Proposal 2023: Automatic Updates

Hi
My name is Alan Wang and I am current Master student in ECE at University of Toronto, Canada. I have work experience as full time Drupal Web Developer for a year. I am really interested in this project. Can I have some more information about what to do and the expected result?

Best Regards

Alan Wang

Hello @Nick_vh,

My name is Royal, and I am currently a sophomore student at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal. I am very interested in the project to implement a secure system for automatically installing updates in Drupal. I believe this project can significantly improve the security of Drupal sites and lower the total cost of ownership for maintaining a Drupal site, making it more accessible for users.

As a beginner, I understand that this project may require some guidance, but I am willing to put in the time and effort to learn and contribute to the project. I have experience with Git and some knowledge of Drupal and Composer, which I believe will be helpful in completing this project. I have also contributed to some of the novice issues in Drupal, which has made me more comfortable in working with Drupal.

In case you need more information from me, I will definitely provide it. I am excited about the opportunity to work on this project and contribute to the Drupal community. I believe that the final deliverables, a proof of concept automated update system and clear documentation for other contributors, will be valuable assets to the Drupal community.

Hello @AlanWang and @royalpinto007

Are either of you familiar with the existing work on the Drupal Automatic Update initiative?

https://www.drupal.org/project/ideas/issues/2940731 🌱 Automatic Updates Initiative overview and roadmap Active
https://www.drupal.org/project/automatic_updates →

If not - would you please read up on the above materials?

Having done so - please let me know if there is a particular aspect of the work on this initiative that you are interested in participating in, or let me know if your interest is more open-ended and you would like to be given direction.

Hello @hestenet
I've read the materials in the attached links above. I've got more familiar with the project's road map. The main architecture of automatic updates is more clear now. But, I've lost with links. I need to be guided. I hope you get my wanted-contribution as serious as you could. Thanks in advance.

Hi Tim, could I have interest in a postponed issues or should I limit myself for active issues?

Thanks for reviewing the materials @Ahmed Aziz ABBASSI

It is absolutely valid to take a look at a Postponed issue, or an Active issue that is labeled as 'Minor' - these issues tend to be enhancements that are outside of the immediate critical path of the feature, which in this case is probably a good thing because there are already engineers with a heavy focus on some of the most critical items.

Are there any of the postponed or 'minor' issues that caught your eye?

Yes, this postponed issue caught my eye and I was extremely interested in solving it: https://www.drupal.org/project/automatic_updates/issues/3343721#comment-14975655 🐛 rsync compatibility with version 2.x Closed: outdated .

When I was trying to solve it, I was completely lost.

This issue attracts me the most: https://www.drupal.org/project/automatic_updates/issues/3159920#comment-14990083 ✨ Add a PHP Memory Readiness checker Needs work

I would like to work mainly on it.
I would start integrating it in my proposal.

Marking this issue as fixed, here is the submission link: https://gist.github.com/aziz-712/f6a2dffa3bdfa773b914ef0f9c2f9f2c