DRUPAL 9 + ACQUIA
Prepare Now For The Easiest Upgrade In a Decade!
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Drupal 9 is coming in June, 2020 and brings with it an easy upgrade path forever. Moving to Drupal 9 means removing your Drupal 8 application’s use of deprecated APIs, and BAM, you're ready for Drupal 9.
You can begin the upgrade process now by installing the “Upgrade Status Module” for Drupal 8.x. Click run report, and you’ll get an easy to interpret, itemized list of your modules and their D9 readiness status. Click for more info if deprecations are found, and instructions appear that tell you exactly what to do! The best part is you can do this on your existing Drupal 8 application already with no special training or version branches.
Resources
Upgrade Status Module
Easily check your Drupal 8.x site now for deprecated APIs used and begin preparing for Drupal 9!
Drupal 7 End of Life
Learn more about Drupal 7’s end of life schedule, and how it impacts your upgrade plans.
Extended Drupal 7 Support
Not ready to migrate? Security support for Drupal 7 will be extended by Acquia and other service providers until November, 2024.
When and How Should I Upgrade?
Begin preparing now! First of all, keep Drupal core and all contributed projects up to date. Then remove uses of deprecated APIs in your custom code, any contributed projects you use, and theme(s). Finally, when Drupal 9 becomes available, update Drupal core. All done!
What About Contributed Modules?
Most all Drupal projects use modules that were created from and supported by the Drupal community. Luckily, many contributed modules have begun preparing and over 50% are already Drupal 9 ready, and that number rises daily.
If you have modules installed that use deprecated APIs, you can share your Upgrade Status report results with the Drupal module maintainer directly from the report to alert them that deprecated API use must be removed, or even submit a patch yourself on Drupal.org to move the process along!
What if I’m on Drupal 7?
The best way to prepare for Drupal 9, is to move your Drupal 7 site to Drupal 8! Waiting for the next version to come out only reduces your time to prepare; so begin now!
Acquia products can help you to plan and support migration incrementally, allowing you to engage with customers and colleagues at your own pace.
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State of Drupal 9 - Drupal Camp Minsk
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Preparing for Drupal 9
With Drupal 9 targeted to be released in June of 2020, many people are wondering what they need to do to prepare.
The good and important news is that upgrading from Drupal 8 to Drupal 9 should be really easy — radically easier than upgrading from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8.