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UT Drupal Kit 3.17.0 Release

The 3.17.0 release is part of the Drupal Kit’s normal, bi-monthly maintenance release schedule.

We are no longer duplicating the content from the official release notes on this blog. Please visit the UT Drupal Kit 3 documentation for complete release notes and instructions for updating an existing codebase using Composer. Always be sure to check for available database updates after updating the codebase.

Next releases

The 3.x (Drupal 9) branch of the UT Drupal Kit is updated on a bi-monthly maintenance release schedule, with releases targeted for the fourth Tuesday of odd-numbered months. The next planned release is UT Drupal Kit 3.18.0, due in May 2024. Please see Release Schedule for UT Drupal Kit for more details.

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UT Drupal Kit 3.16.0 Release

The 3.16.0 release is part of the Drupal Kit’s normal, bi-monthly maintenance release schedule.

Starting with this release, we are no longer duplicating the content from the official release notes on this blog. Please visit the UT Drupal Kit 3 documentation for complete release notes and instructions for updating an existing codebase using Composer. Always be sure to check for available database updates after updating the codebase.

Next releases

The 3.x (Drupal 9) branch of the UT Drupal Kit is updated on a bi-monthly maintenance release schedule, with releases targeted for the fourth Tuesday of odd-numbered months. The next planned release is UT Drupal Kit 3.17.0, due in March 2024. Please see Release Schedule for UT Drupal Kit for more details.

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UT Drupal Kit 3.16.0 delayed until February 6

The next scheduled bi-monthly maintenance release for the UT Drupal Kit has been delayed until February 6, 2024, to allow additional time for a new feature under development.

The updated UT Drupal Kit release schedule is posted on UT ServiceNow. If you have additional questions, please open a support ticket by emailing drupal-kit-support@utlists.utexas.edu.

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UT Drupal Kit 3.15.1 Hotfix Release

UT Drupal Kit 3.15.1 is an interim release outside of the normal bi-monthly maintenance release cycle. This release fixes an issue introduced in the 3.15.0 release which triggered an error when running the Drupal installer through the admin UI. There are no other changes in this release.

For full details of all issues included in this release, please refer to the changelog on the release notes, which links to the corresponding GitHub issues.

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UT Drupal Kit 3.15.0 Release

The 3.15.0 release is part of the Drupal Kit’s normal, bi-monthly maintenance release schedule. There are no major changes in this release, just the usual mix of bugfixes and improvements. Please note three changes described below:

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UT Drupal Kit 3.14.0/3.14.1 Release

NOTE: Due to an update problem identified in the 3.14.0 release, the 3.14.1 bugfix release was created prior to the 3.14.0 release announcement.

This serves as the release announcement for both 3.14.0 and 3.14.1. For specific details about the 3.14.1 bugfix, please see the release notes.

The 3.14.0 release is part of the Drupal Kit’s normal, bi-monthly maintenance release schedule. There are two substantial enhancements included in this release: the ability to draft content prior to publication, and the ability to apply display styles through the rich text editor. These, along with other of-note changes, are described below.

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UT Drupal Kit 2.37 Release

UT Drupal Kit 2.37.0 is an ad-hoc maintenance release for the University of Texas at Austin’s distribution of the Drupal web content management system. This release includes updates to Drupal core and multiple contrib modules, and a few minor bugfixes. There are no other changes in this release.

IMPORTANT NOTE: There are no more scheduled releases of the 2.x/Drupal 7 branch of the UT Drupal Kit. Future releases will be created on an “as-needed” basis until January 2025, driven by availability of updates for Drupal 7 core and contrib.For more information, see Update on Drupal 7 end-of-life and the UT Drupal Kit (August 2023).

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Update on Drupal 7 end-of-life and the UT Drupal Kit (August 2023)

Summary (TL;DR)

  • The official end of life for Drupal 7 (D7) has been extended to January 5, 2025. This is the final extension.
  • ITS will continue to support the D7 version of the UT Drupal Kit with unscheduled maintenance releases until January 2025 or until all active sites have been retired, whichever comes first.
  • ITS will continue engaging with site owners responsible for sites running the Drupal 7 version of the UT Drupal Kit to ensure that migration planning is taking place.
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UT Drupal Kit 3.13.0/3.13.1 Release

NOTE: Due to a regression introduced in the 3.13.0 release, the 3.13.1 bugfix release was created prior to the 3.13.0 release announcement.

This serves as the release announcement for both 3.13.0 and 3.13.1. For details about the 3.13.1 bugfix, please see the release notes.

The 3.13.0 release is part of the Drupal Kit’s normal, bi-monthly maintenance release schedule. There are no major changes in this release, just the usual mix of bugfixes and improvements. Four changes of note are described below:

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Disruption to previously recommended Twitter timeline alternative

On June 7, 2023 in the post “Disruption to UT Drupal Kit Twitter feed functionality,” we announced that the Twitter API used for the UT Drupal Kit’s implementation of embedding Twitter timelines had stopped functioning, and blocks created using that functionality were no longer returning any tweets for display.

As a replacement, we recommended use of Twitter Publish, which offers a free, simple interface for users to create embeddable Twitter feeds. But as of July 5, 2023, it appears that Twitter Publish is not functioning. We have been able to find reports of this problem from other users, but there have been no public announcements from Twitter about the status or future of this service.

While there is no confirmation that these issues are related, Twitter recently announced rate limits on Tweet consumption, which have impacted third-party services such as TweetDeck. Our working theory is that these rate limits are even impacting Twitter’s own internal products and services such as Twitter Publish.

At this time, there is no recommended alternative for embedding Twitter feeds in websites, and as Twitter’s reliability and service model continues to change wildly and without notice, site owners should consider the risk of continuing to rely on this service for publishing information to stakeholders.