Distribution Lessons Learned: Panopoly, Commerce Kickstart, Commons, and Atrium
This panel of Drupal's top distro maintainer companies will talk about the community's big questions surrounding distributions -- how they're changing, what they're doing about Drupal 8, and whether they "pay off" in the long run for Drupal firms… and for the community. Plus, you'll hear four mini-case studies about key aspects of the newest releases of Panopoly, Commerce Kickstart, Commons, and Open Atrium distributions.
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This one is a must.
Getting distributions right is one of the unlocked achievements that can make Drupal truly great. Having these people in the same room is a rare opportunity to hear how it actually goes. Please schedule.
I'll attend this based on the speaker list alone, should be interesting.
This looks great. Be very interested to learn a little more about the reasoning behind committing to a distro.
I think its a must - everyone always asks for this.
Instead of "Lessons Learned" I'd like to hear more about what the "future" of Drupal Distributions looks like. Please deal with some of the following:
1) How do you deal with the installer and configuration options? (Follow up: Can/Should distributions be able to "start over" with new configuration options during install?)
2) In the case of Kickstart, it comes with a bare-bones option for developing and a demo store to show off what you can do. Is this the future of distributions? How can we make them more developer building friendly?
3) If you use Drush make to create releases, you can't use drush up to update your site. How does the future of distributions aim for an easier upgrade process? (Follow up: Do we need more than update hooks and features to pull this off?)
4) How does the exportable nature of D8 change how flexible and shareable distributions will be in the next two years?