From 239c5fae50f764aa77d06ad2629ee0c21b5ad7d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oliver Davies Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 22:24:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add daily email for 2024-10-06 Is post-end-of-live support an anti-pattern? --- source/_daily_emails/2024-10-06.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source/_daily_emails/2024-10-06.md diff --git a/source/_daily_emails/2024-10-06.md b/source/_daily_emails/2024-10-06.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f552f1f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_daily_emails/2024-10-06.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +--- +title: Is post-end-of-live support an anti-pattern? +date: 2024-10-06 +permalink: daily/2024/10/06/is-post-end-of-live-support-an-anti-pattern +tags: + - software-development + - drupal +cta: d7eol +snippet: | + Is supporting software after its end-of-live date a good idea? +drupal_planet: true +--- + +With Drupal 7's end-of-life date of the 5th of January 2025 quickly approaching, I've recently seen again a number of companies offering support for Drupal 7 after its end-of-life date. + +I've seen the same in corporate IT environments where they're running versions of software post their EOL date, so it's only Drupal 7, but I wonder if this is a good thing? + +Is this deterring companies from upgrading if they know this is an option, or should everyone upgrade and we can move forward from Drupal 7 and other end-of-life software? + +According to , there are still 281,000 active Drupal 7 installations. + +It's considerably less than before - this time last year, it was over 380,000 installations - but it's still a lot of Drupal 7 being used.