[MacTUG] Drupal upgrade to 7.54 and WCMS v1.13.4 – April 6 – 14

[Darren Bondy]

What is happening? Non-responsive (legacy) and publication WCMS sites are being upgraded to Drupal 7.54 and WCMS version 1.13.4

Why is this happening? Drupal, the underlying system for WCMS sites, is being upgraded to version 7.54. WCMS version 1.13.4 provides some additional updates for security, otherwise it includes no new features or fixes.

When is this happening?
Non-production and pilot sites will be updated on Thursday, April 6 from 7:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. on Friday, April 7.

Production sites from will be updated during the following windows:

·         Tuesday, April 11 from 7:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 12.

·         Wednesday, April 12 from 7:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 13.

·         Thursday, April 13 from 7:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. on Friday, April 14.

What you need to do before the upgrade begins: Please log out of your site and do not work on your site during this upgrade window. Sites will remain available to site visitors during the upgrade window.

Questions or concerns? Please submit to rt-ist-wcms at rt.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:rt-ist-wcms at rt.uwaterloo.ca> or the IST Service Desk, helpdesk at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:helpdesk at uwaterloo.ca>, ext. 44357.

Recipients of this message:  uwweb, isthd, faccus, ist-staff, admin-support, ctsc, ucist, mactug, MSC, SSO, Bulletin


Darren Bondy
Information Systems and Technology
(519)888-4567 x49525
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

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