From 6cb771e2ab3d0eb12545be9ff257ecdd613893bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oliver Davies Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 22:29:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] daily-email: add 2023-06-07 --- src/content/daily-email/2023-06-07.md | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/content/daily-email/2023-06-07.md b/src/content/daily-email/2023-06-07.md index beee838bb..27ec540f7 100644 --- a/src/content/daily-email/2023-06-07.md +++ b/src/content/daily-email/2023-06-07.md @@ -1,10 +1,27 @@ --- title: > - How does the Drupal 7 EOL date affect you + What does the Drupal 7 EOL extension mean to you? pubDate: 2023-06-07 permalink: > - archive/2023/06/07/how-does-the-drupal-7-eol-date-affect-you -# tags: -# - a -# - b + archive/2023/06/07/what-does-the-drupal-7-eol-extension-mean-to-you +tags: + - drupal + - drupal-7 + - php --- + +Following the announcement at DrupalCon, the official announcement has been released regarding Drupal 7's end-of-life extension: + +> Today, we are officially announcing that Drupal 7 will reach its end of life on January 5, 2025. +> +> With this final extension, the Drupal Security Team is also adjusting the level of support provided. +> +> This will be the final extension. + +If you're involved with one of the ~40,000 Drupal 7 websites (according to https://www.drupal.org/project/usage/drupal), what does the additional year and a half of Drupal 7 mean to you? + +Will you use the time to find the budget to upgrade, assemble a migration plan, port any missing contributed modules or refactor your custom modules or theme to make it easier to upgrade? + +Is it different knowing it’s the final extension compared to the previous time when it wasn’t known if it would be extended again? + +If you're stuck on Drupal 7 or staying on it into 2024 or 2025, what's stopping you from upgrading?