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

[Derek Wright]

On Nov 15, 2007, at 10:11 PM, adrian rossouw wrote:

> I don't think that the hook_profile_modules is very sensible for  
> install profile module requirements,

I don't, either.

> and I fully intend on introducing .info files for Drupal 7.

I fully intend to implement my changes by introducing .info files  
(using the D6 .info syntax parser embedded in the d.o packaging  
script).  So, for D5 and D6, only the packaging script reads it, but  
we can still include and ship .info files from here on out (using the  
more powerful D6 .info syntax for dependencies, which is why I helped  
Steven make that change (.info for themes[1]) in D6 in the first  
place). In D7, we just expand on what's in them, and the role that  
the installer and/or the rest of core interacts with them.

> 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.

_Worst_ case is that the syntax for .info files changes again in D7.   
If that happens at all, hopefully it'll just be adding a superset of  
the D6 functionality, not breaking it.  Either way, modules and  
themes will be bitten by this if we do it, so I don't care if a few  
have to update their install_profile.info, too.

Cheers,
-Derek (dww)


[1] http://drupal.org/node/132018
(ugh, that was a painful issue, I almost hate to post a the link).