? sites/default/files
? sites/default/settings.php
Index: includes/form.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/form.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.500
diff -u -p -r1.500 form.inc
--- includes/form.inc	4 Oct 2010 18:00:45 -0000	1.500
+++ includes/form.inc	5 Oct 2010 14:29:11 -0000
@@ -3551,7 +3551,7 @@ function theme_form_required_marker($var
     'class' => 'form-required',
     'title' => $t('This field is required.'),
   );
-  return '<span' . drupal_attributes($attributes) . '>*</span>';
+  return '<span' . drupal_attributes($attributes) . '> ('. $t('Required') .')</span>';
 }
 
 /**
Index: modules/field/field.form.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/field/field.form.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.50
diff -u -p -r1.50 field.form.inc
--- modules/field/field.form.inc	17 Jun 2010 13:44:45 -0000	1.50
+++ modules/field/field.form.inc	5 Oct 2010 14:29:11 -0000
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ function theme_field_multiple_value_form
   if ($element['#cardinality'] > 1 || $element['#cardinality'] == FIELD_CARDINALITY_UNLIMITED) {
     $table_id = drupal_html_id($element['#field_name'] . '_values');
     $order_class = $element['#field_name'] . '-delta-order';
-    $required = !empty($element['#required']) ? '<span class="form-required" title="' . t('This field is required. ') . '">*</span>' : '';
+    $required = !empty($element['#required']) ? '<span class="form-required" title="' . t('This field is required. ') . '"> ('. $t('Required') .')</span>' : '';
 
     $header = array(
       array(
Index: modules/simpletest/tests/form.test
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/simpletest/tests/form.test,v
retrieving revision 1.72
diff -u -p -r1.72 form.test
--- modules/simpletest/tests/form.test	4 Oct 2010 18:00:46 -0000	1.72
+++ modules/simpletest/tests/form.test	5 Oct 2010 14:29:13 -0000
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class FormsTestCase extends DrupalWebTes
     $elements['file']['empty_values'] = $empty_strings;
 
     // Regular expression to find the expected marker on required elements.
-    $required_marker_preg = '@<label.*<span class="form-required" title="This field is required\.">\*</span></label>@';
+    $required_marker_preg = '@<label.*<span class="form-required" title="This field is required\.">\(Required)</span></label>@';
 
     // Go through all the elements and all the empty values for them.
     foreach ($elements as $type => $data) {
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ class FormsElementsLabelsTestCase extend
 
     // Exercise various defaults for textboxes and modifications to ensure
     // appropriate override and correct behaviour.
-    $elements = $this->xpath('//label[@for="edit-form-textfield-test-title-and-required"]/child::span[@class="form-required"]/parent::*/following-sibling::input[@id="edit-form-textfield-test-title-and-required"]');
+    $elements = $this->xpath('//label[@for="edit-form-textfield-test-title-and-required"]/child::span[@class="form-required"]/parent::(Required)/following-sibling::input[@id="edit-form-textfield-test-title-and-required"]');
     $this->assertTrue(isset($elements[0]), t("Label preceeds textfield, with required marker inside label."));
 
     $elements = $this->xpath('//input[@id="edit-form-textfield-test-no-title-required"]/preceding-sibling::label[@for="edit-form-textfield-test-no-title-required"]/span[@class="form-required"]');