Jumpstart

IMPORTANT:

Use Starter for Drupal 9+.

Original description:
"JUMPSTART" is an installation profile designed to get a site up and running quickly. It creates a Drupal7 site, enables some of the most usefull core and contributed modules while it does not enable some core modules that are enabled on the "standart" installation profile.

It helps for rapid-development, creating sandboxes and of course for every day drupal usage since it saves you some time (eg: it auto enables views).

Contrary to most Installation Profiles, Jumpstart is version agnostic.
This means that it can be used against any version of D7. This is true for
the modules too. The reason that Jumpstart is version agnostic is simple:
By itself it doesn't do much, it simply enables a set of common modules.

NOTE: drupal.org demands a version on each project that is being packaged. So an experienced user might prefer using the profile-only package instead of the one including core.

At the moment Jumpstart enables the following modules (and dependencies):
Views_UI
Transliteration
Admin_menu
Token
Backup_migrate
Colorbox (the .make file also fetches the script)

It doesn't enable comments, toolbar, overlay and several other core modules.
This shouldn't tamper with the users experience in any way though.
Contextual links are being enabled since they make it easier for users, old and new, to find their way around drupal.

Jumpstart also is a grat starting point for everybody that wants to create his own installation profile. It is very easy to alter and to bring to ones needs.

Future Plans
There are plans to make this profile a one stop for both developers and users. This will happen sometime in the future and suggestions are welcomed.
Also I would love to intergrate a WYSIWYG editor. I want to test aloha editor and see its current status before taking any decisions on that matter.

INSTALLATION
To install it you can either use the build-jumpstart.make file download it and type:
drush make --prepare-install build-jumpstart.make
or you can get the project from the releases section below.
By clicking on the release link you will get a list of downloads to choose from (core, no-core, profile only).

NOTE: at the moment it is suggested that you use the 7.x-1.x version since it more up to date. You can choose among the download options here.