Drupal Distributions: The Dos and Don'ts:
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The document summarizes key aspects of Drupal distributions. It discusses what distributions are, typical distribution architecture including core, installation profiles, modules and themes. It provides tips for developing distributions including using features and contexts modules, organizing functionality, and localizing. It also covers maintaining distributions, building communities around them, and their future direction.
Drupal Distributions: The Dos and Don'ts:
- 1. Drupal Distributions: The Dos and Don’ts Irakli Nadareishvili, Jeff Miccolis 24. aug 9:00 Room name Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- 2. nadareishvili irakli director o f product de velopment techn ology p hase2 Trivia: was trained to become a hardcor e physicist Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- 3. jeff m iccolis lead develo per pmen t seed develo Trivia: studied phil osophy in undergr ad Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- 4. Agenda • What are distributions? • Typical architecture of a distro • Community infrastructure • Running a distro as a product • Extensive Q&A Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- 5. What’s a Distro? A Drupal distribution is a Drupal installer packaged differently than the default one on drupal.org Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- 6. Distros vs Default • Expand the reach of Drupal • Tailored to specific needs Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- 7. Inside a Distro: • Drupal Core • Installation Profile • Set of modules • Themes • Third-party libraries (e.g. Javascript) Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- 8. Install Profiles • Can only be chosen on install. • Provides custom install tasks. • Provides modules and themes that are only available to sites that use the profile. Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- 9. Exportables • Distinguish between content and configuration. • Capture the configuration in code. • Make long term configuration management possible. Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- 10. Toolchain • Features module • Context module • Kit specification • Drush & Drush Make Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- 11. Tip #1 Install Profile is just a list of modules! Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- 12. Tip #2 • Long list of modules can take a while to install! • Use batch processing. Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- 13. Tip #3 • Organize Features functionally. • Separate frequently-changing from permanent. Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- 14. Tip #4 • Context Layouts are powerful. • Always define a global context. • Beware of overlapping contexts. • Write a custom condition or reaction if needed! Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- 15. Tip #5 • Always fix module versions in your drush make! Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- 16. Drush Make on d.o. • Benefit: Better automation. • Challenge: third-party libraries • Challenge: running custom packaging routines and security • Current State Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- 17. Localizing a Distro • localize.drupal.org • Setting up a localization server • Syncing with l.d.o. • Translating an install profile and bundling it with .pos Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- 18. Building a Community • OpenAtrium Experience • OpenPublish Experience Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- 19. Maintaining • Who pays for a distribution? • Keeping up with security releases • Packaging • Upgrade testing Tuesday, August 24, 2010
- 20. Where We’re Headed • The future of distributions? • Tools we will need? • Is there a momentum? • What’s next? Tuesday, August 24, 2010