im running latest dev spark distro. is it correct that there is no spark module? no grid builder module? isnt this breaking the modular nature of drupal by burying it in core? most other "core" functions come as modules... thanks.

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gábor hojtsy’s picture

The Drupal 8 version of Spark demos all the improvements that got into core. Some breakpoint functionality got into core, but the layout builder did not, so the gridbuilder as well as the layout builder are not included with the Drupal 8 version. When/if we port the layout builder to Drupal 8, it will definitely be included in the distribution. As well as the gridbuilder needed to build the layouts. It is not yet certain what kind of features the Drupal 8 version of layouts would build on. There is some support for dynamic layouts in core, but not on the level that we used from Panels in Drupal 7. I'd say this area is not well developed at this point to bundle a layout capability with the Drupal 8 version. We'll need to re-evaluate this later.

For the time being, the Drupal 8 version includes features that we target for core inclusion, so it will include less and less on top of Drupal 8 as time goes by. When we cannot get any more fixes into Drupal 8, we'll be able to use the distro to look at what should be built on top for an even more well rounded out experience.

gábor hojtsy’s picture

Title: modules » Modules in the Drupal 8 version

Retitled for better findability.

gábor hojtsy’s picture

Category: bug » support
Status: Active » Fixed

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.