Drupal 9 and beyond Drupal 8’s innovation model 8 . 7 . 3 (major.minor.patch) Every 6 months, with new features Every 2-3 weeks, no new features Every few years
Drupal 8 Reusable media Stable Images + video Stable Drag and drop Stable Media Library Experimental WYSIWYG integration In progress, targeted for 8.8 Media module in Drupal 8.7
Drupal Ecosystem Keep Drupal relevant and impactful Make Drupal easy to evaluate and adopt Make Drupal easy for content creators and site builders Reduce total cost of ownership for developers and site owners Easy upgrade to Drupal 9 Automatic updates Extended security support Composer Configuration management Workflow Layout Media Administration UI Out of the box Migrate API-first / Decoupled / Headless Six-month feature releases
8.8 Composer Support § Add composer build support to core § Prepare core and Drupal.org to handle semantic versioning for contrib extensions (modules, themes, etc) § Improve the quality of our exported components
8.8 Layout § Support customization (overrides) of layouts for other view modes (e.g., teaser) § Block visibility § Integrate into Standard profile? § Mass reverting of overrides § Allow for “wrappers” (instead of infinitely nestable layouts
8.8 Media § Make media library stable § UI improvements to allow deprecating File/Image, Thumbnails on videos/user pictures § WYSIWYG integration § Add External Media From Content Form § Migration support and upgrade path § Deprecate Drupal 6 migration sources in Drupal 8 and… § Metadata: Improve mapping UI and Complext type support § Webpack for media?
8.8 Migrate § Stabilize Multilingual Migrations § Deprecate d6 migrations for 9.0 [needs issue] § Allow modules to declare their migration status in Migrate UI § Migrate support for deleting items no longer in source data § Improve Contrib Developer Experience § Continue stabilizing the migration path
8.8 Out of the box § Improving installation experience § Reduce installation time § SimplyTest improvements § Remove warning messages § Language Switcher improvement § Adding Tour content to many more pages
8.8 Workflow § Convert path aliases to full featured entities § Introduce a basic version of Inline Entity Form in core and use it in entity forms with entity reference fields
Drupal 9 and beyond Drupal 8 Drupal 9 Drupal 7 Once you are on the Drupal 8 track, you will never have to change tracks again Drupal 6 Drupal 9 station
Drupal 9 Goals § Evolution instead of revolution § All features from 8.x will be available. Drupal 8.9.0 becomes Drupal 9.0.0 § Clean-up our own code base § All deprecated code or functionality from Drupal 8 will be removed § Update third party dependencies § Drupal 9 will be based on Symfony 4/5. Similarly: CKEditor, jQuery, Twig
Drupal 9 Goals § Evolution instead of revolution § All features from 8.x will be available. Drupal 8.9.0 becomes Drupal 9.0.0 § Clean-up our own code base § All deprecated code or functionality from Drupal 8 will be removed § Update third party dependencies § Drupal 9 will be based on Symfony 4/5. Similarly: CKEditor, jQuery, Twig Use Upgrade Status module (Drupal 7 version) to estimate upgradability. Contrib Use Drupal Module Upgrader to get a head start on updating your custom code. Custom Use the core Migrate module suite with contrib extensions as needed. Content
Drupal 9 Goals § Evolution instead of revolution § All features from 8.x will be available. Drupal 8.9.0 becomes Drupal 9.0.0 § Clean-up our own code base § All deprecated code or functionality from Drupal 8 will be removed § Update third party dependencies § Drupal 9 will be based on Symfony 4/5. Similarly: CKEditor, jQuery, Twig None 1 to 5 6 or more Drupal 9 compatibility issues found in 7000+ modules in March 2019
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