By dcampbell24 on

I have noticed that there are two different terms being using for conceptually the same thing. On this page http://drupal.org/project/installation+profiles installation profiles and on this page http://drupal.org/node/326175 the same thing is referred to as distributions. On the second page an installation profile is even called a "customized 'distribution'...". Why not just use the term distribution which conveys something familiar to a lot of people and avoid the confusion of using these two different terms in a seemingly interchangeable way?

Furthermore, the content of these two pages overlaps. They both include lists of distributions/installation profiles and not much else. If one is to serve as a list of what already exists why not put all the content relevant to such a page in one place? And where is there a page with a general overview and guidelines for creating an installation profile/distribution? Someone who does not know much about a distribution but is thinking of creating one would greatly benefit from such a document rather than having to learn just from looking at what others have done. Not only would improved documentation make creating distributions easier, but it would also help to make sure that they follow the principles of the Drupal community.

To this end, I have begun working on and have sections of documentation for someone new (or not new) to Drupal who is thinking of creating their own distribution. I would like to know if I missed something and this actually already exists somewhere. If it does, where? If it does not, where should I create this page?