Larry Garfield on Looking Towards Drupal 8

Larry Garfield (aka Crell) talks about some of the architectural planning on Drupal 8 that was happening at the Core Developer's Summit in San Francisco. He explains why it's important to keep the big picture in mind and start making high-level desions for the next version of Drupal even befor Drupal 7 is officially released. Garfield presented on an overhaul of the block system, and how getting Panels and Context-like functionality put in at the core level. Discussions about this specific topic can be found at the Butler group. He also talks about some of the other highlights of discussions about the future of Drupal including the possibility of Views in Drupal 8 core and his vision for the future of integrating remote entities.