Install

To start a new Drupal project with version 8.6.0-alpha1@alpha:

To update your site and all dependencies to the latest version of Drupal:

To update your site to this specific release:
Pinning to a specific release may make it more challenging to update your site in future, see composer documentation for managing pinned versions

Using Composer to manage Drupal site dependencies

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Release notes

This is an alpha release for the next feature release of Drupal 8. Alphas are good testing targets for developers and site builders who are comfortable reporting (and where possible, fixing) their own bugs. Alpha releases are not recommended for non-technical users, nor for production websites. More information on alpha releases.

This minor release provides new improvements and functionality without breaking backward compatibility (BC) for public APIs. There may be changes in internal APIs and experimental modules that require updates to contributed and custom modules and themes per Drupal core's backwards compatibility and experimental module policies.

Important update information

Site update and module owners planning to update to Drupal 8.6 should take note of the following important issues:

Minor releases may include string changes and additions. Translators can review the latest translation status on localize.drupal.org.

Important bug fixes

The following issues are fixed in Drupal 8.6.0-alpha1:

Known issues

There are currently no known regressions in this release.

Search the issue queue for all known issues.

All changes since the last minor release

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Created by: xjm
Created on: 19 Jul 2018 at 20:55 UTC
Last updated: 17 Oct 2018 at 22:54 UTC
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