[support] Which one is preferable - Drupal 6 OR Drupal 7

[Jamie Holly]

I agree with Larry, especially if you are doing a site for a client. 
It's best to put them on the latest version so that they enjoy a longer 
support cycle on it, and considering the Drupal 6 support will be 
dropped in a couple of years (hopefully), it will keep them happier.

The only real problem you might have with Drupal 7 is if you are just 
starting out in Drupal. You won't find as much information out there on 
it like you can for Drupal 6, especially if you are doing any custom 
development in it. True Drupal has great support lists, so if you run 
into a snag you can always get excellent help.

Jamie Holly
http://www.intoxination.net
http://www.hollyit.net


On 2/21/2011 1:38 AM, Larry Garfield wrote:
> Drupal 7's "maturity period" will be far shorter than it was for D6.  Drupal 6
> had a very long lag time while contrib caught up.  For Drupal 7, we have
> Fields in core, tons of additional functionality in core, VIews is already
> usable on D7, there's hundreds of modules with stable or beta versions for
> D7...
>
> My company (Palantir.net) has been building Drupal 7 sites for over six months
> now.  If you know what you're doing, it's ready *today*.  There are some
> significant contribs that arent ready, but that's a great opportunity for you
> to jump in and help get them ready.  And the knowledge you gain in so doing is
> worth gold to clients looking for someone who can show they really know their
> Drupal.
>
> Unless you need a specific module that's not already ready, and you have a
> tight deadline, Drupal 7 is already mature enough, I'd argue.  Drupal 6 was an
> anomaly in that regard.
>
> --Larry Garfield
>
> On Monday, February 21, 2011 12:20:22 am Mutuku Ndeti wrote:
> >  Hi,
> >
> >  I am using d6 for now until d7 is "mature" enough. This would be about
> >  6 months to one year after launch.
> >
> >  All the best.
> >
> >  On 2/21/11, Warren Vail<warren at vailtech.net>  wrote:
> >  >  I host better than a dozen Drupal sites, and while I am planning to
> >  >  switch my dev site to D7 in about 6 mos, if that goes well, I'll begin
> >  >  to move my client sites when I discover the support for D7 (newer and
> >  >  better modules) is better than D6.  I don't want to expose my clients to
> >  >  "The Bleeding Edge".
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >  Warren Vail
>