What will we actually distribute?
I'm going to build a reasonably smart poll into this one after reviewing some discussions that have happened in the past.
The idea has been kicked around a couple of times to have more than one downloadable with each release. Exactly how many and what they're called and what they contain is where things ain't so obvious, and possibly the whole idea isn't obvious either. So here is my cut at things, then the polling.
I propose that we plan on 3 different packages when we actually create an official product zip.
This doesn't add any burden on the development side because we simply keep working with what we have, and remove all the extras when it is time to zip something up. Well ... we do have to figure out how to easily remove the sample posts thing, which means it should sort of be like a plugin or something. I think the installer with samples takes 2 files? I dunno. All I know is that is the only part in my mind right now that needs more help than simply deleting prior to zipping.
The idea has been kicked around a couple of times to have more than one downloadable with each release. Exactly how many and what they're called and what they contain is where things ain't so obvious, and possibly the whole idea isn't obvious either. So here is my cut at things, then the polling.
I propose that we plan on 3 different packages when we actually create an official product zip.
- Just The Core: would not have any plugins or widgets or templates or localizations. This product must (of course) work. That means 2 things have to change: a blog with a category must be created upon installation, and files in the templates folder must be used to create the page.
- Core Plus Stuff: this is just like JTC but adds a good selection of plugins, widgets, templates, and translations.
- Stuff Plus Posts: this is just like CPS but adds sample users and blogs and blog posts and comments, which is kinda like what we have now.
This doesn't add any burden on the development side because we simply keep working with what we have, and remove all the extras when it is time to zip something up. Well ... we do have to figure out how to easily remove the sample posts thing, which means it should sort of be like a plugin or something. I think the installer with samples takes 2 files? I dunno. All I know is that is the only part in my mind right now that needs more help than simply deleting prior to zipping.
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