ITS is happy to announce the immediate availability of UT Drupal Kit 2.19.0, the latest maintenance release for our University distribution of the Drupal web content management system.
CONTRIB UPDATES
The 2.19 release includes updates to the following contrib modules:
- Media (version 7.x-2.23 – release notes)
- Media CKEditor (version 7.x-2.10 – release notes)
- Special Menu Items (version 7.x-2.1 – release notes)
- Stage File Proxy (version 7.x-1.9 – release notes)
- Views (version 7.x-3.23 – release notes)
SIMPLESAMLPHP LIBRARY UPDATE
The Pantheon custom upstream version of the UT Drupal Kit includes the SimpleSAMLphp library, which is used in sites that implement SAML authentication. The 2.19 release includes an update to version 1.17.4 of the SimpleSAMLphp library. This is not applicable to the downloadable version of the UT Drupal Kit available on ServiceNow.
HOW TO UPDATE THE UT DRUPAL KIT
Complete instructions and download links for updating a UT Drupal Kit site are available on the documentation wiki. Pantheon site dashboards that use the UT Drupal Kit distribution should see the upstream updates available now; see the Pantheon documentation for more information on applying upstream updates.
Please review the changelog thoroughly, and always make backups of your code, files, and database before proceeding with an update!
NEXT RELEASES
The UT Drupal Kit is released on a bi-monthly maintenance release schedule, with releases targeted for the second Tuesday of the month. The next planned release for 2019 is UT Drupal Kit 7.x-2.20, due on October 8, 2019.
If you have questions or concerns about the UT Drupal Kit, please feel free to email us at drupal-kit-support@utlists.utexas.edu.
