[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

BTW, IIRC WEC already has at least one distribution.

-- 
Xavier Perseguers
DBAL-Member

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