Create first D8 alpha release

I'm currently testing and commiting patches to fix some major problems. When this work is done I will create an alpha release.

Next I will try to work on related issues of [2422035]

How functional should the current dev release be at this point? In trying to test some of the recent patches (as well as the module itself), it seems I can configure it without any trouble, but it doesn't appear actually to do anything. If I tell it to clear link data and reanalyze content, it executes, it says links were successfully extracted, but there are no entries in either the linkchecker_link or linkchecker_index tables. (I do have a piece of test content with several links in it, two working, one not, so there should be something for it to catch.)

I'm not sure if this behavior indicates that something is wrong, or that I'm doing something wrong, or that the module isn't expected to find broken links yet.

@wrd Of course the basic functionality is needed for an alpha release. Please open an additional issue with the problems you found as bug. If this is a problem of your own we change the category of your issue to category "support request" if not it should to be fixed before release.
(Edit: removed a wrong "not" before word "problem").

Done: https://www.drupal.org/project/linkchecker/issues/3109851

I've just tried the D8 version of this module for the first time.

While it is still in "dev", I was very impressed. I tested it only on "body" fields.
But I found no bugs in what I did and what I wanted the module to do.

The code seems very well written too.

I reckon this very important module is ready for an Alpha release.
It will help create momentum.
I will put in my time with patches where I can.

Hi there,

just update to the latest dev version and now my composer.patches.json currently looks like this:

"drupal/linkchecker": {
  "Move linkchecker_watchdog_log out of .module to a dedicated service.":
  "https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/2020-04-23/3109178-14.patch",
  "Add support for Redirect module":
  "https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/2020-06-17/3058014-27.patch",
  "Link Extract Issue":
  "https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/2020-06-08/3132326-9.patch",
  "Remove Drupal 9 deprecations":
  "https://www.drupal.org/files/issues/2020-05-18/3136822-24.patch"
},

Related to this 4 issues:

• #3109178: Move linkchecker_watchdog_log out of .module to a dedicated service.
• #3058014: Add support for Redirect module
• #3132326: Link Extract Issue
• #3136822: Remove Drupal 9 deprecations

The most related issues are fixed now and since yesterday we have a second maintainer. So I think we can also fix this issue in the near future.

all the patches I was requiring (just to install and run the module without crashing) in composer are now in the dev branch plus the the Drupal 9 fixes around the dependencies are in also as I just tested in Drupal 9 and it's working

Thanks @C_Logemann

I just tested the latest dev release, all the composer conflicts are resolved and the module works without any patches now.

I suggest that we're ready for a first release tag.

Thanks @C_Logemann, I just downloaded and installed the latest 8.x version of the module with Drupal 9, and everything worked perfectly, so I agree with @RdeBoer and @joseph.olstad that the module is ready for the first Alpha release.

Although a fresh maintainer, I have long been an active user of the module. Totally agree it's in (at least) alpha state. So cutting an alpha version seems natural.

Do you want to do the honors, @C_Logemann or should I? 🤓️

@eiriksm Because I'm very busy this week you can do if you have time. Just assign the issue to yourself when starting the work.

Nice work everyone!🎉️

Thanks to everyone working on issues, testing patches and providing feedback.

Alpha release is out now!

https://www.drupal.org/project/linkchecker/releases/8.x-1.0-alpha1

Yay! 🎉️

@C_Logemann @eiriksm thanks to everyone for helping to achieve this milestone together!

Awesome! Thanks to everyone who helped getting the first Alpha released.