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

[Marilyn Langfeld]

I agree with Larry and Jamie,

I just finished taking Webchick's Drupal 7 Tour in Washington, DC. on
Saturday and Sunday.

Here are just a few of the points I learned that make D7 a great choice:

   - Many of the features of Pressflow built into core
   - Huge initial release stability improvements due to using SimpleTest php
   testing suite (over 30,000 tests).
   - Taxonomies/vocabularies can be added to entities (users, comments,
   taxonomy terms, one more I didn't note)
   - Entities (fieldable objects), bundles (entity subsets) and instances
   (fields attached to entities)
   - Files are now objects: document storage possibilities unlocked
   - http://upgrade.boombatower.com/ and/or coder module help automate
   module upgrading from D6 to D7
   - Database abstraction layer: huge improvements. Ability to use any
   database that php supports.
   - Dynamic jquery form-building without the pain: don't need to code the
   javascript
   - Theming easier and more powerful (with field-able entities giving much
   finer-grained control)
   -

   http://drupal.org/update/theme/6/7 for guide to upgrade themes from D6 to
   D7
   - Better media handling: built into core
   - Usability and accessibility improvements make content administration
   much easier, more intuitive. Admin overlay keeps the page open where you
   initiated it (can be disabled if preferred)
   - Modules can be installed via user interface.

And that's just a sampling of the things I learned. Why do a site in D6 now
if you can do it in D7? It's ready, though many modules aren't. Best thing
we can all do is help the effort to move more modules to D7 asap.
-- 
Best, Marilyn

http://twitter.com/MarilynsView


On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Jamie Holly <hovercrafter at earthlink.net>wrote:

> 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
> >
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