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(notes from a session of the DrupalCon 2010 Unconference)

Anything that can be exported should be exportable! for example for switching configs between live and staging sites

• use the Features module! settings, roles, permissions, fields, etc. etc.
• export variables with Strongarm module
• Context module for block visibility
• Views and Panels already support exporting
• Deploy module is in active development... could solve all these problems at once.

new Package Builder module provides an all-in-one solution for deploying structure changes (not so much data)

• packages are created as nodes (using a node creation form), stored as modules (with install/uninstall files)
• exports menu settings, nodes, content types, variables, views, flags, rules, roles, modules, users, and a bunch of other stuff (if applicable)
• works with version control, since it's just a bunch of files
• this is not the promised land, just a big step