Today we are talking about CI for Drupal modules, How it helps us build Drupal, and the ongoing work and improvements being made with guest Fran Garcia-Linares. We’ll also cover Require on Publish as our module of the week.

For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/441

Topics * What does CI mean * How do Drupal modules use CI * When we talk about Drupal CI are we talking about the website itself or the CI that supports contributors * What tools does Drupal use for CI * How do maintainers interact with CI * What changes have happened in the last year * Speed improvements * Drupal CI vs Gitlab CI * Process to convert * When is Drupal CI being shut down * What improvements are coming * If someone has an issue where do they get help

Resources * Gitlab templates module * Gitlab CI Drupal * Support ElasticSearch 8 [#3279558] | Drupal.org * Slack channel for ci questions #gitlab * DrupalCI and all patch testing will be turned off on July 1, 2024 | Drupal.org * Testing a Drupal module | Basic module building tutorial: Lorem ipsum generator * Gitlab CI getting started + GitLab CI | Using GitLab to Contribute to Drupal + WIP: - Create a space to document how to customize each of the GitLab CI jobs [#3423238] | Drupal.org will generate https://project.pages.drupalcode.org/gitlab_templates/ - We are pushing for a basic version to be fully live this week * [Meta] Switching to Gitlab CI [#3424725] | Drupal.org

Guests Fran Garcia-Linares - fjgarlin

Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan Stephen Cross - stephencross.com stephencross Anna Mykhailova - kalamuna.com amykhailova

MOTW Correspondent Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu

• Brief description:
  • Have you ever wanted to have content fields that could be optional until a piece of content is published, or ready to be published? There’s a module for that.
• Module name/project name:
  • Require on Publish
• Brief history
  • How old: created in Apr 2018 by Mike Priscella (mpriscella), though recent releases are by Mark Dorison (markdorison) of Chromatic
  • Versions available: 8.x-1.10
• Maintainership
  • Actively maintained, latest release just over a month ago
  • Security coverage
  • Test coverage
  • Number of open issues: 18, 8 of which are bugs
• Usage stats:
  • 3,001 sites
• Module features and usage
  • With this module enabled, form to configure fields for you content types will have a new checkbox labeled “Required on Publish”
  • Check this new box instead of the normal “Required field” checkbox to have the field only required if the content is being published or already published
  • Useful for publishing workflows where you want content creators to be able to quickly get started on content, but ensure that fields will be filled in before publishing
  • Useful for fields that will optimize the content for SEO, social sharing, search, and so on