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

[Patrick Gaumond]

Ingo Renner wrote:
> Here're my ideas about a "distribution concept":
> 
> * strip down the core even more than now
> * then have different "distributions" for
>     * a blog
>     * a community
>     * corporate site (with DAM f.e.)
>     * news portal
>     * ... other popular combinations of the core + some extensions
> 
> To create these packages in an easy and automated way (in fact I can't 
> really imagine a non-automated way) we would have to build a new 
> packaging system.
> As not many have used the current packaging system I'd like to say it 
> works, but it's not too comfortable.
> For that new packaging system I'd like to use phing as it

First reaction: Too ambitious.

Second one: Who will keep the spark long enough to maintain such a 
potential beast?

Third: Isn't there already a way to simply do it by making few central 
extensions that include others as mandatory? Sure it doesn't provide 
visual integration and consistency needed but if in the last 6 years no 
one was able to just provide 5-10 templates that replace the old crappy 
ones, how on Earth full "distributions" would be maintain more than for 
the original release? I mean, it's lots of work for the initial sets but 
it will be even harder to maintain the beast...

I'm not against it (who can?) but I feel it's unrealistic.

I'll be glad to be contradicted on that one. :)

Patrick