I doubt that we can change this in Drupal 5 or Drupal 6.<br><br>But what about Drupal 7? Maybe that can be known as the "terminology release"?<br><br>Dmitri<br><br>P.S. 7 is considered a lucky number :-)<br><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 5, 2008 6:42 PM, Derek Wright <<a href="mailto:drupal@dwwright.net">drupal@dwwright.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>On Jan 1, 2008, at 12:28 PM, catch wrote:<br><br>> Well I missed the initial discussion with this, but agree profile<br>> is likely to be confusing. However, I'm not convinced it's too late<br>> to change how it's presented.
<br><br>I, too, was sounding the alarm on this one months ago... :(<br><br>The main problem is that the core installer looks for a "profiles"<br>directory in your drupal directory tree. This has been true since
<br>D5, and isn't going to change now in D6, either.<br><br>True, once everything is packaged automagically by d.o into full<br>blown "distributions" (or whatever we call them), we can partly hide<br>this fact from end users. The tarball you download that includes
<br>core, the contribs you need, and the install profile, can all be<br>called a "distribution", and it can quietly put the .profile file in<br>the right subdirectory of your "profiles" directory.<br><br>
However, I think Drupal is notorious for changing its mind about<br>terminology, and leaving things in an inconsistent, confusing state<br>("categories" vs. "taxonomy" rehashed, anyone?). Sure, we can
<br>*attempt* to hide some of the ugly details in the name of "our users<br>don't need to know", but that often results in more confusion, not<br>less. :(<br><br>So long as the installer is looking in your "profiles" directory, for
<br>files that end in ".profile", I think the "installation profile"<br>terminology is going to have to stay, as much as that sucks.<br><br>-Derek (dww)<br><br><br><br></blockquote></div><br>