Where the drop is moving & community initiatives

1. Drupal core ideas
Andrey Postnikov, 2017

2. About me
● 10 years in Drupal Development
● Top 20 core 7 & 8 contributor
● Maintaining 3 Drupal 8 core modules
● Contributor to more than 50 projects
● https://www.drupal.org/u/andypost

3. Agenda
Roadmap & release cycle
Active core initiatives
Drupal core ideas
Drupal.org changes
Governance process

4. Drupal release cycle

5. Community initiatives for core (past)
https://www.drupal.org/node/2107085
Configuration management
Multilingual
HTML5 / Mobile first / JavaScript
Views in Drupal core (VDC)
Web Services Initiative (WSCCI)
Scotch (Layouts)
https://www.drupal.org/community-initiatives/drupal-core

6. Community initiatives for core (now)
API-first Initiative
Layout Initiative
Media Initiative
PHPUnit Initiative
Workflow Initiative
https://www.drupal.org/about/strategic-initiatives

7. Drupal core ideas
Idea ~ 70
Proposed Plan - 9
Approved Plan - 1 (IFE)
Active initiative - 12
https://www.drupal.org/project/ideas

8. Active initiatives
Media handling + essentials
Layouts for fields (ds in core) + builder
Workflow
API first
Migrate
Datetime module improvements
Out of The Box experience initiative

9. Drupal.org changes
DA resources https://www.drupal.org/drupalorg/roadmap
Composer support
Documentation
Content style guide
Issue queue improvements

10. Governance & do-ocracy
The Benevolent Dictator for Life (BDFL): The founder and chief decision-maker for the project.
Core Committers: The small subset of people who, along with the BDFL, can commit changes to
Drupal core itself. Within the core committer team there are:
Product Managers: Focus on user-facing features and Drupal's user experience.
Framework Managers: Focus on cohesiveness of Drupal's architecture, APIs, and developer
experience.
Release Managers: Focus on processes to increase release stability, and on facilitating effective
collaboration among contributors.
https://www.drupal.org/contribute/core/maintainers

11. Thank you!
Questions?
Andy Postnikov
Drupal contributor
https://www.drupal.org/u/andypost