Acquia Company Update on Drupal 8.2/8.3/OCTO

Drupal 8.2 UpdateAngie ByronSr. Director of Product, DrupalOffice of the CTOOctober 19, 2016

Easier block placement EXPERIMENTAL

Quick configuration EXPERIMENTAL

API-first improvements STABLE

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October 5, 2016 April 5, 2017Drupal 8 release cycleApril 20, 2016

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October 5, 2016 April 5, 2017Drupal 8 release cycleApril 20, 2016

October 5, 2016

Apr. 5, 2017

New, backwards-compatible features every 6 months!

March 2016

April May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.2017

Feb. March April May

8.0.x

8.1.x

8.2.x

8.3.xRC

RC

RC

BETA

BETA

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DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT

October 5, 2016 April 5, 2017Drupal 8 release cycleApril 20, 2016

October 5, 2016

Apr. 5, 2017

Two months of stability to test our products against new versions

What improvements are being proposed for 8.3?

What is OCTO's role?

Preston SoWearer of ALL the Hats

Kevin O'LearyMaker of Pretty Things

Usability

Optimize Drupal's out of the box experience for content authors and site builders

Decoupled / API-First

Make Drupal easier to integrate with external systems/create totally

custom front-ends

Angie ByronIntimidating Boss Lady

Tim PlunkettBlocks and Layout Czar

Release and Community

Management

Ensure releases come out on schedule, empower and accelerate community

efforts.

Gábor HojstyInitiative Coordinator Coordinator

Alex BronsteinButler of Consensus

JessButt-Kicker of Releases

Wim LeersREST Wrangler

Matt GrillJavaScript Jiu-Jistu-erTed Bowman

Firehose of Code

3,772 contributors!

1.Empower...the Drupal community by helping to promote, coordinate, accelerate, and unblock their (largely) volunteer efforts.

3. Reduce risk...to the Drupal project by dedicating focused, paid time to predictability of releases (including security releases) and ensuring backwards-compatibility

2. Innovate...in Drupal core through both direct development efforts and assisting/unblocking the momentum in efforts of others

THANK YOU