Official release from tag: 7.0-alpha4Last updated: December 24, 2010 - 22:08
Some of the changes and improvements since Alpha 3 (thanks to cwgordon7 for help with curation):
- Patch #218097 by c960657: OpenID must use canonical ID when authenticating XRI i-names.
- Patch #742366 by moshe weitzman: better UX for OpenID users.
#685790 by casey and Heine: No Overlay when Clean URLs are off.
- Patch #395340 by c960657: critical bug: enforce e-mail verification with OpenID auto-registration.
- Patch #228061 by quicksketch: usability fix: allow roles to be weighted.
- Patch #754192 by andypost, Damien Tournoud: critical bug: fixed transaction support for old sqlite versions.
- Patch #735726 by catch: optimize taxonomy_term_save().
- Patch #649982 by casey: improve the drag-drop handling for dashboard customization.
#467296 by Frank Ralf, mgifford, Everett Zufelt, Cliff,seutje, Bojhan, kat3_drx, et al: Accessibility improvements for vertical tabs.
- Patch #757288 by catch: optimize comment_save().
- Patch #757484 by catch: optimize node_save().
- Patch #193482 by xmacinfo, yoroy, james.elliott, Jacine, JohnAlbin, theborg: styling status messages in system.css.
#693504 by stBorchert, ksenzee, dixon_ | jarek, joachim, EvanDonovan, eigentor, sun, dmitrig01, et al.: Added support to color.module for flexible color schemes and gradients, and removed hard-coded assumptions about Garland.
- Patch #762234 by catch: give modules access to updated comment statistics in hook_comment_insert() and hook_comment_update().
- Patch #499774 by jbrauer: support use of feed:// URLs as synonyms for http:// in core.
- Patch #740036 by c960657, Damien Tournoud: OpenID AX: Request nickname + support alternative namespaces.
- Patch #445130 by Rob Loach, aspilicious: namespace the Drupal jQuery functions.
- Patch #606190 by dww, noahb, sun: improve handling of database schema updates in update manager workflow.
- Patch #613272 by Kevin Hankens, Dave Reid, yoroy, rgristroph, pcarman: forums not usable out-of-the-box: disabled comments, no forums.
- Patch #777428 by BarisW, seutje: fixed Seven's lacks drag-and-drop styling.
- Patch #302327 by Josh Waihi, noahb, Crell, hswong3i: support cross-schema/database prefixing like we claim to.
- Patch #712538 by scor: clean up RDF namespaces and mappings before Drupal 7 release.
#724642 by casey: Upgrade jQuery BBQ library to 1.2.1.
- Patch #688704 by Crell, boombatower, noahb: give DB its own autoload function.
#692950 by effulgentsia, chx, aaron, catch, moshe weitzman, sun: Use hook_module_implements_alter() to allow modules to alter the weight of hooks in module_implements().
- Patch #39432 by c960657, chx, Gábor Hojtsy: fixed problems with anonymous users voting.
#776684 by Steven Merrill: Fixed The color.module preview HTML is hardcoded.
- Patch #598862 by andypost: user role names cannot be translated.
#652372 by matason, ksenzee, naxoc, jpmckinney, sun: Don't allow users to add forum topics when no forums exist.
#701818 by mcarbone: Test coverage of every core token, and bug fixes to make them work. AWESOME! :D
- Patch #669794 by andypost, Josh Waihi, aspilicious: critical task: use savepoints for nested transactions.