diff --git a/src/content/daily-email/2023-05-03.md b/src/content/daily-email/2023-05-03.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7bb6e400 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/daily-email/2023-05-03.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +--- +title: > + Just because core is supported... +pubDate: 2023-05-03 +permalink: > + archive/2023/05/03/just-because-core-is-supported... +tags: + - drupal + - php + - phpc +--- + +Just because Drupal core is supported, it doesn't mean that all of the other modules your project uses are still also supported or actively worked on. + +Since the Drupal 8 release in 2015, I've seen numerous examples of modules that haven't been updated for some time as maintainers focus on writing and maintaining the versions for Drupal 8 and now 9 and 10. + +Whilst it isn't marked as unsupported, it isn't being updated either. + +I recently explained to a client that their site uses a module last released in 2014. It’s buggy, but there’s no newer version to use and issues in the queue are no longer being fixed or triaged. + +Override Node Options - a popular module I maintain - is in a similar situation. The most recent Drupal 9/10 version was in February 2023, whereas the last Drupal 7 release was in March 2018. + +I don't have any official figures to support this, but feel the contribution rate for Drupal 7 projects (as in modules, themes and distributions) has been slowing for some time. + +Meanwhile, Drupal 7 core is still supported, at least for now.