Many distributions seem not to be initialized correctly with make files
Need to figure out what's going on:

Working distributions:

  • Spark

Not working distributions:

  • Drupal API
  • drupal.org testing
  • drupal ladder
  • Commerce Kickstart
  • Nodestream
  • Nodemaker
  • Panopoly

Common problems:
- Wrong makefile is chosen
- Many makefiles are different, we should support the standard
- Core project not specified

Comments

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deciphered
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Location Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
commented

Another thing to take into account is that a distribution has the ability to have multiple install profiles, in which case there would need to be a way to select the preferred install profile on creation of the sandbox.

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patrickd commented

After further thinking.. it's not only about multiple profiles, but configuration of the profiles on installation (regarding commerce kickstart: currency, install demo content, etc).

I think the easies way to work around this: don't install anything straight ahead.
Cons: User has to install the profiles hisself and will loose some time
Pros: Full flexibility of profiles and their installation steps will remain

Regarding the loss of time, commerce kickstart manual installation takes about 3 minutes on the server - regarding the complexity of this profile, I think this is okay.

Makefile-selection:

  • Is there a simplytest.make ?
    -> drush make simplytest.make
  • Is there a build-*.make ?
    -> drush make build-*.make
  • Is there a drupal-org-core.make ?
    -> drush make drupal-org-core.make
    -> Move profile files into /profiles
  • Is there a drupal-org.make ?
    -> drush dl drupal-[coreversion]
    -> Move profile files into /profiles
    -> drush make drupal-org.make
  • No makefile / no matching makefile ?
    -> Move profile files into /profiles
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deciphered
Primary language English
Location Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
commented

DrupalAPI install profile indexes the entire Drupal 6 and 7 code base and documentation, which can take about 10 minutes, which admittedly is part of the demonstration so not exactly time lost, but iI thought it's worth noting.

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patrickd commented

Hmm, well I personally don't think that building such complex distribution is a common usecase for simplytest.me ?

Though, I'm open for any other solution, but at the moment I see no better

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patrickd commented

Implemented new makefile selection as described in #2

Tested, committed, pushed.

Most errors that occur now, occur because of wrong named or wrong written makefiles in the distribution itself.

Installation now depends on the user, until a better solution is found here.

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patrickd commented
Status: Active » Fixed

Tested some distributions, looks pretty good.

If anyone encounters problems with a specific distribution or has a better solution for the letting-users-install-the-distribution-their-self-can-be-quite-annoying-problem please open a separate issue!

thanks

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patrickd commented
Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

cleaning up