Port Field Rename to 8

any update ?

This is a very useful module and it would be great to see a D8 version.

The D8 port could probably do something like what's suggested in the selected answer for How to rename a field in Drupal 8?.

There's definitely demand for such an entity / bundle aware solution in Drupal 8!

This will not be done by me. Will accept a well-written port, tho. Updated project page with tip from #6.

Should anyone come to this point (2nd time for me) and have the time and interest, I think it should be implemented the following:

1. Create a form to select the field to rename and provide the new name
2. Create the field based on the existing field configuration (may never be different) but with the new (machine) name
3. Copy over all data like described in https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/250927/how-to-rename-a-field-... - perhaps the field even knows its Schema better
4. Inform the user that the old field may now be deleted after updating all views, entity references etc. using the field

And of course think about all possible conflicts. Perhaps it makes sense to have a whitelist of supported field types where we can be safe it works.

I have the interest but not the time, but I think it's solvable this way and would still be VERY useful.

@gisle perhaps this issue should therefor be reopened and linked on the module page for any interested developer?
Perhaps we can revive this great module for the future :)

I am not going to reopen this. The situation has not changed since it was closed.

If someone is willing to commit to porting this to Drupal 9, they should open a new issue for the explicit task of doing so. I'll probably give them co-maintainership if I'm convinced about their ability and sincerity. But it would be pointless to have a new issue that is a duplicate of this to ask what plans there exist for porting. For the record: There are none.

However, I shall link to this closed issue from the project page, so that it will be easy to find for those that want to learn why there are no porting plans for this project.

Thanks @gisle :) Very much appreciate your immediate feedback!