INFORMATICS - Pipeline improvements and changes as of August

All Drupal sites developers are required to apply the necessary measures to avoid their projects block in the Drupal pipeline due to new improvements entering in force in August and September. See the detail of the modifications and their starting dates.

date: 25/06/2021

Key dates in 2021 – be aware of what is coming:

1 August

Toolkit 8.x available
end of support for PHP 5.6
Drupal 9 code compatibility check mandatory (bypass possible)

1 September– Toolkit 8 mandatory for all Drupal 8 and 9 websites
15 October – Drupal 8 blocker step (bypass possible)
1 November

Drupal 9 compatibility check mandatory without bypass
Drupal 8 blocker step (no bypass possible, EOL of Drupal 8)

Below you can find the details of the planned changes.

Release of major version of Toolkit (8.x)

The new Toolkit version will be available from 1 August and includes:

composer 2 compatibility
Drupal 9.x versions compatibility
update of packages:
- phppro/grumphp: v1.3.3
- phpunit/phpunit:^9.2.6
- squizlabs/php_codesniffer:^3.6.0
- drupal/coder:^8.3.13
new optional check toolkit: test-phpunit
optional toolkit: test-behat execution using gnu parallel
alignment of Gitlab CI aligned with Drone to add missing steps
generic improvements and bug fixes

The update to version 8.x of toolkit will be manual and mandatory from 1 September and enforced in the CI/CD. The update will force the usage of PHP 7.3+ and Composer 2.

Drupal 9 compatibility

The step d9-compatibility currently in report mode for new pull-requests will become blocker to raise awareness in the project status regarding the need of Drupal 9 code compatibility. Developers will be able to bypass the check until 1 November.

From 15 October, a new blocker step will be inserted for all Drupal 8 sites. It will block deployment of Drupal 8 sites with possibility of bypass in order to raise awareness of the need to upgrade to Drupal 9. From 1 December, no new deployments for Drupal 8 sites will be possible: sites will need to upgrade to Drupal 9 in order to proceed with a deployment.

PHP 5.6 and Next Europa platform 2.5

They will not be supported by CI/CD from 1 August, therefore, all projects should update to a minimum version of PHP 7.3 and Next Europa platform 2.6.

NOTE: this information was published on the Europa IT platform newsletter issued on 29 June 2021.