[development] New core install profiles for D6? (was Re:Early Drupal 6 review from Chris Messina)

[Dmitri G]

I've made a single-user blog profile using only core.

I'd like to see peoples opinions on it!

Where should I upload it?

=dmitrig01=


On Nov 14, 2007 6:56 AM, Sean Robertson <seanr at ngpsoftware.com> wrote:

> I like this idea, but it's really hard for me to do using only core
> modules.  I don't think I've done a core-only site in three years. ;-)
>
> I suspect a lot of other people will have the same problem - certainly
> anyone of the skill level required to be able to actually write and
> maintain an install profile.
>
>
>
> Daniel F. Kudwien wrote:
> >> Quoting Dries Buytaert <dries.buytaert at gmail.com>:
> >>
> >>> On 13 Nov 2007, at 20:06, Derek Wright wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Nov 13, 2007, at 12:25 AM, Dries Buytaert wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I don't mind having two or three profiles ship with Drupal core.
> >>>> To clarify, you mean some install profiles that ship with core
> >>>> *which only include core modules*, right?
> >>> Yes.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Dries Buytaert  ::  http://www.buytaert.net/
> >
> > If we ship Drupal 6 with additional install profiles, we should also
> have a
> > designated maintainer for each one of them. Each profile maintainer
> should
> > be primarily using "his" profile for own sites and she/he should have
> deep
> > insight into the market the profile deals with.
> >
> > By writing this, I actually think that development speed in core could
> be
> > too slow for having great install profiles. See: any improvements to a
> > blogging profile would have to wait for D7.
> >
> > Conclusion: I would rather suggest to write detailed documentation about
> > developing install profiles and support Derek in realizing his efforts
> of
> > pre-packaged install profiles, instead of shipping Drupal with poor
> "example
> > profiles". Users evaluating Drupal for a blog would not know of
> contributed
> > install profiles. So they would test that blogging profile in core and
> > probably head over to another blog-ready system, because modules in
> Drupal
> > core do not provide as much features as other blogging systems.
> >
> > sun
>
> --
> Sean Robertson
> Web Developer
> NGP Software, Inc.
> seanr at ngpsoftware.com
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>
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