Drupal's Dries Buytaert On Drupal 7 55
itwbennett writes "The Drupal community has been working on Drupal 7 for two years, and there are 'hundreds of changes' to show for it, says Drupal creator Dries Buytaert in an interview with ITworld's Esther Schindler on the occasion of Drupal 7 going into Alpha test this week. Most notable for end users are 'some massive usability improvements,' says Buytaert, while site builders will see the greatest changes in the Drupal Content Construction Kit (CCK), which has been moved into the Drupal core. But one thing that hasn't changed is the not-so-easy upgrade path. 'The upgrade path for a Drupal site has never been really easy, to be honest,' Buytaert says. 'We do break backwards compatibility. It's a little bit painful because it requires all of the contributed modules — and there's 4,000-5,000 of them — to make changes.' But Buytaert doesn't think that's all bad. 'Innovation is key. Backwards compatibility limits innovation,' Buytaert contends. 'The rule we have is: We'll break the API if it makes a better API, and if it allows good innovation and progress to be made. Also: The second rule is that we'll never break people's data. We'll always provide an upgrade path for the data.'"
Bad Headline (Score:4, Funny)
Did anyone else read this as "Druapl Creator Dies, Buytaert on Drupal 7."
What an odd summary.
I am too paranoid of slashtypos (Score:5, Funny)
I stared at the headline for at least 30 seconds trying to figure out what the heck a Dries Buytaert was; figuring it was a typo. What the heck kind of new age terminology would take the verb 'dries' and throw some sort of portmanteau of 'buy' and 'alert' in there? Was this a new form of e commerce shopping cart? Ultimate "RTFS" moment, right there.
Re:Bad Headline (Score:3, Funny)
I meant "odd headline" of course, and replace Druapl with Drupal... I'm on a roll today!
Re:Drupal Dries Buytaert... (Score:4, Funny)
That's just what that Dutch bastard wants you to think.
Re:I am too paranoid of slashtypos (Score:3, Funny)
I know what you mean, I was trying to figure out what a Buytaert was and how you can dry one with CMS software.
Re:Drupal Dries Buytaert... (Score:3, Funny)
I'm going to guess Danish or Dutch.
Must be Danish as I read it as "Drupal Buys Dried Tarts on Drupal 7." Is a danish like a tart cooked in a dutch oven?
Re:Headline change (Score:3, Funny)
I think they're made out of clay.