Documentation location/URL

https://www.drupal.org/about/core/policies/core-release-cycles

Problem/Motivation

Searching for "drupal supported versions" returns the "Drupal core release cycle: major, minor, and patch releases" page as the top and/or most likely result, but there is not clear or prominent placement of what versions of Drupal are under active or security support and dates when that support will end.

The closest we have to this is the image in the "Overview: Major, minor, and patch release schedule" section, but it is more for illustrating the concept as the data is out of date.

Proposed resolution

Add a table showing currently supported Drupal versions, their release dates, and the dates support will end.. I was inspired by PHP's Supported Versions page. I have mocked up a prototype here: https://codepen.io/markdorison/pen/vYVJBVy

Screenshot of table showing currently supported Drupal versions, their release dates, and the dates support will end.

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CleanShot 2023-04-28 at 12.44.20@2x.png107.21 KBmarkdorison

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If this page is not the best home for a table like this, another option would be to create a new, more targeted page.

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Drupal core release cycle: major, minor, and patch releases is part of the Core development policies and practices documentation guide. As such, it describes the policy. Saying when each Drupal releases are EOL is probably the task of another documentation page.

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@apaderno Thanks for the feedback!

I went ahead and created a new page for this: Core Supported Versions

Is there any way to add styles to the table to preserve the color coding I show in the example?

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Is there any way to add styles to the table to preserve the color coding I show in the example?

Apparently no, since inline CSS styles are removed.

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Title: Suggestion for: (2383987) Drupal core release cycle: major, minor, and patch releases » Suggestion for "Drupal core release cycle: major, minor, and patch releases"
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Related issues: +#3399348: Commit a mermaid version of the core release cycle diagram to core, +#3238652: [policy] Decide how long major Drupal versions should be supported

This is a great idea @markdorison! Should I create a sketch based on the template in #3399348: Commit a mermaid version of the core release cycle diagram to core?

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Title: Suggestion for "Drupal core release cycle: major, minor, and patch releases" » Create a page listing the supported Drupal releases and showing when active support and security support end
Component: Correction/Clarification » Missing documentation
Issue summary: View changes
Status: Active » Needs work