- fixed bug with minimum teaser/blog/story size

- A couple of new node updates

- node modules:
   + made some improvements to the node access checks

- queue module:
   + form()-ified the queue module and added some extra information
     or guidelines
   + added a few missing translations
   + ...

- node system:

   + Added the "delete node"-link: apparently it got lost during the last
     commit.  Odd.

   + Changed "Edit node" to "Edit <node_name>" on the 'edit node'-page of
     the admin section.  (There a 4 "Node"s that still need to be removed
     though.)

   + Updated the initial submission page (the old submit.php) to include
     some descriptions.

- Made the node forms support "help texts": it is not possible to configure
  Drupal to display submission guidelines, or any other kind of explanation
  such as "NO TEST POSTS", for example.

- Added node versioning: it is possible to create revisions, to view old
  revisions and to roll-back to older revisions.  You'll need to apply a
  SQL update.

  I'm going to work on the book module now, so I might be changing a few
  things to enable collaborative, moderated revisions - but feel free to
  send some first feedback, if you like.

- Added some configuration options which can be used to set the minimum
  number of words a blog/story should consist of.  Hopefully this will
  be usefull to stop the (almost empty) test blogs.

- Various improvements:
   + Fine-tuned new node permission system.
   + Fine-tuned the functions in node.inc.
   + Fine-tuned some forms.
   + XHTML-ified some code.

- Added error handling support to the <node>_form hook.

- Another batch of updates/improvements:

   + introduced basic node permissions ("create", "delete", "update" and
     "view") at the node level: it's up to the "<$node->type>_module" to
     hide gory details (if any).

   + made the "blog it"-feature in the blog and import module work with
     the new node system, in specific with the new centralized forms.

   + made it possible to update blogs.

   + made the page module work with the new node system.

   + various smaller improvements.

- A large batch of updates, amongst them a rewritten node system.  More
  information available on the mailing list.

  easier. Also changed the <? tag to <?php in some cases.

- Removed a node's link ID (lid) as discussed on the mailing list.  See
  'updates/3.00-to.x.xx.mysql' for the required MySQL updates.

- Renamed some "author" fields to "uid" fields for sake of consistency.

- Fixed the coding style of some PHP files.

- Fixed the moderation queue (fairly untested though).

- Re-introduced the temporary SQL table in _node_get().

- Added a missing 'auto_increment' to 'updates/3.00-to-x.xx.mysql'.

- fixed small glitch in node_del()

- fixed small glitch in comment_del()

- changed the API of the form() function.  The first parameter, the
  "action"-attribute in the <form>-tag has been made optional.  By
  default, it will be set to "$REQUEST_URI".

  Why? Because in 98% of the cases we would do:

    global $REQUEST_URI;
    $form = form($REQUEST_URI, $form_content);

  while we can do:

    $form = form($form_content);

  now.

  Update your modules (and sorry for the inconvenience)!

- a batch of updates, including some experimental changes to the moderation
  of comments and nodes.

- improved the search system by making it context sensitive

- Added the new user module!

- Changed the authentication and login scheme as discussed on the mailing
  list.
- Fixed the export function in book.module (patch my Julian).
- Fixed the comment alignment (comments got truncated).

- Various updates, mostly related to our RDF/RSS backend.

- Various updates, mostly related to our RDF/RSS backend.

Extremely large commit:

- Fixed tiny quote problem in account.php.

- Fixed tiny bug in comment.inc.

- Fixed tiny bug in comment.module.

- Fixed tiny bug in meta.module.

- Simplified user_access() API.

- Rewrote link system: still needs fine-tuning and testing so don't
  upgrade if you are running a production site. ;)

  Updated all modules and themes to reflect this change.  All other
  themes and modules need updating too!

- Made the search result sort from new to old, instead of from old to new.

- Added a brand-new access.module which allows you to manage 'roles'
  (groups) and 'permissions' ... (inspired by Zope's system).

    + Once installed, click the help-link for more information.

    + See updates/2.00-to-x.xx.sql for the SQL updates.

- Modified loads of code to use our new access.module.  The system
  still has to mature though: new permissions have to be added and
  existing permissions need stream-lining.  Awaiting suggestions.

- As a direct result of the new access system, I had to rewrite the
  way the top-level links in admin.php are rendered and displayed,
  and xhtml-ified admin.php while I was at it.

TODO

- Home-brewed modules need updating, home-brewed themes not.
  (Examples: file.module, trip_link.module)

- As soon we *finished* the refactoring of the user system (KJ has
  been working on this refactoring already) we should consider to
  embed this role and permission code into account.module ...

Oops, a rather large commit:

- Changed meta.module, node.module and index.php to use comma-seperated
  lists of attributes rather then "foo=a,bar=b" lists.  This makes it a
  a lot easier to use both modules.  In addition, error handling can be
  discarded as it can't be made any simpler, really ...

  It fits rather nicely in Drupal's design so I'm getting more and more
  happy with this meta.module (but we are not 100% there yet).

- node.module, node.inc:

   + Improved the node-related admin interface so that navigating back
     and forth the administrative menus is made both easier and faster.

   + Removed some redundant database fields from the node table.  See
     2.00-to-x.xx.sql!

   + Added 2 news hooks called "node_insert" and "node_update".  Just
     like this is the case with the existing hook "node_delete" these
     new hooks will automatically get called when a node has been
     inserted or udpated.  Note that this is an optional call-back that
     only needs to be implemented when required.  With the addition of
     these two hooks, the node mechanism (version 1) is pretty well
     completed.

- watchdog.module:
   + Fixed bug whit the 'regular messages' query in the watchdog.module.

- book.module:
   + Fixed bug in book.module: the 'parent' was not set properly when
     updating a book page.
   + Made it so that older versions of a book page are automatically
     reactived upon deletion of the most recent version, i.e. when
     doing a version roll-back.

- comment.inc:
   + Undid Remco's patch to comment.inc; it does not work in some cases.


- conf.module:
   + Fine-tuned some of the options in conf.module a bit.

- marvin.theme:
   + Visual changes to make it look better on Windows browsers.  Mind
     to give some feedback on this?
   + Fixed 3 HTML typos/bugs.
   + XHTML-ified the theme at a best effort basis; I didn't carry the
     XHTML specification with me.
   + Made use of the theme_slogan variable to display the site's slogan.
   + As soon we have at least one valid XHTML theme we can wonder on how
     to integrate other XML namespaces (cfr. MathML story at drop.org).

- database.mysql:
   + Updated database.mysql so that it contains all the latest "database
     patches".

- Added meta.module, an improved index.module that allows you to
  associate different collections - think "combobox" here - with
  different content types, all hardcoded references to "section"
  have been removed and the admin-friendliness of the meta admin
  section has been slightly improved.

  I'll keep working on it during the weekend - if time allows me
  to.  Moreover, I'll focus on the usability/user-friendlines of
  the meta admin section as well as graceful input-checking, and
  error-handling.

  Requires an SQL update, see updates/2.00-to-x.xx.sql!

  Index.module will be removed, or meta.module will be renamed as
  soon we can ditch one of them.  For now, having both coexist is
  not going to harm your setup and is useful to make a comparison
  and / or to migrate from index.module to meta.module.

  Index.module is de-coupled form the rest of the system so you
  will have to use meta.module after having upgraded.  You have
  been warned.

- Updated CHANGELOG.

  '=' instead of ';' and ':'.  It is considered to be more readable.
  --> A _first_ step towards and improved index.module.  Stay tuned
      for more.

  + Important:
     If you update from CVS - apply the queries in 2.00-to-x.xx.sql!

- Changed all 'attribute' to 'attributes'.

  + Important:
     If you update from CVS - apply the queries in 2.00-to-x.xx.sql!

  + Important:
     This might require to ieni-wieni small update to your custom
     themes and/or node-related modules:
      - themes: node_index($node->attribute) -> node_index($node)
      - node modules: attribute -> attributes

This a rather large commit that needs a lot of fine-tuning.  If you
update, you'll break your site as you need switching from structure
to index.module: so this can be considered an intermediate commit.

If you upgrade, and you are welcome to, just create a collection
called "section" (for now) and assign your nodes some attributes
in the described format.

Feedback and bugreports are welcomed.  Questions will be answered.

CHANGES:

- comment system:
   + when replying to a node (rather then to a comment), that
     node is displayed above the reply form.
   + when replying to a comment (rather then to a node), that
     comment is displayd above the reply form.

- removed structure.inc, removed structure.module.

- node.inc:
   + added 2 new node functions called 'node_attribute_edit()' and
     'node_attribute_save()' used to 'hook in' any indexing system
    including your home-brewed stuff if you'd want to.  Currently,
    index.module is the facto default index system.

    See story.module for usage.

- book.module, story.module, poll.module, page.module, forum.module:
   + added preview functionality to administration section (via node
     module).
   + removed all references to structure.inc (category, topic).

- moderate.module:
   + removed all references to structure.inc (category, topic).

- book.module, story.module, page.module, forum.module:
   + increased the sizes of some textareas.

- submit.php:
   + removed all references to structure.inc (category, topic).

- marvin.theme:
   + removed dead code: function story() was depricated.

- unconed.theme:
   + removed hardcoded references to drop.org.

- marvin.theme, unconed.theme, jeroen.theme, yaroon.theme, example.theme:
   + removed all references to structure.inc (category, topic).

TODO:

- file.module, trip_link.module:
   + update preview functionality:
       see story.module for example.
   + remove references to 'cid' and 'tid', use 'attribute' instead:
       see story.module for example.

- extend and build upon index.module as well as making it configurable

- Fixed small bug in "search node" of node.module.

CHANGES:

- Improvement to node listings.

- Patched story.module to work with new node.module!

NOTE:

- UnConeD: poll.module needs updating.  Let me know if you want me to do
           it as I assume you will update it unless otherwise mentioned.

- Moved most of the options in structure.module to node.module.  The
  structure.module either needs work, or replacement by index.module:
  see "admin > node > node settings".

  It will do for now and it can always made better when we can think
  of a better solution; it is the best I could think of.   Now what?
  index.module or structure.module?  I'm currently pro index.module.

- Drastically simplified "variable.inc".

- Removed most dependecies on structure.module from all content related
  modules.  Thus making our modules more modular.  ;)

- Fixed calculation glitch in queue.module.

- Fixed potential function name clash/conflict in rating.module, and
  simplified some code on my way.

- Started removing all global variables $status and $rstatus.  Global
  variables are "yucky" so in near future, we will replace all global
  $status variables by a call to node_status().  Originally, $status
  was only introduced as a temporary hack and nothing is as permanent
  as a temporary hack so I took it out when still possible.

- Changed the watchdog messages a bit.

Fixed a bug in the output: there was always a ruler under the story-abstract, even if it was an abstract-only story.

  headline code is still in place 'till the new code has proven
  to be stable. See "syndication.module" for the new code.

  Changes:

   + Improved the parser and tested it against RSS 0.9, RSS 0.91,
     RSS 0.92, RSS 1.0, RDF and XML feeds.

   + Improved the administration interface.  It might be a bit fuzzy
     at first.  Maybe some native English like Julian, Michael (or any
     one else with knowledge in the field) can help out by suggesting
     better naming, terminology or descriptions - as well as by
     writing the help section for this module?  I'd have no idea how
     much this would be appreciated.

   + We can *easily* recognize new tags or extensions: we parse out
     "link", "title", "description" and "author" right now, but we
     will have to revise which tags to support and which not.  New
     tags can be added in less than 10 minutes (if you are familiar
     with the code).  Read: we have something we can build on.

   + Within each item, tags can now appear is random order which is
     or was not the case with the old headline code where we expect
     <link>s prior to <description>s for example.

   + Feed updates only (ie. always) happen through cron.  Neither do
     we use one global cron for updating all feeds; instead, every
     feed can specify his own update-interval.

   + Newly fetched headlines are "appended" to the pool of existing
     headlines (read: we don't replace the whole feed), and headlines
     automatically "expire" after x days or hours.  (Every headline
     has a timestamp.)

   + Got rid of backend.class; it is integrated in the module.

   + Switched to more generic names: "headline" became "item" and
     "backend" became "feed".  This should ease future non-headline
     oriented syndication.

   + You can associate attributes or keyword lists with every feed.
     At the moment new items will automatically inherit their feeds
     attributes but in future we can use heuristics to make these
     attributes "mutate" when and where we see fit.  The attributes
     can be maintained by hand as well.

   + We don't export any blocks yet; we will soon do as soon this
     new code has been tested for a bit more.  We will only export
     bundles though so if you want to export by feed/source, you
     will have to make a source-specific bundle.

- Polished a bit on a few other modules: nothing major.

- Replaced $theme->story() by a more generic $theme->node().  All themes
  required an update (and so will your custom themes).

- Added the "delete" hook for node-modules. When called, a module should do additional clean-up if necessary.

- Updated all node-modules

- Redid settings.module and even renamed it to conf.module.
    * Settings are now grouped in basic categories like "system
      settings", "module settings" and "filters".
  * Added new settings to make Drupal easier to configure and
  to make some aspects like the watchdog scale better.

- Renamed includes/settings.php to includes/conf.php.

- Added filter support to conf.module and introduced filter hooks so
  modules can implement and export new filters.  Example filters are
  an HTML filter (implemented), a profanity filter, an url converter,
  ASCII smileys to images filter and so on ...

- Reworked the check_* functions: user contributed content/input is
  only verified and filtered once in its lifespan.

NOTES

- Altough this is a large commit, no database changes are required.

- Created 2 new functions:
    + path_uri(): returns the fully-qualified URI of your drupal site.
    + path_img(): returns the image directory or http://image-server.com/
                  in case you prefer to load-balance bandwidth usage.

  Replaced all occurences of the variable "site_url" with path_uri()
  and removed "site_url" from "setting.module".

- Drastically simplified the node_save() API, which should make the
  node-forms more secure.  Updated "story.module", "book.module",
  "forum.module", "page.module" and "node.module" to reflect this
  change.  This is needs more testing so hit it, beat it, tease it.

- Fixed an occasional glitch in the configuration file loading logic.

- Made "queue.module" display an informative notice when an anonymous
  user tries accessing the moderation queue.

- Updated the hard-coded information in drupal.module a bit.

- Made the main page display sub-topics when a specific topic
  is selected.

- Made theme_link() less "hard coded", we still have to make
  it fully configurable though.

- Fixed glitch in story submission: the warning messages were
  not displayed.

- Tidied up block.module a bit.

- Code review: improved search API, tidied up the search related code,
  and fixed a tiny bug when searching for users.

- Uhm.  Rewrote the module system: less code clutter, less run-time
  overhead, and a lot better (simpler) module API.  I had to edit a
  LOT of files to get this refactored but I'm sure it was worth the
  effort.

  For module writers / maintainers:

  None of the hooks changed, so 95% of the old modules should still
  work.  You can remove some code instead as "$module = array(...)"
  just became obsolete.  Also - and let's thank God for this - the
  global variable "$repository" has been eliminated to avoid modules
  relying on, and poking in drupal's internal data structures.  Take
  a look at include/module.inc to investigate the details/changes.

- Improved design of the content modules "story", "book" and "node"
  (to aid smooth integration of permisions + moderate.module).  I'm
  still working on the permissions but I got side tracked for which
  I "Oops!".

CHANGES:

- Added moderator information to forum.module.

- Simplified story.module, page.module, forum.module and book.module
  by removing redundant code, and by doing other small house-keeping
  tasks.

CHANGES:

- Added moderator permissions to nodes.

- Added moderator support to structure.module.

- Added new moderate.module.

- Renamed moderation.module to queue.module to avoid confusing.
  Updated theme yaroon as it seems to have a hard-coded reference
  to moderation.module.

- Polished on:
   + account.module: improved access list
   + fixed HTML typo in node.module

ACTIONS:

- Jeroen: can jeroen2.theme be removed from ./themes/yaroon?

Welp.  Large commit ahead.

CHANGES:

- Added "read" and "write" permissions into drupal but removed
  it again because - when finished after 3 hours of work - it
  was considered nothing but added complexity that didn't buy
  us anything. :I

  (I'll explain this in detail on the mailing list, I guess.)

- Added a very simple help.module to group all available
  documentation on a single page.

- Fixed bug in node_control(), book.module: UnConeD forgot to
  global $user when updating the combobox code.

- Removed static wishlist.module: in future, the wishlist can
  be maintained as a page in our collaborative book.

- Revised most of settings.module: tidied up the code and the
  descriptions to accompany the settings and introduced a new
  "default maximum number of nodes to display on the main page"
  variable.

- Revised most of comment.module: the administration interface
  looks better now, integrated node permissions, and -finally-
  made it possible to delete comments.

- Polished on:
   + account.module
   + structure.module
   + locale.module
   + module.module
   + forum.module

- Form-ified:
   + account.php
   + account.module
   + setting.module
   + cvs.module
   + submit.php
   + comment.module
   + forum.module
   + book.module
   + page.module
   + locale.module

- Updated CHANGELOG

INFO:

- Designed a "generic tracker system with optional backends"
  on paper.  The idea is to allow registered users to hot-list
  certain topics, individual nodes or threads (comments) and
  to "plug-in" output backends like - for instance - an e-mail
  digest.  The design requires "intelligent blocks" though.


TODO:

- I want to tidy up the headline.module and backend.class as
  well as merge in headlineRSS10.module.  Julian spent quite
  some time working on headline.module but I'm not sure what
  he changed and whether he'd contribute it back?

*** UnConeD wrote:
> - Fixed security issue: unchecked form-data in a db-query (line 82)
> - Fixed bug: the module now checks only against other *stories*
>   (instead of nodes) with the same title.

- Took out the duplicate title check; after the story module has
  been "nodified", duplicate titles are no longer a problem.