Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Lord Dries did say to Drupallites everywhere, "We will feature freeze Drupal 4.7 in a week, and then we shall commence stabilizing and bug fixing and so on."

And the community said, "BUT WAIT!!"

And so began a flurry of fervent activity to cram all of our desired features and functionality into Drupal. The glorious crowning achievement was the new Forms API, which greatly improved the security, extensibility, and themability of forms.

And the community said, "Let's rock and roll!"

However, all was not good. For soon came the bug reports, the module compatibility issues, and the various forms API-related headaches.

And the community said, "Oh, crap."

But, our story has a happy ending. For even though the Forms API did bring upon Drupal many hours of bug-fixing, it also opened the door for unprecedented control over Drupal's inner workings, and the time elapsed since the original code freeze date allowed for the inclusion of more features, such as a brand new module installation and upgrade system!

So, after several months of hard work, dedication, trials and tribulations, and of course plenty of caffeinated beverages, the community has rallied together to bring forth a most impressive release including all of the great features mentioned above and the stability we've come to know and expect from Drupal.

And so, we bring to you... the Drupal 4.7 release candidate!

Please see CHANGELOG.txt for the new features in Drupal 4.7 as compared to 4.6, and as always, please post any bugs you find to the Drupal.org issue queue.

Thank you for all your hard work and support! Please enjoy Drupal 4.7 RC1. :)

Drupal version: Drupal 4.7.x