The document discusses sustainable development frameworks based on Drupal distributions, highlighting the benefits and drawbacks of using pre-built functionalities. It addresses challenges faced when customizing distributions, such as upgrades and feature overrides, and suggests solutions including forking and using custom code. The author provides examples, resources, and a call to action for further engagement through contact information.

1. SUSTAINABLE DISTRO
BASED DEVELOPMENT
BUILDING ON A
COMMON(S) BASE:
BY STUART CLARK
about.me/stuartc

2. DISCLAIMER
The content of this talk is in no way
limited to “Commons”; it just made
for a catchy title!

3. ABOUT . ME / STUART C

4. DISTROS
AN INTROTO

5. DISTROS
AN INTROTO
DRUPAL COMMONS OPENPUBLIC
COMMERCE KICKSTART

6. BUILDING ON DISTROS

7. BUILDING ON DISTROS
PROS
Pre-built functionality
Usable out of the box
Cost effective

8. BUILDING ON DISTROS
CONS
Design quirks
Specific vision
Difficult to customise

9. BUILDING ON DISTROS
CONS
Difficult to customise

10. WHAT’STHE PROBLEM?

11. WHAT’STHE PROBLEM?
FEATURES

12. WHAT’STHE PROBLEM?
FEATURES
Overrides will be nuked by upgrade
Cloned exportables won’t be upgraded
Can’t export already exported

13. WHAT’STHE PROBLEM?
‹❮LIVE DEMO›❯

14. WHAT’STHE SOLUTION?

15. WHAT’STHE SOLUTION?
FORK / IGNORE UPDATES
(please don’t do this)

16. WHAT’STHE SOLUTION?
FEATURES OVERRIDE
(plus time, effort and patience)

17. ‹❮LIVE DEMO›❯
WHAT’STHE SOLUTION?

18. EXTRAS

19. EXTRAS
api = 2
core = 7.x
!
; Include the definition of how to build Drupal core directly, including patches.
includes[] = http://drupalcode.org/project/commons.git/blob_plain/7.x-3.12:/drupal-org-core.make
!
; Download the Commons install profile and recursively build all its dependencies.
projects[commons][type] = profile
projects[commons][version] = 3.12
!
;Anything else goes here and will be downloaded to sites/all/*
MAKEFILE - STANDARD
http://pastebin.com/rDJkiDWH

20. EXTRAS
api = 2
core = 7.x
!
; Commons as core
projects[commons][type] = core
projects[commons][version] = 7.x-3.12
!
;Anything else goes here and will be downloaded to sites/all/*
MAKEFILE - PROFILE AS CORE
http://pastebin.com/3pHxKLQJ

21. EXTRAS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dlv1N-nCTE

22. EXTRAS
…
!
; Custom code
!
; Note:This isn't actually a library, but the 'destination'/'directory_name'
; parameters trick allow all custom code to be kept in a profile-esque
; structured repository for a sites/all configuration.
!
libraries[EXAMPLE][download][type] = git
libraries[EXAMPLE][download][url] = https://github.com/EXAMPLE/EXAMPLE.git
libraries[EXAMPLE][destination] = ..
libraries[EXAMPLE][directory_name] = all
MAKEFILE - MIXED CUSTOM REPO

23. QUESTIONS???

24. STUART@REALITYLOOP.COM
WEBSITE
EMAIL
TWITTERNAME
QR CODE