build management

Note: My proposal has evolved to include a detailed schedule, glossary, and long brief about the reasons why my methodology is at least different, if not better than the existing ones. I have moved the content from this single page to the Package Management project page. The project home page links to the SoC Proposal with the schedule.

Old Titles for this project ordered by earliest (from these you can see 3 major aspects of the project):
Automated Drupal Software Appliance Builder

http://www.bryght.com/blog/roland-tanglao/10-minutes-on-drupal-deploymen... has an excerpt from a really great discussion that ensued at DrupalCampLA during Firebright's dissertation on how hard it really is to properly upgrade the featureset on a Drupal site that's live and active.