On 16 Nov 2007, at 4:41 AM, Derek Wright wrote:
My efforts aren't going to be "around about D7 time". If all goes according to plan (and all the current pledges of funding actually come through), there will be packaged install profiles on d.o in about a month or so. I have every intention to support fully packaged D5 install profiles. Of course, that doesn't rule out other install profile improvements once D7 development opens up. But, people shouldn't consider this functionality something only for the distant future.
I'm just worried about what happens when D7 comes out. I don't think that the hook_profile_modules is very sensible for install profile module requirements, and I fully intend on introducing .info files for Drupal 7. This would mean that install profile packaging will get broken during the drupal 7 development, and will need to be maintained, in tandem with the old mechanism.