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We have some active issues in the queue and have some related issues in Drupal core. We are not tracking them in any way.
Proposed resolution
List all the WIP issues in DER and core queue in remaining tasks with all the todos.
Remaining tasks
Move DERFieldItemList to FieldType plugins folder.- #2405013: Add tests for all the formatters
- #2407123: Can't access autocreated entity after serialization it is dependent on core issue #2404331: Can't serialise an entity with an entity reference to an unsaved entity (remove EntityReferenceItem::$NEW_MARKER in favour of a validation constraint).
- #2389605: DER's "autocreate" feature is mostly broken (and untested)
- #2321721: Provide a views relationship for each dynamic entity reference field
- #2405467: Add EntityType and Bundle constraint on entity property of DynamicEntityReferenceItem
- #2766213: Add DynamicEntityAutocomplete form element
- - Replace menu link widget with DER. Pending on #2766213: Add DynamicEntityAutocomplete form element
- #2448401: Hide entity type selector from default widget when there is only one target type.
- #2555027: Support non-numeric entity ID's
- Tag all the core issues with DER which are related to it and paste a link here or add them here as related issues.
Comments
Comment #1
jibranAdded some core issues.
Comment #2
jibranAdded #2448401: Hide entity type selector from default widget when there is only one target type. to summary.
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pixelsweatshop commentedJust wondering if there is anything on the horizon for D8 to allowing the creation of entities inline and then referencing them, in a similar way to https://www.drupal.org/project/inline_entity_form
Comment #12
jibranWe have to find a proper way to fix #2107249: Don't assume that content entities have numeric IDs in EntityReferenceItem for DER. Perhaps, we can introduce an new ConfigDER field?
@nicoz we can't include that in DER but I'm open to the idea of creating a DER inline_entity_form module either a separate contrib module or part of original inline_entity_form module.
Comment #13
jibranComment #15
jibranWe are really close now only 3 issues left.
Comment #16
jibranYay! all the open bugs are fixed now. Only some tasks are remaining and those are not the stable release blocker. I have tagged the last rc and I'll create a stable in next 7 days if we'll not see any more critical bugs.
Comment #17
jibranCreated a first stable release https://www.drupal.org/project/dynamic_entity_reference/releases/8.x-1.0. I started tagging all the core issue with DER issue.
Comment #18
joelpittetShould this be closed and a new one be open for 2.x?
Comment #19
jibranI'm reluctant to abandon 1.x branch because of the issues like #2930423: MySQL triggers aren't supported on all hosting platforms.
Comment #20
wim leersThe two remaining issues both relate to the field widget. I'll repeat the question I asked at #2766213-9: Add DynamicEntityAutocomplete form element here, since I'm not sure what the right place is to ask it: