ITS is happy to announce the immediate availability of UT Drupal Kit 2.33.0, the latest maintenance release for our University distribution of the Drupal web content management system. This release includes an update to Drupal core and multiple contrib modules, as well as minor changes to fix syntax deprecation notices in the custom code included as part of the Drupal Kit. There are no other changes in this release.
Since the release of UT Drupal Kit 3.5.0 on March 25, there have been multiple interim hotfix releases for various components of the Kit, including the main installation profile and all three of the add-on features (Events, News, Profiles).
The release notes for the 3.5.1 and 3.5.2 hotfixes detail all of the issues which have been addressed in these releases.
UT Drupal Kit 3.5.0 is a bi-monthly maintenance release for the University of Texas at Austin’s custom distribution of the Drupal web content management system.
This release consists primarily of core and contrib module updates, as well as the usual mix of bugfixes, visual improvements, and documentation updates.
Callouts for the most impactful changes follow below. 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.
Summary (TL;DR)
- The official end of life for Drupal 7 (D7) has been extended to November 2023, and will be reassessed annually.
- ITS will continue to support the D7 version of the UT Drupal Kit with unscheduled maintenance releases beyond the originally planned November 2022 end-of-life date.
- ITS will engage with site owners responsible for sites running the Drupal 7 version of the UT Drupal Kit to ensure that migration planning is taking place.
ITS is happy to announce the immediate availability of UT Drupal Kit 2.32.0, the latest maintenance release for our University distribution of the Drupal web content management system. This release includes an update to Drupal core. There are no other changes in this release.
NOTE: Due to an error encountered during the packaging process of the 3.4.0 release, the 3.4.1 release was created immediately afterward but is functionally identical. This serves as the release announcement for both 3.4.0 and 3.4.1.
UT Drupal Kit 3.4.1 is a bi-monthly maintenance release for the Drupal 9 version of the University of Texas at Austin’s custom distribution of the Drupal web content management system.
This release contains a number of new features and improvements, as well as the usual mix of bugfixes, visual improvements, and documentation updates.
Callouts for the most impactful changes follow below. 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.
Summary (TL;DR)
- The official end of life for Drupal 7 (D7) is scheduled for November 2022.
- Regularly scheduled maintenance releases of the D7 version of the UT Drupal Kit will end at that time.
- Site owners responsible for sites running Drupal 7, with or without the use of the UT Drupal Kit, should be planning to move these sites to a supported CMS.
ITS is happy to announce the immediate availability of UT Drupal Kit 2.31.0, the latest maintenance release for our University distribution of the Drupal web content management system. This release includes an update to Drupal core and several contrib module updates, and a bugfix to address an accessibility regression introduced earlier this year. There are no other changes in this release.
Starting in January 2022, the UT Drupal Kit release schedule will be updated to better align with the Drupal Core release schedule.
| Old release schedule | Second Tuesday of each month (odd months for Drupal 9, even months for Drupal 7) |
|---|---|
| New release schedule | Fourth Tuesday of each month (odd months for Drupal 9, even months for Drupal 7) |
UT Drupal Kit 3.3.0 is a bi-monthly maintenance release for the Drupal 9 version of the University of Texas at Austin’s custom distribution of the Drupal web content management system.
This release includes an update to the latest version of Drupal core and several contrib module updates. Other changes consist primarily of bugfixes, visual improvements, and documentation updates for issues related to sites migrating from the Drupal 7 version of the UT Drupal Kit.
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.