Let's try using meta issues to list the priority issues for upcoming bugfix / maintenance releases of D7.
Using the e.g. "Drupal 7.74 target" tags frequently gets messed up by security releases, and it's generally harder to keep track.
For the next release, MySQL 8 support is the main priority, but we may be able to include a few others.
The next release of D7 (2020-12-02) will not be compatible with PHP 8, but work on that will likely be high priority for the following release (2021-06-02).
Please don't go crazy adding issues to this list (there are 32 issues tagged as 7.74 targets); be realistic about what the small team of maintainers is going to be able to work through in the next few weeks. Adding an issue here doesn't guarantee it'll be prioritised by the maintainers.
These are not necessarily in priority order.
todo
- #2978575: Mysql 8 Support on Drupal 7
- #2989985: User module's flood controls should do better logging [D7 backport]