Bug#914257: ITP: backdrop -- A full-featured content management system
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: William Blough <bblough@debian.org>
* Package name : backdrop
Version : 1.11.2
* URL : http://backdropcms.org/
* License : GPL2+
Programming Lang: PHP
Description : A full-featured content management system
Backdrop is a fork of Drupal 7. It preserves the legacy audience of
developers who value ease of use and speed of learning over
architectural flexibility.
This package is useful/relevant because Drupal will no longer be
available in Debian, starting with Buster. Drupal 7 will be
end-of-life before too long, and Drupal 8 is unlikely to be packaged.
This package gives existing Drupal 7 users a supported migration path
for their existing code, without the hassle of upgrading everything to
Drupal 8.
It is not yet a dependency for another package, however, as with Drupal
there are numerous modules that could potentially be packaged to go
with it.
My employer is deploying Backdrop as a replacement for Drupal 7, instead
of updating all our code to be Drupal 8 compatible. If I'm
going to support it for their Debian infrastructure, I might as well
package it for Debian proper so others may also benefit.
The functionality of Backdrop is nearly identical to Drupal 7, with the
exception that Backdrop will be supported even after Drupal 7 is
end-of-life
I am willing to maintain the package myself, since I will be doing it for my
employer anyway. However, I am certainly open to team or co-maintenance
if others are interested. I do not need a sponsor as I am a DD.
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