Steve: I think you got this feedback elsewhere in another discussion, but for the record I'd like to clarify here that one does NOT require permission to port a module from Drupal to Backdrop CMS. However, we do encourage folks to contact the Drupal 7 module maintainer as a courtesy and invite them to help with the port or at least inform them of your intention.
You may need to re-install your Backdrop site and restart the import after a failed import. While I've never used that module, rolling back the import may not be enough. I would be sure to have...
Posted2 days 23 hours ago by Alejandro Cremaschi (argiepiano) on:
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I've just downloaded and converted with the Coder_Upgrade module and the D7 uc_feeds module and it worked... Yeah me!!!!
I'll look into messaging the original provider of the D7 module and see if I can get permission to officially move it across to BD
Watch this space!
I went ahead and ran it through coder upgrade myself and it also worked for me.
I have not issues a full release yet, so it is not on BackdropCMS.org. But you can download and use it directly from Github.
https://github.com/backdrop-contrib/uc_feeds
EDIT: It is now on BackdropCMS.org
https://backdropcms.org/project/uc_feeds
Steve: I think you got this feedback elsewhere in another discussion, but for the record I'd like to clarify here that one does NOT require permission to port a module from Drupal to Backdrop CMS. However, we do encourage folks to contact the Drupal 7 module maintainer as a courtesy and invite them to help with the port or at least inform them of your intention.
https://docs.backdropcms.org/converting-from-drupal#communicate
Other resources for porting modules from Drupal 7:
Including links and resources for anyone else in the future interested in porting Drupal 7 modules.
Thanks Tim, really helpful as always :-) I appreciate it.