Custom Server Modpack

[Raydonman]

So as this is getting more popular, I've started noticing a couple of mod packs from other sources, like voxel, etc. How is FTB going about vetting this, or letting servers create them? Is there a way currently, or will there be a way to let servers give users custom mod packs configed the way they want them.

I know not everyone will agree with every mod-pack, for example, I don't like the portal mod for a large server, but to any user, it shows up in the NEI item screen. If they went and tried to get the items to make it, they'd be disappointed to find out they can't pull it out of the crafting table. Having both the client and server on the same page makes sense here.


tl;dr
Is there a way for servers to create and upload their own custom mod pack, or for them to provide it to users and they apply them themselves?

 

[Flenix]

I wanna know about this too. I like the default mod pack, but there are a few others that we want to add to it. We don't want to baby every user through adding mods themselves so I'd love to be able to just let the download a mod pack somehow, then FTB laucnher would read it and do its magic.

Maybe there could be a special file format (.ftb) which is effectively just a html page. When a user downloads that, and double-clicks it, FTB launcher would run, go and find that page and download the mod pack to use. The pack would then appear on the launcher list for that user just like the defaults.

(If anywhere in this post I put FTP, read it as FTB. I keep mixing them up. )