Drupal Distributions on drupal.org

Since November of 2009, fully packaged Drupal distributions have been available on drupal.org. This functionality takes installation profiles to a whole new level, since finally end users can download a single file, unpack it, visit install.php and they have a fully functioning Drupal site up and running. This session will be a panel discussion about Drupal distributions, what this means for the Drupal community as a whole, and future directions and possibilities. Topics covered will include:

• How packaged Drupal distributions simplify adoption and deployment of Drupal
• How hosted Drupal distributions work for installation profile maintainers
• How people are using Drupal distributions already
• What it will take to get 3rd party code (e.g. JavaScript libraries) packaged and included in the distribution archives automatically