This is a regression caused by "Remove ping module from core" since March 11, 2008. This is a regression because it removes or impedes functionality that previously existed in Drupal Core.
This is a matter of feature parity with: b2, Blogger, Ecto, MarsEdit, Movable Type, Nucleus, TypePad, Wordpress.

I believe this feature shouldn't be removed from core, because it was a value-added service that let Drupal sites be publicized to various services, out of the box, with only 1 simple action. Even though a more advanced version exists in contrib, this is not a reason to remove a dead-simple and easy to use system from core. By that standard, content, taxonomy, and PHPTemplate should all go as well ;o)

I think this should be put back into 7.x, before people miss it. This patch I have uploaded makes the module compatible with 7.x, and includes a fix for an outstanding issue that ping should allow the user to change the pinging services if they so desire.

--Robin

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#4 feature-parity_ping-intergration.patch4.21 KBrobin monks
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damien tournoud commented
Status: Needs review » Closed (works as designed)

This is a matter of feature parity with: b2, Blogger, Ecto, MarsEdit, Movable Type, Nucleus, TypePad, Wordpress.

It is not Drupal Core concern to be at feature parity with any blog service or package. Drupal Core is *not* a blog publishing platform. It is both much less and much more than that.

You could easily step up and create (and maintain) a Drupal Blog distribution, with all modules needed to be at feature parity with any of these packages. Why don't you?

In the meanwhile, this is a by design for Drupal Core. The decision to remove the ping module was *not* taken lightly.

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robin monks commented
Status: Closed (works as designed) » Active

I think there should be a chance for other people to sound their opinions on this subject. I feel this affects any site that publishes content, not just bloggers. Also, I feel 4 days was not an adequate amount of time for people to voice their opinions when ping.module was removed.

Robin

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damien tournoud commented

Summary of my points from an IRC discussion earlier:

A drupal profile is the right tool for building a blogger-targetted distribution. It can be a powerful tool, and it is not hard to produce and maintain one (thanks drush!). We probably need more of them to cover all the specific needs of our users, while Core can focus of improving it's quality level.

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robin monks commented
Status: Active » Needs review
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new feature-parity_ping-intergration.patch4.21 KB

Fixing patch, some weird line endings found their way in.

Robin

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robin monks commented

#3: I agree, however, as I said before; this feature is good for any site that publishes an RSS feed. We shouldn't give people RSS feeds if we don't want them to use them to their full potential!

Robin

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lilou commented
Category: bug » feature

-1, because :

#231437: Remove ping module from core
http://drupal.org/project/multiping

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Anonymous (not verified) commented
Status: Needs review » Needs work

The last submitted patch failed testing.

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lilou commented
Status: Needs work » Closed (won't fix)