[TYPO3-project-4-3] TYPO3 Distribution Concept for 4.3

[Xavier Perseguers]

Hi,

> Instead of building hundreds of prepacked source/extension 
> distributions, wouldn't it be much wiser to extend the install tool and 
> provide a distribution downloader and installer? This could be a 
> dropdown or a nicely formatted listing, showing available distributions 
> for the present T3 version. Those information would be fetched on demand 
> maybe from TER (XML) and consist of "title", "description", "preview 
> image", "extension list", "additional files like templates/js/css" and a 
> "sql dump". If a new distribution would be available (maybe they can 
> also be community driven via TER), it could be used instantly in any 
> installation without the need to repack anything.

I would really like the idea of extending the 1-2-3 install tool with 
optional additional options at the end. Thus +1

-- 
Xavier Perseguers
DBAL-Member

http://xavier.perseguers.ch/en/tutorials/typo3.html