Ubercart on Drupal 6

session details: Ubercart on Drupal 6

• goal: out-of-the-box e-commerce module bundle
• Commerce Guys: new Ubercart consulting company
• MST3K http://rifftrax.com site uses Ubercart and was the reason for file download capability -- use coupon code DRUPALCON for 20% off!
• all work so far is just laying a foundation -- it works, but needs optimization
• what's new in D6:
  • performance enhancements
  • usability improvements
    
  • reduced module dependencies
  • more fine-grained permissions
  • code cleanup and bug fixes
  • core API improvements -- didn't know the right way to do things at first
  • support for conditional actions -- replaces dependency on Workflow-NG module
  • more contributors to core!
• what's holding up 2.0?
  • conditional actions support
  • user feedback -- what doesn't work?
  • update functions -- haven't even been written yet, so don't update a live site!  Data should be safe, but workflow and other functions will not update.
  • core API support for international taxes - need feedback
  • issue tracker cleanup -- evaluate outstanding issues
  • it is working, people are using it
  • come to the code sprint and help!
• optimization, internationalization, innovation!
• simplify the selling process: put buttons on nodes and user roles to make things and roles available for sale
• lead the way in "semantic commerce" -- make catalog items machine-readable by default, without need for extra modules
• Ubercart is not a stand-alone e-commerce application -- it is intended to be part of Drupal
  
• not the perfect e-commerce solution, probably won't be
• not an e-commerce company
• it is "community commerce" and we're all part of it!