[Demexp-dev] Re: Some questions on Drupal's demexp module setup

[David MENTRE]

Hello,

Augustin <address@hidden> writes:

> If I knew, I would tell you!

:-) Remote debugging is always hard.

> What do you have in {vocabulary}?
> SELECT *  FROM `vocabulary`
>
> You should have:
> vid    name
> 1 => Forums
> 2 => tags
> If that's what you have, then I don't know what is wrong.

That's what I have:
mysql> SELECT *  FROM `vocabulary`;
+-----+--------+--------------------------------------------------------+------+-----------+-----------+----------+----------+------+----------+--------+
| vid | name   | description                                            | help 
| relations | hierarchy | multiple | required | tags | module   | weight |
+-----+--------+--------------------------------------------------------+------+-----------+-----------+----------+----------+------+----------+--------+
|   1 | Forums |                                                        |      
|         0 |         1 |        0 |        1 |    0 | forum    |    -10 |
|   2 | tags   | The tags associated with the Demexp server's questions |      
|         0 |         0 |        0 |        0 |    1 | taxonomy |      0 |
+-----+--------+--------------------------------------------------------+------+-----------+-----------+----------+----------+------+----------+--------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)


> Also, check you have the latest version of my module:
> * $Id: demexp.module,v 1.30 2006/10/14 12:57:20 augustin Exp $

I'm using exactly this version.


>> But I also would like to understand how your Drupal module is working.
>
> I am very happy that my code will get a proper review, but don't let this 
> delay the release of the web site.
> To understand how the module is working, you have to understand how Drupal is 
> working, and there is a lot to learn!!!

In fact, I've not yet started to look at your code. And, as Fred has
told you, the issues with the server are unrelated to your code and most
of them are out of our hands (currently, we are blocked by the RAS since
Sunday afternoon).

But, on the other hand, I want to understand the basic working of your
module so as I can maintain it myself if you decide or are forced to
leave the project. Until there is enough interest in the democratic
experience, I'm in charge of the technical side of the project and I
should be able to solve issues in case they happen (or at least try
:-). And I disagree with you on some part of your design (the login
management).

Of course, as you underlined it, I can't understand all Drupal in a few
weeks. But I can at least try to grasp an overview. In practice, I'll
rely on you for Drupal, as I'm relying on Christophe for the Windows
client. But at least with Christophe we are trying to transfer
knowledge. Even if that might sound a bit harsh to you after all the
hard work you have done, I'm still waiting to be convinced of the
*technical* merit of Drupal. With only 1762 lines of new PHP code, you
have done a lot of what we wanted to do in demexp for a long time
(forum, nice classification navigation). That's a good argument, but I'm
not (yet) entirely convinced. ;-)

Best wishes,
d.
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