[kwlug-disc] OT: Drupal 7 Migration to Backdrop CMS

[Paul Nijjar]

How long will Backdrop be supported?

This seems pretty on-topic to me.

- Paul

On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 09:26:37PM -0500, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> If I recall correctly, some of the people here have Drupal 7 sites.
> 
> Despite Drupal 8 coming out, and then going into End Of Life after Drupal 9
> was released, there are still more active Drupal 7 sites (~ 439,000) than
> all of 8.x, 9.x and 10.x combined (~ 380,000).
> 
> The effort to upgrade from 7 to later versions is massive, and that is why
> smaller sites have stuck with 7. Drupal.org itself is still on 7, but that
> is mainly because of a complex set of modules that handle module issues,
> releases, ..etc.
> 
> Drupal 7 is supported till November 2023 at least. The Drupal Association
> cannot just pull the plug on 400,000+ sites.
> 
> Meanwhile, there is another path to stay with Drupal 7 for longer. It is
> called Backdrop CMS. It is a fork of Drupal 7 that happened years ago, with
> some improvements in storing the configuration as JSON files, a much better
> layout manager, and various things here and there.
> 
> Backdrop CMS has many of the contrib modules already in core (Views,
> ..etc), and is 30% faster out of the box.
> 
> Recently, I completed the migration of my Drupal 7 sites to Backdrop CMS,
> and it was fairly straightforward.
> 
> Migration is by swapping Drupal's files with Backdrop's, move your 'files'
> directory, then rune /core/update.php. Depending on the modules you are
> using, equivalent ones may have been ported to Backdrop CMS, or you have to
> port them.
> 
> The process is not hard, provided you test the steps in advance and see
> what needs to be removed, fixed, tweaked ...etc.
> 
> If you want more info on this, contact me off list.
> -- 
> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
> 2bits.com, Inc.
> Fast Reliable Drupal
> Drupal performance optimization, hosting and consulting.
> "Sooner or later, this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going
> to blow up in our faces." -- Dr. Carl Sagan

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