Issue 206 - September, 10th 2015

My apologies for the lack of summaries this week. I had some travel and scheduling issues that severely limited my time to write this week's issue. Things should be back to normal next week.

News

Drupal 8 Now Ships with Beta-to-Beta Updates

Dries Buytaert announced that beginning with the Drupal 8 beta 15 it will support beta-to-beta upgrade paths. Great news for those of building production sites on Drupal 8 today.

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