I completely agree with Ber on this one. And I think we should go for a smaller core and then some distributions with pre-packaged modules and specific patches. And we should start separating concepts like 'Drupal core' and 'standard distribution'. Bèr Kessels wrote:
A big -1 from me. Drupals core must be small, clean and most of all very stable. I beleive Drupal would benefit most from a linux alike idea: kernel and distro;s. A kernel (drupal core) is very conservative, vey well maintained and very strict in what it accepts. Its up to the distros to add modules, themes and pre-configured databases and ship that as their distro. And off course a distro could ship with patches applied to its particular core. For example a DrupalI18N would be a nice distro.
But to allow "interim" solutions? naah. I think it will bring down our overall quality a lot. And it will make our porject a lot harder to maintain, since our CVS will be in a constant status of no--really-working. Much more than now.
Bèr
Regards, Bèr