Help Topics module roadmap: the path to beta and stable

I think it's time to make active 📌 Finalize the merge of Help Topics into Help Fixed and 📌 Move help topics to core or the correct modules Fixed

as only 3 issues left in 🌱 [META] Fix up topics to use new help_route_link function Fixed

Updated IS

- Closed as useless complexity ✨ Do we need hierarchy/order for help topics? Active
- Now unrelated as topics using twig ✨ Automatically map !translate YAML tag to TranslatableMarkup Needs work
- Frontend does not need 📌 Create TemplateDiscovery for plugin managers to use Needs review all that time

The only actionable issue left is [3041924]

As last blocker fixed it needs new issue to consider and set module stable

Remaining minors
- points in 📌 Fix up minor copy problems in help topics Fixed are only related to future renames in UI
- extra test addition 📌 Add tests to enforce correct use of help_topic_link and help_route_link functions Fixed is follow-up to 📌 Make a way for help topics to generate links only if they work and are accessible Fixed

I set active 📌 Finalize the merge of Help Topics into Help Fixed because we can't deprecate hook_help before help_topics is stable and replacement for the help block is ready

So I filed 📌 Mark Help topics as a stable module Closed: won't fix

Updated is

- not a part of roadmap but great follow-up 🌱 Deprecate hook_help() and combine with Topics Active
- ordered issues as

- first we need to merge 📌 Merge Help Topics classes into Help with BC layer Fixed
- then move topics 📌 Move help topics to core or the correct modules Fixed
- clean-up tests

New issue happened 📌 Standardize how external links are wrapped with Twig trans/endtrans tags in help topics Active as consequence of 📌 Fix up minor copy problems in help topics Fixed

Help topics are merged into help, now polishing

next target is 📌 Move help topics to core or the correct modules Fixed

Added ✨ Add new permission for accessing help pages Fixed to IS as it will have collision with 📌 Add help_search plugin to the base admin theme test Fixed

I find 📌 Move testing of help topic rendering into child of GenericModuleTestBase Active optional from 2 remaining issues from summary, no reason to slowdown tests for testing install of shipped topics within each module

So now it needs to announce deprecation of help_topics module and "long live help topics in help" at the same time

So left overs are

- 📌 Fix up minor copy problems in help topics Fixed
- 📌 Add help_search plugin to the base admin theme test Fixed

I bet we can mark the issue fixed now, 4 years!

The remaining issue from summary should be postponed on deprecating hook help 📌 Move testing of help topic rendering into child of GenericModuleTestBase Active

Also there's 📌 Merge Help Topics classes into Help with BC layer Fixed which is RTBC and waiting for release manager to set it fixed.

So I bet we can set this issue fixed as well and continue with remaining issues in help module's queue

Deprecation of hook help moved to plan to consider BC 🌱 Deprecate hook_help() and combine with Topics Active

Updated the IS. Per @andypost in #99 (and I, as co-maintainer, concur), moving some items in the IS that were in the section "Needs discussion" to "Not part of the roadmap".

1. Moved ✨ Do we need hierarchy/order for help topics? Active to the section "Not part of the roadmap".
2. Moved "
3. #3064854: Allow Twig templates to use front matter for metadata support → , and if that is done, #3085972: Replace Drupal\help_topics\FrontMatter with Drupal\Component\Utility\FrontMatter →

" to the section "Not part of the roadmap"

4. Moved 📌 Move testing of help topic rendering into child of GenericModuleTestBase Active to "Not part of the roadmap" as it's not a part of this roadmap, but a child of 🌱 Deprecate hook_help() and combine with Topics Active (per #111

Hopefully the IS now clearly reflects that there are no action items remaining.

The last child been marked as fixed 📌 Merge Help Topics classes into Help with BC layer Fixed

Consider maintenance of help module now going by the help module core's issue queue

Adding credit.

Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.