Problem/Motivation

In order for media to be the default method of attaching media to content, we'll need to deprecate the old image/file fields and allow Drupal 6/7/8 sites using them to migrate to media fields.

Postponed on #2835825: Add d8 media migration.

Proposed resolution

Remaining tasks

User interface changes

API changes

Data model changes

Comments

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catch
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Parent issue: » #2930514: [meta] Migration to media

Version: 8.5.x-dev » 8.6.x-dev

Drupal 8.5.0-alpha1 will be released the week of January 17, 2018, which means new developments and disruptive changes should now be targeted against the 8.6.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal 8 minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal 8 release cycle.

Version: 8.6.x-dev » 8.7.x-dev

Drupal 8.6.0-alpha1 will be released the week of July 16, 2018, which means new developments and disruptive changes should now be targeted against the 8.7.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal 8 minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal 8 release cycle.

Version: 8.7.x-dev » 8.8.x-dev

Drupal 8.7.0-alpha1 will be released the week of March 11, 2019, which means new developments and disruptive changes should now be targeted against the 8.8.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal 8 minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal 8 release cycle.

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juampynr commented

I did this at https://www.drupal.org/project/media_migration/issues/3044434#comment-13....

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wim leers
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🤯

Does this deal with all imaginable edge cases? What percentage of sites would be able to use that in your estimation, @juampynr?

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Related issues: +#3044434: Migrate image fields to media image fields
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Status: Postponed » Closed (duplicate)

Closing in favor of #2885002: Provide an optional migration path for sites using files/images to media entities.

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wim leers
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Related issues: +#2885002: Provide an optional migration path for sites using files/images to media entities

Linking for discoverability, and repeating @juampynr's comment #6 over there.