Acquia Company Update on Drupal 8.2/8.3/OCTO
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A brief overview of Drupal 8.2 and 8.3 (cribbing generously from Dries Buytaert's slides) as well as some info on what the heck the Office of the CTO (OCTO) does, anyway. :)
Acquia Company Update on Drupal 8.2/8.3/OCTO
- 1. Drupal 8.2 Update Angie Byron Sr. Director of Product, Drupal Office of the CTO October 19, 2016
- 3. Easier block placement EXPERIMENTAL
- 7. March 2016 April May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 2017 Feb. March April May 8.0.x 8.1.x 8.2.x 8.3.xRC RC RC BETA BETA B. DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT October 5, 2016 April 5, 2017 Drupal 8 release cycle April 20, 2016 October 5, 2016 Apr. 5, 2017
- 8. March 2016 April May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 2017 Feb. March April May 8.0.x 8.1.x 8.2.x 8.3.xRC RC RC BETA BETA B. DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT October 5, 2016 April 5, 2017 Drupal 8 release cycle April 20, 2016 October 5, 2016 Apr. 5, 2017 New, backwards- compatible features every 6 months!
- 9. March 2016 April May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 2017 Feb. March April May 8.0.x 8.1.x 8.2.x 8.3.xRC RC RC BETA BETA B. DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT October 5, 2016 April 5, 2017 Drupal 8 release cycle April 20, 2016 October 5, 2016 Apr. 5, 2017 Two months of stability to test our products against new versions
- 10. What improvements are being proposed for 8.3?
- 15. What is OCTO's role?
- 16. Preston So Wearer of ALL the Hats Kevin O'Leary Maker of Pretty Things Usability Optimize Drupal's out of the box experience for content authors and site builders Decoupled / API-First Make Drupal easier to integrate with external systems/create totally custom front-ends Angie Byron Intimidating Boss Lady Tim Plunkett Blocks and Layout Czar Release and Community Management Ensure releases come out on schedule, empower and accelerate community efforts. G叩bor Hojsty Initiative Coordinator Coordinator Alex Bronstein Butler of Consensus Jess Butt-Kicker of Releases Wim Leers REST Wrangler Matt Grill JavaScript Jiu- Jistu-erTed Bowman Firehose of Code
- 18. 1. Empower ...the Drupal community by helping to promote, coordinate, accelerate, and unblock their (largely) volunteer efforts. 3. Reduce risk ...to the Drupal project by dedicating focused, paid time to predictability of releases (including security releases) and ensuring backwards-compatibility 2. Innovate ...in Drupal core through both direct development efforts and assisting/unblocking the momentum in efforts of others
- 19. THANK YOU