Patching Production Drupal Sites With hook_update_N() is Risky

Submitted by david.stinemetze on Fri, 12/07/2018 @ 8:57am
I've been using Drupal in some capacity for a decade now. I'm always learning new things about all the new capabilities and features, yet I was slightly caught off guard the other day because I realized something rather important about a feature that has been around Drupal longer than I have: hook_update_N()...