IMPORTANT: the code and documentation related to these modules are still experimental and should not be used in production enviroment.
The new version of Patterns provides the changes to offer compatibility with the new Patterns Server and Patterns Client modules (to be released soon), whose aim is to act as a hub for sharing Patterns files among Drupal users.The key attributes we aimed for are simplicity and security.
Given these goals, two addons to share patterns based on DrupalToDrupal and exchange information between clients and servers is being built. The client extension ensures transfer through a secure, encrypted channel where user credentials are verified each time an attempt to post patterns files is made. This way, a 1 to 1 association between patterns creator, patterns users and statistics can be generated.
Currently, the procedure to upload patterns is twofold: Patterns can be pushed to a user-specified server from the UI or via the Drupal drush utility.
A public Patterns Server will be released at drupal-patterns.org, but using the Patterns Server module anyone can set up his/her own server.