The modification will change the function save_profile_image() allowing it to take a URL argument. This means in turn that enrolment scripts and other automatic ways of creating users will be able to suck profile photos into Moodle, if they're available at a URL.
Description
There's a little bit of discussion here (including diff output):
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=36405
The modification will change the function save_profile_image() allowing it to take a URL argument. This means in turn that enrolment scripts and other automatic ways of creating users will be able to suck profile photos into Moodle, if they're available at a URL.
New Feature
Resolved
Minor
Modify gdlib.php so that URLs as well as filepaths can be used to create profile-images
