As of late, I’ve been discussing the fact that my employer/organization is moving away from Drupal. I now face the decision "To Drupal or not to Drupal." I have decided to discuss this decision openly. In my previous blog post, To Drupal or not to Drupal… that is my mid-career crisis, I expressed the guilt I have about potentially not maintaining the Webform module and stepping away from the Drupal community. If the Webform module is unsupported, the Drupal community and organizations that need to create forms and collect submissions could suffer.

Generally, when people and organizations leave the Drupal community, they don't talk about it. Occasionally, there are snarky discussions involving assumptions on Reddit. As for me, I’m using my blog as a platform to have this discussion.

Before considering what my exit interview might entail, it would help to define my role and responsibility as the Webform module's maintainer in the Drupal community.

Role

My initial contribution to Drupal began with the YAML Form module. I focused on building out the baseline functionality, reaching feature parity with the Webform module's previous version. As more people started using the YAML Form module, documentation and training material became essential. I created documentation using GitHub Pages. I recorded screencasts that walk-thru existing and new features. When the YAML Form module became the 8.x-5.x release of the Webform module, the usage stats started to increase significantly; I realized that...Read More