Problem/Motivation

Installations using the minimal install profile do not have immediate/out of the box ability to import/export configuration. This is particularly problematic when using a workflow where you need to install Drupal and immediately revert to an exported config, e.g. when using drush site-install minimal --config-dir /sync. See this issue on Drush for some further exploration and background.

Proposed resolution

Include config module in the list of dependencies for the minimal install profile.

Remaining tasks

  1. Review by community regarding efficacy of approach. We don't need to change core to make a Drush command work, for instance, but configuration import/export is a common "expert" feature that is a strong candidate for inclusion in a profile aimed at that user group.
  2. If accepted, a change record.

User interface changes

None.

API changes

No API changes.

Data model changes

None.

(Marking this as "other" per alexpott's feedback about components here)

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bradjones1 created an issue. See original summary.

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CreditAttribution: bradjones1 as a volunteer commented
Related issues: +#1370708: Remove Node module from Minimal installation profile, +#2658864: Do not require dblog as part of the minimal install profile, +#1946526: Clean up Minimal profile modules, +#1664894: Clarify Minimal profile's use-case and description
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CreditAttribution: bradjones1 at ems.education software commented
Status: Active » Needs review
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bradjones1
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CreditAttribution: bradjones1 at ems.education software commented

I should note the Drush issue I linked above has been resolved to work without this module installed, however I'll keep this up since I think it's still a good question whether this should be included in minimal.

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CreditAttribution: joelpittet at The University of British Columbia commented

Maybe drush should enable that module before doing the action? Then we don't need to add a module to minimal that may not be needed for everybody?

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Maybe drush should enable that module before doing the action? Then we don't need to add a module to minimal that may not be needed for everybody?

I think this is the best option.

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Status: Needs review » Closed (outdated)

This dependency in Drush was narrowed/removed in May 2016.