Drupal 6.15 and 5.21 released
Drupal 6.15 and 5.21, maintenance releases which fix issues reported through the bug tracking system, as well as non critical security vulnerabilities, are now available for download. Both releases fix other smaller issues as well.
Upgrading your existing Drupal 5 and 6 sites is strongly recommended. There are no new features in these releases. For more information about the Drupal 6.x release series, consult the Drupal 6.0 release announcement, more information on the 5.x releases can be found in Drupal 5.0 release announcement.
Scheduled drupal.org downtime Wednesday 2010-01-06 6PM-7PM PST
On Wednesday 2010-01-06 from 6:00PM to 7:00PM Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8), drupal.org will be down for scheduled maintenance. We will be deploying updates to our automated unit testing architecture and expect everything to go smoothly. It is unlikely we will actually be down for the extent of our window, more likely we will be down for 15 minutes. However, that window is reserved for this maintenance. Thanks for your understanding.
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Predictions for 2010
With 2009 closing and 2010 coming, it is time to look back over our shoulder and see what a great year we had. And it is time to look ahead and predict where the future of Drupal will lead us to in 2010.
2009
Lets start with looking back. Drupal turned eight and in CMS years this means we are young at heart while grownup in our soul.
At Dries' site, you can find a selection of sites that Dries found worthwhile mentioning, maybe because he liked the site, the implementation or the usage or the owner of the site can potentially influence other prospects to see the Drupal light. Let us take a look at that list and see what they have trends we can conclude from that list combined with the knowledge about our community.
Many big name sites switched to Drupal in 2009. In the media / entertainment market, some of the names include:
- Virgin, Slate, Monthy Python and Lucas Arts
Drupal.org redesign sprint Jan 8th
Over the last year, the redesign has been progressing with many infrastructure and feature improvements. We have had 6 drupal.org sprints in both Europe and North America. On January 8th, 2010 we are going to have a drupal.org redesign virtual sprint. Many members of the Drupal community and the drupal.org infrastructure team have participated in the redesign so far. In order to help complete the minimum viable redesign we've recruited 24 Drupal consulting companies to help implement the main redesign landing pages.
Sponsoring companies
We specifically requested companies to sponsor pages because this part of the redesign required a broad range of skills including project management, content, design, theming, and development. We believed that sponsoring companies were used to marshaling a collection of resources to deliver sites to their customers. We believed these companies could scope, estimate, and deliver these redesign sections. While we've had 24 companies sponsor sections to date, we still require more sections of the site to be sponsored. If your Drupal company is interested in sponsoring a section please review the redesign implementers guide to understand how to contribute.
Drupal + Services Module + Beer = BeerCloud on Android and iPhone
Great Brewers is powered by America’s leading network of beer passionate wholesalers that collectively represent the interests of the world’s best brewers by promoting education and awareness through shared resources. The mission of Great Brewers is to bridge the gap between the world’s great brewers and the consumers who enjoy their products, with a paramount focus on education and on enhancing beer distribution practices through the sharing of information.
