Is this module still needed in Drupal 8? Does the Deploy module cover much of the same functionality? If not, are there any plans to port this to Drupal 8?

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There are some conceptual differences with deploy that it might be possible to incorporate into that module, but which I don't think are currently covered yet:

- deploy allows you to stage content from different sites/installs. With CPS all content is on the same site/install using forward revisions.

- I'm not sure how much deploy handles 'sets' of content vs. individual entity changes.

- having all content/revisions on the same site allows for previewing of the entire site based on a 'site version' i.e. not an individual node but a full snapshot of node references, listings, taxonomy terms etc. This includes both changesets yet to be published as well as older ones.

- going back to the first point, if you have multiple changesets being worked on at different times, I'm not sure if that would require multiple staging sites with deploy or not.

In terms of an 8.x port, the module was developed for a client running on 7.x and it's unlikely to get ported to 8.x unless either someone steps in to do it or there's some funding.

Fabianx/merlinofchaos may have their own views on this.