Attachments in comments

Do you want file attachments in comments? Need extra comment validation for your custom content types (like captcha support in blog entries)? Want spiffier, niftier capabilities in your drupal site's forums? Drupal's commenting system doesn't support those capabilities yet, but a small patch could remedy that. Coincidentally, just such a patch is available for both 4.6.3 and HEAD. If you're interested in seeing these features happen, please pop over and test the patch. Three 'test modules' are available to exercise the new functionality that the patch exposes:

• a 'microfiction' module with optional wordcount restrictions on comments
• a 'debate' module that prevents individuals from commenting until they have explicitly 'joined' a node's discussion
• image_thread, a module that lets users upload images in the comments of a node

These modules are rough, but give examples of how the hooks might be used. This post is, indeed, shameless waving-of-arms for attention. I'm hoping that the proposed patch to the comments system can make it into core, but that will take people testing and giving feedback on the module (rather than just saying it's a good idea). If you've ever said that you want any of these features in the Drupal forum system, or in comments in general, here's your chance to help make it happen -- test the patch.