4.8 core should be slimmer with fewer modules (rm poll, archive, blog|story|page), but we should make it our goal to have a small number of targeted distributions that mix core with some contrib modules and an install profile to do a specific task. With the new groups site, this can be coordinated much more easily. A group would form around a proposed distribution, say Drupal for blogging, or Drupal for E-Commerce. They would put together core plus modules of their choice and it would get distributed as an official "package". Each group would have to have to be dedicated to maintaining their packages throughout the release cycle, which can be years, so such an undertaking is not to be started lightly. This approach would keep the core team free to do their thing, obviate the discussion of making a "golden" contrib repository, and make Drupal much more accessible to various targeted audiences while avoiding forking.