On the first page of install.php, the two options "Drupal" and "Drupal (experts only)" have the following descriptions, respectively:

  • Select this profile to enable some basic Drupal functionality and the default theme.
  • Select this profile to install with only minimum functionality enabled.

As this is the first screen the user is presented with upon installation, and as these two descriptions both (a) share a number of things in common ("basic .... functionality", "minimum functionality"), I think it important to expand on the exact differences here.

This is a placeholder for a forthcoming patch.

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#8 297181.patch1.52 KBkeith.smith
#3 profile_descriptions_2.patch1.65 KBkeith.smith
#1 profile_descriptions.patch1.65 KBkeith.smith

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keith.smith commented
Priority: Normal » Minor
Status: Active » Needs review
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new profile_descriptions.patch1.65 KB

First stab at better explaining the differences between these two install profiles.

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lilou commented

Small typo :

+ 'description' => 'Select this profile to work with a beginning Drupal site, complete with common page creation tools and and a default theme

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keith.smith commented
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new profile_descriptions_2.patch1.65 KB

Indeed. Oopsie.

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drawk commented

Overall, I like these changes. However, I'm not sure about the phrasing "with a beginning Drupal site". Beginning sounds awkward and a little archaic in this context. That said, I'm hard pressed to think of a better alternative.

I think maybe instead of
'Select this profile to work with a beginning Drupal site, complete with common page creation tools and a default theme.'
it ought to be something more along the lines of
'Select this profile to work with the default Drupal site, complete with common page creation tools and the default theme.'

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drawk commented

Ah, the word I was looking for was 'standard'. So:

'Select this profile to work with the standard Drupal installation, complete with common page creation tools and the default theme.'

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dries commented

The description doesn't explain what the 'minimal features' are. As Moshe pointed out, how can we expect someone to make a decision if he/she doesn't know what it is going to happen.

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Anonymous (not verified) commented
Status: Needs review » Needs work

The last submitted patch failed testing.

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keith.smith commented
Status: Needs work » Needs review
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new 297181.patch1.52 KB

Ok. I rethought the approach here a bit. New patch attached.

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dries commented
Status: Needs review » Fixed

Committed to CVS HEAD. Thanks, Keith.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

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