[Drupal] Hello, new to OSU and Drupal

[Jakub Suchy]

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Here’s an article with step-by-step instructions how to upgrade. for
pantheon size I’m sure they have instructions as well although the Drupal
portion will be exactly the same.

On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 8:55 AM Shaw, James <James.Shaw at osumc.edu> wrote:

> Thanks, Jakub, for both the warm welcome and insights regarding PHP
> version control on the Acquia side.
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> Sounds like early October is the drop date for new versions and so I need
> to come up with a testing regime to prepare for any potential conflicts.  I
> definitely have some homework to do on this subject, that’s for sure!
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> Regards,
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> Dan
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> *From:* Jakub Suchy <jakub.suchy at acquia.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, July 16, 2021 8:37 AM
> *To:* Drupal users list <drupal at lists.osu.edu>; Shaw, James <
> James.Shaw at osumc.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [Drupal] Hello, new to OSU and Drupal
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> Welcome James!
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> Disclaimer - I work for Acquia so I can't really do comparisons :)
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> At Acquia your PHP versions are managed exactly the same as with other
> providers. At some point we have new versions available and you can switch
> to them in the interface. I believe other providers do the same. At some
> point we will remove old versions - and I'll say we are probably more
> strict about that than others because our compliance posture requires that.
> Many of our customers require strict compliance paperwork (just like OSU)
> and keeping old php versions on the platform would make us not compliant.
> It does create a bit of rush to ensure you move your PHP versions up but
> IMHO that's the nature of the php ecosystem (which I personally dislike)
> and is a trade off between convenience and security...
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> Jakub
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> On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 8:26 AM Shaw, James via Drupal <
> drupal at lists.osu.edu> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I’m new to the OSU ecosystem and was looking to network with other Drupal
> administrators & developers within the university.  My role is mainly as a
> developer but am tasked with managing our (grc.osu.edu
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> web assets, which include a few Acquia hosted Drupal 8.x sites.  If anyone
> is willing to share their thoughts, best practices or what your “go to”
> resources are, I’m interested in leveraging your experience in the
> following categories.
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> ·        Is there a Drupal user group and meetings here at the
> university??
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> ·        Migrating to Drupal 9 – common pain points
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> ·        Managing Drupal modules and theme updates
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> ·        Pantheon vs. Acquia
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> ·        With Acquia, it sounds like I am responsible for managing/
> migrating the PHP versions (we are currently on 7.3), is ?
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> ·        Any other things to look out for, that I don’t even know to ask
> about?
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> Thanks in advance for any information/ tips you are willing to pass on!
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> Regards,
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> Dan Shaw
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