Problem/Motivation

I'm seeing a few issues about determining what the correct release is for later version of Drupal 8.x as well as Drupal 9.x (#3069266: Updated core to 8.7.5 and got The "linkit" plugin does not exist, #3214603: Drupal 9: which version should I use? 5.00 or 6.00 ?).

Since the 4.x release is still the recommended release on d.org, which conflicts with recommendations to move major versions to resolve issues (e.g. #3069266-6: Updated core to 8.7.5 and got The "linkit" plugin does not exist).

If 4.x is incompatible with currently-supported D8 and D9 releases, perhaps it is time to sunset that version?

Steps to reproduce

Proposed resolution

Document upgrade path for 4.x up (#3217952: Upgrade path from 4.x to 6.x), if any.
Create a 6.0.x dev branch (#3211218: Create 6.0.x branch.

Remaining tasks

Update project page to sunset 4.x, recommend 5.x and 6.x. Establish more stable releases for those versions.

User interface changes

API changes

Data model changes

Comments

Webbeh created an issue. See original summary.

Webbeh’s picture

Webbeh
he/him/his
Location Georgia, USA
commented
Title: Reassess supported/recommended releases » Re-assess supported/recommended releases
johnwebdev’s picture

johnwebdev commented

Thanks for creating this one!

I agree, we should sunset 4.x. It is no longer marked as recommended now.

We should probably also mark 7.x-2.x as unsupported as well.

Regarding 5.x and 6.x - I think we should promote 6.x here, create a new dev branch and all new features should go into this version series.

liam morland’s picture

liam morland
Primary language English
Location Ontario, CA 🇨🇦
commented

Automated testing should also be re-assessed. Currently, some tests are running in Drupal 8 and all are using older versions of PHP.

natts’s picture

natts
He/they
Primary language English
Location London
commented

Currently there is no recommended or stable release for Drupal 8 or 9. My Drupal installation is telling me that version 8.x-4.4 is not supported, but if I update to 8.x-5.x or 6.0.0 I'll be running beta software which is not stable.

Please make 8.x-4.4 the recommended/stable release until versions 5 or 6 are made stable instead.

johnwebdev’s picture

johnwebdev commented
Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

Hey,

There will be no more work on 8.5.x series except security fixes. (top priority; Drupal 10 and CKEditor 5 readiness) will be done on 6.x series.

We also have a 6.0.x branch since a couple of months back.