I find it a pain to log in via SSH and download, then extract, then update.php the countless module updates that can be present after a mere week or two of not checking. This can REALLY streamline this process even for the most technically inept user!
Also, I wasn't sad to see that my Permission Select module was the one being tested on! Quite an honor!
Great work to those mentioned above for turning this into a reality!!
The current SVN, command
The current SVN, command line, etc. method may be fine for the tech ninjas who develop for a living. But for many small and medium-sized business people who want to use Drupal as a tool for building a dynamic site, this may be the single most important feature to date. Many of us will develop exactly one site and cannot afford full time staff to keep the site updated and maintained. A simple point and click updater will allow us to run our business and sleep at night. I think this will put Drupal at the head of the class. Great Job!! to the Drupal Wizards who share with the rest of us.
Willy TOUOMI
Great! I wonder why it took
Great!
I wonder why it took so long to reach that point. Such a feature will really help.
Thanks ;)