I extracted out just the blocktype from the patch and gave it a quick test in a new 1.8 installation, and it worked, with a few warning messages.
So, I've packaged the blocktype in a zip file and put up a link to it on the Mahara plugins page on the wiki: https://wiki.mahara.org/index.php/Plugins#Blocktype_Plugins
I extracted out just the blocktype from the patch and gave it a quick test in a new 1.8 installation, and it worked, with a few warning messages.
So, I've packaged the blocktype in a zip file and put up a link to it on the Mahara plugins page on the wiki: https:/ /wiki.mahara. org/index. php/Plugins# Blocktype_ Plugins