Working on many sites, many projects causes the problem that I need to maintain, install, practically start new drupal installations very often. For example when I am developing a new contrib module I use a clean new installation (I call it "dev space") so no other experimental code interferes with my current work. Such a space usually has the same basic modules and outline: I always install devel module, use the same username/pw, set some user permissions so i can switch users back and forth, install admin_menu, add the php block etc.

To avoid the redundant work I am launching a new project with the aim to prepare and maintain Drupal distributions. I will start with a drupal-devel distro, which contains my usual environment, and will improve its maintenance by writing some packaging script/update checks. My aim is to provide up-to-date code, modules, profiles in a single package.

As a first release find my devel distro in attachment. Warning! This distribution is for development environments only as it contains dangerous user access rights. The username/pw for user 1 is drupal/drupal.

For now check the project page for the most recent edition.