Tagged: file api

File API Panel and Follow-Up Media BOF

Wednesday afternoon/evening (starting at 5:15), Andrew Morton (drewish) and I will be co-presenting The Future of Files and Media in Drupal 7, where we’ll talk about the big changes to the File API from 6 to 7, and efforts to backport some of the functionality into 6. Following this, we’ll segue into a BOF with

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Media Code Sprint: Status Report One

As announced, we’ve begun the Media Code Sprint to put better media handling into Drupal core! It’s been a great time so far. In the morning, drewish compiled a file function guessing game (free beer!), and andreiashu took the bait and completed the first round with great feedback about how unusable the current state is.

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Future of Drupal FTP

On IRC, Károly Négyesi (better known as chx) asked me about the status of the Drupal FTP project. He was concerned that it stores FTP usernames and passwords, which could open up the possibility for security holes and malware if extended or used improperly. Additionally, one of its stated goals was as a possible means

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