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<DIV><SPAN class=000171817-13072006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
don't think so. I think it's far more promising to look at it as an opportunity
for groups of modules to be bundled together in a collection, along with a
'profile' that does the setup and integration work for them.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=000171817-13072006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>You'd
copy Drupal to your server, then copy the profile on top of it, then run
install.php.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=000171817-13072006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>--Jeff</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Earl Dunovant
[mailto:prometheus6@gmail.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 13, 2006 10:20
AM<BR><B>To:</B> development@drupal.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [development]
install system<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>On 7/13/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Dries
Buytaert</B> <<A
href="mailto:dries.buytaert@gmail.com">dries.buytaert@gmail.com</A>> wrote:
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"><BR>But
it begs the question: how are we going to handle
install<BR>profiles? Where and how to maintain
them? Should we have one or<BR>more profiles in core?</BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>If you have profiles is core, does that kill the idea of Drupal
developing into a set of APIs and cutting back on core modules?
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