diff --git a/source/_daily_emails/2024-08-04.md b/source/_daily_emails/2024-08-04.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e2cf4cc1c --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_daily_emails/2024-08-04.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +--- +title: Drupal 7 security support changes +date: 2024-08-04 +permalink: daily/2024/08/04/drupal-7-security-support-changes +tags: + - software-development + - drupal + - php +cta: d7eol +snippet: | + Drupal 7 is supported for a few more months, but changes to its security policy came into effect on Thursday. +--- + +As announced in the Drupal 7 end-of-life announcement, changes have been made to the Drupal 7 security support policies - effective the 1st of August. + +In summary: + +* The Drupal Security Team may post moderately critical and less critical issues affecting Drupal 7 in the public issue queue, as long as they are not mass-exploitable. +* Drupal 7 branches of unsupported modules and themes are no longer eligible for new maintainership. +* PHP 5.5 and below will no longer be supported on Drupal 7 (PHP 5.5 was end-of-life in July 2016). +* Security fixes will no longer be provided for Drupal 7 Windows-only issues. + +[There is more information in the announcement][0], but if you're still on Drupal 7, now is the time to upgrade before its end-of-life date in five months. + +[0]: https://www.drupal.org/psa-2023-06-07