[Meta] Port Zen to Drupal 8

:-)

Wouldn't that be 8.x-6.x-dev John?

Actually, it's going to be 8.x-7.x. Every time Zen gets upgraded to a new version of Drupal, it is a major overhaul. Straight ports are just not possible because of the underlying changes to the theme system in core versions.

Hi, just a heads up that we are still trying to create a new Theme system architecture. We will most probably keep BC (due to code freeze), but deprecate the old ways:

#2004872: [meta] Theme system architecture changes

The new API has a 1-1 mapping to the old one, so conversion should be quick, but just as information ...

Thanks, Fabian!

And, yes, I know it will be a bumpy ride. I love removing large swaths of deprecated/redundant code each time I upgrade Zen to a new core version. :-)

subscribing

@jadowd https://drupal.org/node/1306444

2013.10.19 - Test

D8-dev (Last updated: October 19, 2013 - 11:08) - {Minimal; plus module 'Toolbar'}
&
zen-8.x-7.x-dev.tar.gz. (Last updated: October 19, 2013 - 12:54)

Error from attempted auto-install via page [d8-root]/admin/modules/install:
zen-8.x-7.x-dev.tar.gz does not contain any .info.yml files.

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Aside: (I just noticed, and )
I appreciate your comedy on Zen 8-dev page:
"Completely broken 8.x -dev release. :-)"

Hi,
Have there been any developments with regards to Drupal 8 support, as the beta is out and all?
Are there any plans with regards to when, how and so on?
Is there any specific area where newbieish contributors could focus to help making it happen?

Drupal 8 has Classy, Backbone, etc. would the backporting of any of the D8 theme features help Zen transition from 7 to 8?

This is needed for the Drupal 8 port of aGov too.

If it's helpful, here's a patch doing #2-1, moving to .yml files. It shouldn't conflict with the move to 7.6. At this point, you can enable Zen as the default theme, but it's not themed.

Are there any plans to convert this theme to Drupal 8?

looking forward as well

@Jamessw: Thanks! Can you move the review the patch at #2487856: Zen's .info and settings need to be migrated to YAML and merge your patch with that issue?

@everyone: I'm going to get some sort of release out before Drupal 8.0.0 is released next week. Not sure if it will be alpha/beta/full release yet.

@JohnAlbin
Thanx for working on D8 Version.
For the peoples like to help: Are you currently working on d.o git repository or on another place like github?

@JohnAlbin I've added the patch to #2487856.

I am doing some experimenting with D8 and if some of the patches were added to the dev version of the theme to make it usable I would be able to start from there and help update.

I think in terms of MVP for getting an alpha release of Zen for D8, we should (temporarily?) remove the Panels layouts.

While it would be nice to merge those back in later, Panels is definitely not ready for prime time and that seems like a feature that could be scrapped in favor of getting a release faster.

Alpha 4 is out. 4th release in 4 days. https://www.drupal.org/node/2716763

I've updated the issue summary to show what still needs to be done.

Alpha 5 is out. No more Ruby build tools. https://www.drupal.org/node/2717167

Any updates? Last release has been a while.

Any Updates?
Or can we assume that there will be no D8 Version of Zen anymore?

I have no official informations, but this glorious theme has not been updated since 2016... I think that this project has been abandoned.

We maintain a fork at https://github.com/skilld-labs/zen but it is somehow changed over last 2 years

@JohnAlbin are there any plans to update this theme to make it fully compatible with D8, and now D9? It's by far one of the best private label themes out there, and easily customizable for different needs, but needs updates for compatibility with recent versions of Gulp, Drush, and Drupal Core.

I've personally been updating and adapting a 'version' of this theme for years, and am now looking to migrate to D9 which requires bigger changes than custom package.json and gulp.js file changes in the sub-themes to make it work, and would love to see the community release get some official updates.

Are there plans to do any updates any time soon to make it compatible, or should we be looking to continue to maintain our own version, or possibly fork it for ongoing maintenance and support?

If you're not considering updating the theme, I want to say thank you from all of us for a great base for so many projects over the years, it's been invaluable.