summer of code 2008

Have a look at PHP skeleton code for better understanding this outline.

Def:
Parser: Responsible for creating a feed data structure which is expected by the aggregator (hook_aggregator_parser). By design additional parsers could consume everything (ical, html pages, emails)
Processor: Responsible for accepting items and save them, show them to the user, etc (hook_aggregator_processor)

Planned modules:

* aggregator
* aggregator_node
* aggregator_light

Here I summarize what you should expect from core aggregator for Drupal 7.

Background

Ok, this is going to get me into trouble, but nevertheless:

Christian Weilbach, long-time KDE developer, has posted a lengthy critique of Google's intentions with the GSoC on his blog (which is running on Drupal, btw). The lack of paragraph usage makes it a bit hard to read, hopefully that'll be fixed soon, but nonetheless I find it very worth the read, even if one doesn't necessarily need to agree with his point of view.