building on a common(s) base: sustainable distro based development
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SUSTAINABLE DISTRO BASED DEVELOPMENT
BUILDING ON A COMMON(S) BASE:
BY STUART CLARK about.me/stuartc
DISCLAIMERThe content of this talk is in no way limited to “Commons”; it just made
for a catchy title!
ABOUT . ME / STUART C
DISTROSAN INTRO TO
DISTROSAN INTRO TO
DRUPAL COMMONS OPENPUBLIC
COMMERCE KICKSTART
BUILDING ON DISTROS
BUILDING ON DISTROS
PROS
Pre-built functionalityUsable out of the box
Cost effective
BUILDING ON DISTROS
CONS
Design quirksSpecific vision
Difficult to customise
BUILDING ON DISTROS
CONS
Difficult to customise
WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
FEATURES
WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
FEATURES
Overrides will be nuked by upgradeCloned exportables won’t be upgraded
Can’t export already exported
WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
‹❮LIVE DEMO›❯
WHAT’S THE SOLUTION?
WHAT’S THE SOLUTION?
FORK / IGNORE UPDATES(please don’t do this)
WHAT’S THE SOLUTION?
FEATURES OVERRIDE(plus time, effort and patience)
‹❮LIVE DEMO›❯
WHAT’S THE SOLUTION?
EXTRAS
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 - STANDARDhttp://pastebin.com/rDJkiDWH
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 COREhttp://pastebin.com/3pHxKLQJ
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
QUESTIONS???
