EPIC: Vortex 2.0

[AlexSkrypnyk]

This is an epic for Vortex 2.0. Used to reference from other issues and capture a roadmap.

BOARD: Vortex 2.x (view)

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Overview

Vortex 2.0 will be a major refactor of the distribution, customisation and composability.

The main goal is to make the initial setup and post-setup support of the consumer site as easy as possible with minimal manual update effort. Another goal is to add more features and integrations before moving to 3.x.

What remains for 2.0, grouped by area:

🛠 Scripts, hooks & provisioning

• Repeatable deploy hooks via ys_deploy module to replace custom post-provision scripts #2597 - Repeatable deploy hooks via ys_deploy module to replace custom post-provision scripts

💻 DDEV for local development

• Add integration with DDEV #949 - Add integration with DDEV (the v2 direction is decided in the comments)

🔄 More flexible CI

• Allow to release from GHA UI using GitFlow #1891 - Allow to release from GHA UI using GitFlow
• Separate hosting-specific build and artifact into a dedicated sidecar CI job #2594 - Separate hosting-specific build and artifact into a dedicated sidecar CI job

🔬 Environment detector

• [DRUPAL] Move env detection to use Environment Detector #2153 - Move env detection to use Environment Detector

🧪 More tools & testing

• Add support for DTT #1563 - Add support for DTT
• Add support for Task #954 - Add support for Task

🎛️ Installer

• Installer supports multiple Vortex scaffold versions (1.x and 2.x) #2596 - Installer supports multiple Vortex scaffold versions (1.x and 2.x)
• Generate only what the project needs - a template-wide installer constraint #2598 - Generate only what the project needs (template-wide installer constraint)

📚 Versioned documentation

• Version the documentation system to support 1.x and 2.x #2595 - Version the documentation system to support 1.x and 2.x

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What will happen to 1.x version

The develop becomes main for 1.x development until 2.0 is ready. Then, main will host 2.x versions and 1.x versions will move to 1.x branch for LTS support (there will be 6 more minor versions until June 2026).