Nice..... sounds like every extension, and every template that I bought for 7.0.x will be rendered obsolete, and the countless hours I put into customization will have been for nothing. I just love flushing a ton of work down the toilet.

If I'll have to start all over, can you guys at least remove module inter-dependencies where you can, and just let the modules stand on their own?

Most useless Dolphin module: Avatars (next to OpenSocial, that is)

The avatar module is inextricably woven see more into Dolphin.... and I don't even want the damn thing. Just get rid of the stupid thing, Avatars were popular in the 90's on message boards, but they really have no use in a platform like Dolphin. A resized and cropped profile photo is sufficient. I would suggest that you find out whoever wanted this useless module in the first place, and then bind and gag them for the duration of 7.1 development.