Modules Unraveled Podcast

152 What to Do About Drupal 6 End of Life on Feb 24th 2016 with David Snopek - Modules Unraveled Podcast

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## Drupal 6 End of Live* What does Drupal 6 EOL mean?* When is Drupal 6’s End-Of-Life (EOL)? * February 24th* Why is support for Drupal 6 being dropped by the Drupal project in the first place? (ie. why does our community even do this?) * What makes Drupal 6’s End-of-Life (EOL) different than previous ones (ie. Drupal 5)?* What, specifically, will happen after February 24th? * All D6 modules will be marked as “unsupported” on Drupal.org - which will mean the ‘update’ module will start telling you that ALL your modules are out-of-date * Also, the status information that the ‘update’ module uses could go away at any time - so, you’ll no longer be able to rely on that in general (myDropWizard or another vendor MAY create a replacement for the ‘update’ module…) * The Drupal security team will no longer be making Security Advisories (or coordinating security releases) * In general, most module maintainers will no longer pay attention to Drupal 6 issues and will stop making new releases* What should people with Dru