I think what is missing is a distinction between Core
(mostly APIs), core modules (these use the APIs to provide "essential" services
and are on the critical path for a new release, and contrib modules which
provide other more niche services and are not on the critical
path.
For example I consider ecommerce to be core but many of its
pieces to be contrib.
Hi,
I'm
fine with seeing forum.module and aggregator.module being
removed
too.
I disagree with removing the forum.module. Drupal's slogan is
"community plumbing" which actually implies that you can create a community
site (WITH a forum) out of the box.
Konstantin