Drupal 7.0 Alpha 1 released - webchick reported in 15th Jan 2010

31 Jan 2010 — admin

Drupal. 7.0 Alpha version released in 2010.

What's changed and new?

- Sleek UI

- Construction Kit (CCK) module. Field can be added most of  node types, users and taxonomy and so on.

- Image cache and Image module seems like become core.

- Update manager: you can updte module and theme using this. wow

- New theme Stark (Basic theme without any style) you car start theme using this. No more garland theme?

- "Drupal 7 is also the most scalable release to date, with features such as built-in proxy server support, advanced caching techniques, and Content Delivery Network support for static files."
from http://drupal.org/drupal-7.0-alpha1

 

Current Status in Drupal 7 ( 31 Jan 2010 )

  • 488 Pending bugs (D7)
  • 198 Critical issues (D7)  -> when this is zero, D7 will be released. Good luck 
  • 1669 Patch queue (D7)
  • 388 Patches to review (D7)
  • Performance issues (D7)
  • Usability issues (D7)
  • Fields in Core issues (D7)