[development] One core, many distributions

[Jose A. Reyero]

Like this? - copy & paste from another email I've just sent

What I'd like to have:

- core: minimum cms engine with few basic modules
- standard modules: a few more than the ones that are currently in core,
but these must be the ones maintanined by core developers with 'core
quality'
- contributed modules: all the rest
(and same for themes)


Adrian Rossouw wrote:

> On 19 Nov 2005, at 9:29 PM, Larry Garfield wrote:
>
> >> My recommendation would be to have another "level" of modules, 
> "endorsed" (or
> >> something less stupid sounding).  First, strip the core shipped 
> modules down
> >> to a minimum: the required modules, throttle, taxonomy, path,
> menu,  upload,
> >> comment, image, page (the one node type), and possibly xml-rpc.  
> (The exact
> >> list is subject to debate, of course.)  That creates a core system 
> that is
> >> lean, mean, but still functional for a basic bunch-of-pages site.
>
> This is one of the things I've wanted to do forever.
>
> I would like to see separate repositories too, with stricter security 
> review rules
> and a group of commiters, with their own assigned modules/tasks. 
> Essentially
> so that we can implement a code signing system that is required  before we
> allow modules to be downloaded to their machines via the install system,
> and only allow them to get other modules which haven't matured enough 
> yet, if they physically
> edit a very big warning laden file.
>
> The same file would have an option to disable  all traces of internet 
> downloading from the system,
> to allow for closed systems.
>
> And i believe the default node module included, should be  content.module,
> or more pointedly. CCK.
>
>
>
>
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> Adrian Rossouw
> Drupal developer and Bryght Guy
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