History are pillars to the foundation of anything borne, that's what I always say. And I remember that phrase exactly hearing Drupal's story from Larry Garfield and Kris Vanderwater. Although you think you know what it's about, you'll never really know until you find out.

Drupal 8 Wins: Avoiding the Dead Hook Blues, Part 1

In August 2013, I spoke with Larry Garfield and Kris Vanderwater in a 90+ minute live Hangout on Air about the origins, details, and implications of the big architectural changes coming in Drupal 8.Today's video and audio podcasts are the first set of "curated" excerpts from that long conversation. We cover Larry and Kris's Drupal backgrounds, early Drupal memories, compare Drupal 4 to Drupal 7 and 8, some pragmatic reasons to choose Drupal, and how to get your head around the Symfony2 framework.

"Thank You" == Community

When Larry found something in Drupal 4.6 that needed fixing, like "good open source citizens" do, he submitted his very first Drupal core patch. 

He explains, "This is something Drupal does very well...

Drupal 8 Wins: Avoiding the Dead Hook Blues, Part 2

In today's conversation, Larry Garfield, Kris Vanderwater, and I go over the Go PHP 5 project as the first seeds of cooperation between different PHP projects, how the Symfony2 framework became part of Drupal 8, why we aren't building Drupal 8 on Symfony full-stack, CMI, abstraction in Drupal, and the future of Features in Drupal 8.

In August 2013, I spoke with Larry Garfield and Kris Vanderwater in a 90+ minute live Hangout on Air about the origins, details, and implications of the big architectural changes coming in Drupal 8. Today's video and audio podcasts are the second set of "curated" excerpts from that long conversation.

In part one, we covered Larry and Kris's Drupal backgrounds...

Drupal 7.26 and 6.30 released

Drupal 7.26 and Drupal 6.30, maintenance releases which contain fixes for security vulnerabilities, are now available for download. See the Drupal 7.26 and Drupal 6.30 release notes for further information.

Upgrading your existing Drupal 7 and 6 sites is strongly recommended. There are no new features or non-security-related bug fixes in these releases. For more information about the Drupal 7.x release series, consult the Drupal 7.0 release announcement. More information on the Drupal 6.x release series can be found in the Drupal 6.0 release announcement.

Download Drupal 7.26 and Drupal 6.30 here.

Drupal 7.25 released

Drupal 7.25, a maintenance release with numerous bug fixes (no security fixes) is now available for download. See the Drupal 7.25 release notes for a full listing.

Upgrading your existing Drupal 7 sites is recommended. There are no major new features in this release. For more information about the Drupal 7.x release series, consult the Drupal 7.0 release announcement.

Download Drupal 7.25 here.

So let me just use a cliché – what are you waiting for? Download these upgrades now and get to work on those sites. Sayonara!