Retirement of Drupal 7/8 sites (kdevelop, skrooge, blogs, behindkde)

[Paul Brown]

On Sunday, 15 January 2023 10:33:06 CET Ben Cooksley wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2023 at 10:21 PM Paul Brown <paul.brown at kde.org> wrote:
> > On Sunday, 15 January 2023 08:04:18 CET Ben Cooksley wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > For some time now it has been known to us that the upgrade path from one
> > > given Drupal major version to the next is usually a very difficult road
> > > with lots of breakage involved.
> > > The conversion from Drupal 7 or 8 to Drupal 9 is no different in this
> > > regard - basically being a content export and then reimport.
> > > 
> > > Due to the level of disruption and risk of breakage involved this isn't
> > > something done lightly but with the end of support for Drupal 8 and the
> > > incoming end of support for Drupal 7 we need to take action on this
> > 
> > sooner
> > 
> > > rather later.
> > > 
> > > At this time I'm only focusing on the smaller sites, so akademy.kde.org
> > 
> > (in
> > 
> > > the process of moving to Hugo) and dot.kde.org (to be figured out) are
> > 
> > out
> > 
> > > of scope for this email.
> > > 
> > > We currently have the following sites running on Drupal 7/8:
> > > - dot.kde.org
> > > - akademy.kde.org
> > > - kdevelop.org
> > > - skrooge.org
> > > - behindkde.org
> > > - blogs.kde.org
> > > 
> > > Given that promo is currently not making active use of the site, at this
> > > time my intention is to create a static archive of behindkde.org.
> > > 
> > > In the case of KDevelop and Skrooge, it would make the most sense to
> > > convert them both into Hugo websites to minimise the long term
> > 
> > maintenance
> > 
> > > cost and to make them part of the KDE family of sites.
> > > If anyone would like to work on this please contact me and I will
> > > arrange
> > > for a sanitized database copy to be made available to you.
> > > 
> > > In the event that doesn't happen, converting them into static sites
> > > seems
> > > like the best path forward.
> > 
> > Hi Ben,
> 
> Hi Paul,
> 
> > Drupal is, not to put too fine a point on it, terrible in every
> > conceivable way
> > and we dread having to post to the dot. We welcome the transition away
> > from
> > it.
> > 
> > Promo has repeatedly asked for WordPress to supersede Drupal for the Dot,
> > as
> > we have found creating content for a Hugo site (something we do at least
> > every
> > 2 months for KDE Gear and Plasma announcements) difficult, inflexible,
> > slow,
> > convoluted, and error-prone. So not much better than Drupal.
> > 
> > As there are already several WordPress-based websites on the KDE
> > infrastructure, such as hattps://labplot.kde.org and https://kdenlive.org,
> > we
> > think that having this is not too much to ask.
> 
> As noted in my email we'll be tackling the Dot in a separate thread, this
> is about the smaller sites for now.
> Points duly noted though.

Thanks Ben. We appreciate that.

Cheers

Paul
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