[development] install system

[Frando (Franz Heinzmann)]

There is still the idea of some kind of "Golden Modules" floating 
around. These could fill the gap between Core and Contrib.
I think the result of the last discussion here includet the following:

* Versioning for Contrib - http://drupal.org/node/58066
* The "Golden Modules" (e.g. Views, Workflow, everything that gets 
removed from core) will have a prominent position on the drupal modules 
download page
* They will have a real release cylce, so they have always to have a 
version that's considered stable
* If one of the modules is not actvily maintained anymore, it gets 
removed from The List
* By releasing a new core version, these modules have to be ready

--> So the Golden Modules would be treated similar to core. However, 
they could possibly have releases between core releases. Out of that 
pool of core-like modules people will take the ones they need.

The result would be a lightweight, slim core that gets its power from 
the core-like "Golden Modules" and can then be extended by contrib.

On drupal.org, there could then be different install profiles with 
everywhere the same, slim core extended by the fitting "Golden Modules". 
  As they have all to have nearly core-like quality to be a Golden 
Module, the effort to maintain a install profile containing only core 
and "Golden Modules" should be far smaller than maintaing an install 
profile that contains lots of contrib.

btw, "Golden Modules" is propably not a good name, it's just some word 
that was floating around for quite a while now ...

best regards,
frando

> 
> On 13 Jul 2006, at 17:19, Earl Dunovant wrote:
>> But it begs the question: how are we going to handle install
>> profiles?  Where and how to maintain them?  Should we have one or
>> more profiles in core?
>>
>> If you have profiles is core, does that kill the idea of Drupal 
>> developing into a set of APIs and cutting back on core modules?
> 
> Earlier this week I explained why I do not intend to remove core 
> modules, except maybe for the archive.module.  The install system 
> doesn't change that fact.
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