On 22 Nov 2006, at 16:27, Bèr Kessels wrote:
When The installer was discussed, I explained my plans in rahter great detail. At that moment I could hardly show code. I could only show where I wanted to head and explain (which I did) why I thought that framework route was the one to take. People, including Dries, clearly indicated that this was not the desired route at that time: Drupal needed a web-based installer ASAP, not a framework in some future.
I don't remember saying any of that, but my memory has failed on more than one occasion. However, I do remember advocating the need to play nice with installers like Debian's and Gentoo's. My opinions on this issue have been very clear for at least 6-12 months -- that is plenty of time to align your work with that of core. Of course, you're more than welcome to work on Sympal. There is nothing wrong with that. :)
So here are my plans: * Move all my scripts to capistrano. It makes no sense to reinvent the wheel (sympal PHP scripts are a Drupal-specific PHP version of a much more mature Ruby system called capistrano) * During that time, keep on using the scripts, so possibly I will integrate the new profile/distro stuff in PHP, before moving over to capistrano.
Have fun! I haven't looked at Capistrano, but we can't require people to install Ruby. Then again, if this is only meant to be used by a small subset of power-users, it might fly. For various reasons, I'd prefer a PHP-based solution though (eg. maintainability). -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/