Drupal Planet Rejoice!

Thanks to valiant efforts by community of coders, Drupal 6 is released to the world today (Feb. 13, 2008). This newest iteration of the open source content management system offers significant benefits to the geeks who deploy Drupal and "make it work" for customers around the world.

Join the fun (plus it makes sense):

The Drupal 6 branch is maintained by Gábor Hojtsy with the help of Dries Buytaert based on feedback from the issue queues. The first maintenance release will be 6.1. Please note that as of now, the Drupal 4.7 branch is no longer maintained, so switching to Drupal 5 or 6 is strongly advised.

Noteworthy additions include:

• Improved installer - making for well ... improved (read: easier for newbs) installs
• Multi-language - character handling baked-in (this is huge for global adoption)
• OpenID - built-in to stave off the profile/password overload conundrum
• Admin menus - tuned-up with intuitive organization and handy dropdowns
• Improved templating - theming and templating is one of the biggest jobs in any Drupal deployment; the system has been overhauled and is one step closer to being easier for designers and developers to work with
• Draggable blocks - allowing for instant re-arranging rather than by numerical "weight"
• Transition state Actions - simple workflow actions can be associated with a transition (i.e. send email when this content is published)
• Category revisions - Changes to categories and vocabulary are treated "versions"