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Dries Buytaert: Making Drupal upgrades easy forever

Great news for Drupal in my humble opinion! Last week Dries Buytaert dropped a little blog post that announced a major shift in how the Drupal project is going to handle backwards compatibility starting in 8.4. I won't summarize it here but everyone should read this post.

url:

http://buytaert.net/making-drupal-upgrades-easy-forever

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Core will be updated to use short array syntax (many patches will need rerolls)

"Work is underway to patch core for this change, which will touch many files, so be aware that you will need to reroll patches for conflicts and adjust them to use the new standard."

url:

https://groups.drupal.org/node/516354

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Drupal blog: Drupal 8.3.0-rc1 is available for testing

"The first release candidate for the upcoming Drupal 8.3.0 release is now available for testing. Drupal 8.3.0 is expected to be released April 5."

url:

https://www.drupal.org/blog/drupal-8-3-0-rc1

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It's Time To Vote - Community Elections

"Voting is now open for the 2017 At-Large Board positions for the Drupal Association! If you haven't yet, check out the candidate profiles including their short videos found on the profile pages. Get to know your candidates, and then get ready vote."

url:

https://www.drupal.org/association/blog/its-time-to-vote-community-elections

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Updated deprecation process for Drupal 8 code

"From Drupal 8.3.0 onwards, in order to make the deprecation process as simple as possible for developers and users, we have created a new deprecation policy that details what can be deprecated and how."

url:

https://groups.drupal.org/node/516318

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Meet the Drupal Association At-Large Board Member Candidates

"Did you know you have a say in who is on the Drupal Association Board? Each year, the Drupal community votes in a member who serves two years on the board. It’s your chance to decide which community voice you want to represent you in discussions that set the strategic direction for the Drupal Association."

url:

https://www.drupal.org/association/blog/meet-the-drupal-association-at-large-board-member-candidates

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Announcing 161 sessions of diverse speakers, new perspectives, and top-notch topics for DrupalCon programming

The sessions for DrupalCon Baltimore have been announced.

url:

https://events.drupal.org/baltimore2017/news/announcing-161-sessions-diverse-speakers-new-perspectives-and-top-notch-topics

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8.3.0 release candidate phase begins week of February 27; no Drupal 8.2.x or 7.x patch release planned

"The release candidate phase for the 8.3.0 minor release begins the week of February 27. Starting that week, the 8.3.x branch will be subject to release candidate restrictions, with only critical fixes and certain other limited changes allowed"

url:

https://groups.drupal.org/node/516293

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Drupal Association membership campaign: February 20 to March 8

url:

https://www.drupal.org/association/blog/drupal-association-membership-campaign-february-20-to-march-8

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Drupal core announcements: Updates from Drupal 8 core initiatives for February 2017

"Now that Drupal 8.3 is in beta, it is time to look at progress around core initiatives again and see how you can help move one or more of them forward."

url:

https://groups.drupal.org/node/516230

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Dries Buytaert: Making Drupal upgrades easy forever

Core will be updated to use short array syntax (many patches will need rerolls)

Drupal blog: Drupal 8.3.0-rc1 is available for testing

It's Time To Vote - Community Elections

Updated deprecation process for Drupal 8 code

Meet the Drupal Association At-Large Board Member Candidates

Announcing 161 sessions of diverse speakers, new perspectives, and top-notch topics for DrupalCon programming

8.3.0 release candidate phase begins week of February 27; no Drupal 8.2.x or 7.x patch release planned

Drupal Association membership campaign: February 20 to March 8

Drupal core announcements: Updates from Drupal 8 core initiatives for February 2017

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