- Added blog.module to replace diary.module (contrubeted by Julian):
   + feedback wanted

- Added updated import.module (contributed by Julian):
   + user page do browse the headlines by feed and bundle, to display
     the item descriptions, etc.

- Fixed small bug in common.inc.

- Updated database.mysql

- Updated database.mysql

- Made it possible to enter longer username such as 'Gerhard K*llesreit'.

- Updated database.mysql.

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".

- 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.

It's mainly intended as a sideblock-element as there's no real use in having them show up on the mainpage. There's no real poll-browsing system for now either.

I still need to write documentation, and I'm not yet satisfied with the node-output (non-sideblock). I should be able to improve it once the $theme->nodebox ideas get finalized.

- Removed the "history"-field from the SQL table "users" and added
  this information to the "users"-field in both nodes and comments.
  This database/table change reduces the number of SQL queries and
  makes Drupal scale better where a lot of voting/moderation takes
  place.  Last but not least it can be considered a new and better
  foundation for future moderation metrics / algorithms.  In other
  words: it is plain better.

    --> oops, all voting/moderation results will be lost!
    --> requires database update, see "2.00-to-x.xx.sql"!

- Updated database/database.mysql

I've restored it to its previous condition... apparently the database.mysql is terribly outdated (didn't know this), so we should probably just wait till the final release to update it.

- Addition: made it so that comments can be enabled/disabled on
  a node per node basis, rather then on a category per category
  basis.  The default settings for each individual category can
  be changed though.

  Example: it can be setup so that - by default - all stories
  posted to the category "article" will have comments enabled
  but stories submitted to "announcement" not.

  Different configuration schemes can easily be added later.

  Requires a SQL update, see 2.00-to-x.xx.sql/database.mysql.

- Addition: made submit.php only use categories that users can
  actually submit new content to.

Another big update so please read this carefully because there is important information hidden in it.

Made it so that we can disable/enable comments on a category by category basis. In order to accomplish this I had to make a few (*temporary*) changes.

I moved all comment code from the "module level" (eg. story.module) to the "node level".  It was nothing but the logical next step in nodifying drupal.  This enables us to add comments to all existing content types including book entries.  But also for book entries, this to can be toggled on and off. :-)

Moreover module writers don't have to worry about the complex comment logic: it is "abstracted" away.  This implies that story.module got smaller, faster and easier to comprehend. :-)

In order to accomplish this, I had to update ALL THEMES, which I did - and on my way I updated Goofy, Oranzh and UnConeD - with the previous changes.  All themes are up-to-date now!  I also had to remove the [ reply to this story ] links, and temporally re-introcuded the "Add comment" button in the "Comment control".  Tempora lly that is, UnConeD. ;)

I plan to upgrade drop.org either tommorow or wednesday so test away if you have some time to kill. ;)

Oh, I also fixed a few bugs and made various small improvements.

- updated database.mysql file

- removed redundant tables

- improved rating module: it now shows some basic statistics :-)
- updated database files
- removed affialiate-site and drupal-site module: maintain them
  by hand through a box for now will you.

- fixed bug in common.inc: throttle()
- streamlined method invocation in node.inc
- added node_status() function to modules
- added NEW (mostly static) page module
- added NEW settings module

A lot of small changes (search-n-replace) make a big commit:

  - fixed update bug in book.module
  - provide a log message when both adding and updating book pages
  - all configurable variables are now accessed through "variable_get()":
  - rewrote watchdog and submission throttle and removed watchdog.inc
  - improved robustness of sections.inc
  - imporved story.module
  - updated ./database/database.sql

- added a new faq module with administration interface

- improved comment module - code revision
- improved backend module - moreover headlines now work
- (automatically) stripped tabs and trailing whitespaces from
  Jeroen's theme.

- added fine-grained user permission system which allows us to give
  certain users access to specific administration sections only.
    Ex. a FAQ maintainer can only edit the FAQ, and members of an
        "editorial board" can only edit comments, diaries and
         stories, ..
- code review => rewrote include/user.inc which is much easier now
- fixed 4 small bugs

- More updates on the translation support

- initial import of the preliminary translation code.
- added timer.inc for benchmarking purpose
- bugfix for php-clean
- bugfix for account.php
- removed redundant format_data
- ...

- added new feature for evaluating purpose: user rating (mojo, karma)!
- removed tabs from Jeroen's theme

- add ienie-wiene of information

- removed redundant options from hostname.conf

I know, I know, it is getting nasty lately but I have another large commit after nothing but code.

This time I redid the "category"-stuff.  Categories - from now on called sections - are now maintained from the admin pages, can have their own post, dump and timout thresholds as discussed earlier (some weeks ago).  By tomorrow evening users will be able to enable or disable section as well - i.e. to customize the content of drop.org.

- updated/improved discussion engine: it needs additional fine-tuning
  though but I think this is stable enough for public consumption and
  real-life testing.
   ==> a first big step towards a flexible comment engine.

IMPORTANT:
  - Required theme updatins:

    UnConeD: check your $theme->controls() as I added a very, very
             dummy implementation

  - Required database updates:

    alter table users modify mode tinyint(1) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL;
    alter table comments change sid lid int(6) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL;
    alter table comments add link varchar(16) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL;
    update comments set link = 'story';

- rewrote the block placement stuff and updated the themes.
  IMPORTANT: you have to drop 2 tables "blocks" and "layout"
             and you have to recreate them again with those
             in database/database.mysql
- integrated the documentation written by UnConeD

- fixed 2 small bugs in account.php
- drastically improved administration section
- drastically revamped story administration:
  added new feature to schedule the publishing of stories
- applied correct naming conventions to submission.php
- fixed 1 small glitch in boxes
- somewhat expanded the documentation
= changed one SQL table
- updated the faq with info on drupal
- ... and more things I forgot about

A batch of preparations for release candidate 2:

 - expanded documentation
   (written by Jeroen)
 - fixed bug in includes/module.inc
 - fixed bug in modules/backend.class
 - renamed some of the SQL tables (!)
 - started making the diary.module truly modular (not finished yet)
 - renamed "admin_blocks" to "boxes"
 - added new functionality to "boxes": apart from PHP boxes, you
   can now create ASCII boxes as well as HTML boxes for those who
   are not confident with PHP.
   (requested by stalor)
 - added drupal-site module to keep track of known drupal sites
 - added small Perl script to generate encrypted CVS passwords

- Jeroen: here are the correct and up-to-date database tables!

- a few more updates

* updated the database files

* added the database tables of drop to CVS: not the content, just the
  table definitions.