Core

Join us for a lively discussion on what should (or should not) be included in Backdrop 2.x.

The lifespan of Backdrop 1.x has been extended several times as the lifespan of Drupal 7 has been extended. Initially, our goal was for Backdrop 2.x to be released at least 2 years after the end of Drupal 7 support. Our hope was to give Drupal 7 site owners they time they need to both move to Backdrop, and prepare for the first Backdrop major version upgrade. 

CKEditor 4 is reaching its end of support November 2023. The Backdrop community has been working towards transitioning to CKEditor 5. Come see the current state of the new module, how to test it, and what work remains to be done. We expect this module will be included in Backdrop 1.27.0.

I'd like to have a discussion about we can improve our recruitment and retention of contributors, but in the core and contrib spaces. 

• How to better recongize and reward contributors?
• Do we need to do a better job of crediting contribution of all types?
• How do we better support contribution

This session is specifically for OpenForce 2022 participants to help you get started in the Backdrop CMS issue queue, but anyone interested in contributing to Backdrop CMS is welcome. 

We will discuss:

1. How to select an issue to work on.
2. How the Backdrop CMS issue queue works.
3. How to set up your local environment.
4. Where to get assistance if you need it.

For the last 12-18 months, some of us in the core issue queue have been debating the best way to make changes/improvements to the Basis theme without breaking existing sites. There are several ideas out there, but we have yet to reach consensus on any of them. 

One idea that is being currently discussed would be to add a new theme to core. 

In this session, we'll have an open discussion about the future of Basis for Backdrop and whether or not it's time to add a new theme to Backdrop Core. 

In our three previous iterations of Backdrop LIVE core committer, Nate Lampton, walked through recent additions to Backdrop Core and talked about some of the new features in the pipeline. 

This was also a chance for anyone else to ask questions or suggest feature that they would like to see prioritized. 

Let's do it again.