Not sure if there is an issue about this, but I think something strong that backdrop-issue could offer is auto updates for security issues etc.
Since there is semantic versioning, this could be used as a check.
There are obviously a lot of issues that are needing to be addressed here, but thought I would start the issue.

~PR by @serundeputy: https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/pull/2307~ Revised by @laryn: https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/pull/3753
Part of META issue: https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop-issues/issues/2018
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I second this-- I have a module in contrib now that I just marked as "deprecated", and I removed its sole alpha release (because a fix in Core made it obsolete). Just plain deleting the module...
Weekly Meetings July 23rd 2026
If there's some time left in the dev meeting - although it might rather be a topic for the PMC: We have nice documentation and procedures, how to provide projects in backdrop-contrib space...
Weekly Meetings July 23rd 2026
The need for a clear AI policy is growing. Please can this be a priority.
Weekly Meetings July 23rd 2026