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@@ -1,12 +1,38 @@
-drupal 4.0.0, 2002-06-15
+Drupal x.x.x, 2002-xx-xx
+------------------------
+
+- collaboratively revised and expanded the Drupal documentation.
+- rewrote comment.module:
+ * reintroduced comment rating/moderation.
+ * added support for comment paging.
+ * performance improvements: improved comment caching, faster SQL queries, etc.
+- rewrote block.module:
+ * performance improvements: blocks are no longer rendered when not displayed.
+- rewrote forum.module:
+ * added a lot of features one can find in stand-alone forum software including but not limited to support for topic paging, added support for icons, rewrote the statistics module, etc.
+- rewrote statistics.module:
+ * collects access counts for each node, referrer logs, number of users/guests.
+ * export blocks displaying top viewed nodes over last 24 hour period, top viewed nodes over all time, last nodes viewed, how many users/guest online.
+- added throttle.module:
+ * auto-throttle congestion control mechanism: Drupal can adapt itself based on the server load.
+- added profile.module:
+ * enables to extend the user and registration page.
+- added pager support to the main page.
+- replaced weblogs.module by ping.module:
+ * added support for normal and RSS notifications of http://blo.gs/.
+ * added support for RSS ping-notifications of http://weblogs.com/.
+- themes:
+ * removed a significant portion of hard-coded mark-up.
+
+Drupal 4.0.0, 2002-06-15
------------------------
- added tracker.module:
* replaces the previous "your [site]" links (recent comments and nodes).
-- added weblogs.module.
+- added weblogs.module:
* this will ping weblogs.com when new content is promoted.
- added taxonomy module which replaces the meta module.
* supports relations, hierarchies and synonyms.
-- added a caching system.
+- added a caching system:
* speeds up pages for anonymous users and reduces system load.
- added support for external SMTP libraries.
- added an archive extension to the calendar.
@@ -33,7 +59,7 @@ drupal 4.0.0, 2002-06-15
* teasers (abstracts) on all node types.
* improved error checking and usability changes.
* content versioning support.
-- improved book module to support text, html and php pages.
+- improved book module to support text, HTML and PHP pages.
- improved comment module to mark new comments.
- added a general outliner which will let any node type be linked to a book.
- added an update script that lets you upgrade from previous releases or on a day to day basis when using the development tree.
@@ -44,23 +70,23 @@ drupal 4.0.0, 2002-06-15
* changed output to valid XHTML.
* improved multiple sites using the same Drupal database support.
* added support for session IDs in URLs instead of cookies.
- * made the type of content on the front page configurable
+ * made the type of content on the front page configurable.
* made each cloud site have its own settings.
* modules and themes can now be enabled/disabled using the administrative pages.
* added URL abstraction for links.
- * usability changes (renamed links, better UI, etc)
-- collaboratively revised and expanded the drupal documentation.
+ * usability changes (renamed links, better UI, etc).
+- collaboratively revised and expanded the Drupal documentation.
-drupal 3.0.1, 2001-10-15
+Drupal 3.0.1, 2001-10-15
------------------------
- various updates:
* added missing translations
* updated the themes: tidied up some HTML code and added new Drupal logos.
-drupal 3.0.0, 2001-09-15
+Drupal 3.0.0, 2001-09-15
------------------------
- major overhaul of the entire underlying design:
- * everything is based on nodes: nodes are a conceptual "black box" to couple and manage different types of content and that promotes reusing existing code, thus reducing the complexity and size of drupal as well as improving long-term stability.
+ * everything is based on nodes: nodes are a conceptual "black box" to couple and manage different types of content and that promotes reusing existing code, thus reducing the complexity and size of Drupal as well as improving long-term stability.
- rewrote submission/moderation queue and renamed it to queue.module.
- removed FAQ and documentation module and merged them into a "book module".
- removed ban module and integrated it into account.module as "access control":
@@ -93,12 +119,12 @@ drupal 3.0.0, 2001-09-15
- added cvs.module and cvs-to-sql.pl:
* allows to display and mail CVS log messages as daily digests.
- added book.module:
- * allows collaborative handbook writing: primary used for drupal documentation.
+ * allows collaborative handbook writing: primary used for Drupal documentation.
- removed cron.module and integrated it into conf.module.
- removed module.module as it was no longer needed.
- various updates:
* added "auto-post new submissions" feature versus "moderate new submissions".
- * introduced links/drupal tags: [[link]]
+ * introduced links/Drupal tags: [[link]]
* added preview functionality when submitting new content (such as a story) from the administration pages.
* made the administration section only show those links a user has access to.
* made all modules use specific form_* functions to guarantee a rock-solid forms and more consistent layout.
@@ -118,9 +144,9 @@ drupal 3.0.0, 2001-09-15
+ W3C validation on a best effort basis.
+ removed $theme->control() from themes.
+ added theme "goofy".
-- collaboratively revised and expanded the drupal documentation.
+- collaboratively revised and expanded the Drupal documentation.
-drupal 2.0.0, 2001-03-15
+Drupal 2.0.0, 2001-03-15
------------------------
- rewrote the comment/discussion code:
* comment navigation should be less confusing now.
@@ -130,13 +156,13 @@ drupal 2.0.0, 2001-03-15
* story sections can be maintained from the administration pages.
* story sections make the open submission more adaptive in that you can set individual post, dump and expiration thresholds for each section according to the story type and urgency level: stories in certain sections do not "expire" and might stay interesting and active as time passes by, whereas news-related stories are only considered "hot" over a short period of time.
- multiple vhosts + multiple directories:
- * you can setup multiple drupal sites on top of the same physical source tree either by using vhosts or sub-directories.
+ * you can setup multiple Drupal sites on top of the same physical source tree either by using vhosts or sub-directories.
- added "user ratings" similar to SlashCode's Karma or Scoop's Mojo:
* all rating logic is packed into a module to ease experimenting with different rating heuristics/algorithms.
- added "search infrastructure":
* improved search page and integrated search functionality in the administration pages.
- added translation / localization / internationalization support:
- * because many people would love to see their website showing a lot less of English, and far more of their own language, drupal provides a framework to setup a multi-lingual website or to overwrite the default English text in English.
+ * because many people would love to see their website showing a lot less of English, and far more of their own language, Drupal provides a framework to setup a multi-lingual website or to overwrite the default English text in English.
- added fine-grained user permission (or group) system:
* users can be granted access to specific administration sections. Example: a FAQ maintainer can be given access to maintain the FAQ and translators can be given access to the translation pages.
- added FAQ module
@@ -161,6 +187,6 @@ drupal 2.0.0, 2001-03-15
* added CREDITS file
- revised documentation
-drupal 1.0.0, 2001-01-15
+Drupal 1.0.0, 2001-01-15
------------------------
- initial release
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 390787bfd..04c90d407 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ DISTRIBUTED AUTHENTICATION MODULES
M: Moshe Weitzman <weitzman@tejasa.com>
S: maintained
+FORUM MODULE
+M: Marco Molinari <marco@porciletto.org>
+S: maintained
+
POLL MODULE
M: Steven Wittens <unconed@drop.org>
S: maintained