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Problem/Motivation
The 9.x branch of core is just a placeholder to allow project_issue to display it in the version selector. However, contributors are occasionally confused by the existence of the 9.x branch. See, for example, #2863957: Drupal 9.x installation doesn't work properly.
Proposed resolution
Replace 9.x with only a README file.
Remaining tasks
git ls-files -z | xargs -0 git rm
- Add the attached README.txt.
- Commit and push.
User interface changes
API changes
Data model changes
Comment | File | Size | Author |
---|---|---|---|
README.txt | 216 bytes | xjm |
Comments
Comment #2
alexpottSo when we start developing Drupal 9 we'd:
Comment #3
cilefen CreditAttribution: cilefen commentedgit ls-files -z | xargs -0 git rm
works better if the working copy has any untracked files.Comment #4
cilefen CreditAttribution: cilefen commentedRe #2 why 10.x not 10.0.x?
Comment #5
alexpott@cilefen because if we make the placeholder branch 10.0.x then we have to force delete it when in comes time to branch 9.x.x to open the 10.0.x branch - which messes with git history.
Comment #6
cilefen CreditAttribution: cilefen commentedOh, exactly, I get it now.
Comment #7
Chi CreditAttribution: Chi commentedI wonder if removing all files from the branch and then pushing them again at some point will have much impact on overall size of the repository.
Comment #8
djalxs CreditAttribution: djalxs as a volunteer and commentedThis shouldn't have much of an effect on repository size, compared to the size it already is.
I would say this needs to be done pretty much immediately, as I myself have just installed using the 9.x branch and was confused as to why 9.x looks more like 7.x than 8.x does and why it has so much functionality missing.
At what point will we have a working 9.0.x dev branch? I'm quite enthusiastic to contribute to be honest.
Comment #9
djalxs CreditAttribution: djalxs as a volunteer and commentedThe mind also boggled at why that disgusting 'Overlay' module was back.
Urrrgh.
Comment #10
cilefen CreditAttribution: cilefen commented@djalxs I am glad you are enthusiastic. There is much still to innovate in Drupal 8—please help there. I understand the confusion to a degree, however, I am not aware of anything on drupal.org indicating that development on Drupal 9 has begun. Some related reading:
Comment #11
xjm9.0.x will be branched in about seven days, so there's no longer any value in doing anything with the legacy 9.x branch. Retitling accordingly, and moving to (hopefully) the correct infra queue. This issue is postponed on 9.0.x opening and a bulk update happening to move the 9.x issues to 9.0.x.
Comment #12
Gábor Hojtsy#3087223: Bulk update 8.7.x & 8.8.x Drupal core issues for 8.9.x AND 9.0.x! migrated all the 9.x issues to 9.0.x. I don't believe there is anything else left to postpone this on? I will not do the branch removal myself though to make sure to check with all respective parties that it is a go!
People are getting confused, such as
Comment #13
Gábor HojtsyAlso there is apparently no 9.x tarball / release anymore, just the branch.
Comment #14
drummI deleted the release shortly after issue migration, so no issues got back to the 9.x version.
Go ahead and push deletion of the
9.x
branch whenever you’d like, or let me know if I should take care of that.Comment #15
xjmI pushed the 9.x branch deletion earlier today. Thanks everyone!