Drupal maintenance support plans 8 was released on November 19, 2015 – nearly three years ago. The drastic architectural changes created a difficult upgrade path for those running Drupal maintenance support plans 7. With the huge amount of investment in Drupal maintenance support plans 7 over the previous 5 years, this set off shockwaves of fear across the Drupal maintenance support plans ecosystem. Recently, Drupal Update, the project lead for Drupal maintenance support plans, announced the planned launch of Drupal maintenance support plans 9 in 2020. That signals the “End of Life” of Drupal maintenance support plans 7 in November 2021. When do I need to upgrade?By the way, that is more than ten years after the release of the first version of Drupal maintenance support plans 7!It’s also the date of the “End of Life” of Drupal maintenance support plans 8 (more on that later).
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