Taxonomy meeting summary – 2015/09/03

Present: @boonebgorges, @swissspidy, @masonjames, @drewapicture, @georgestephanis, @khromov, @srwells, @michaeltieso, @dpegasusm, @kraft, @mrahmadawais, @samuelsidler, @leatherface_416, @jblz, @tyxla, @jeroenvanwissen, @lindsaymac, @eric, @jbrinley, @brashrebel, @pdufour, @joehoyle, @timothybjacobs, @ryanduff, @krogsgard, @aaroncampbell, @rahe

Logs: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/core/p1441310435002734

  • Had a general discussion about term metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress.: who’s used plugins for it, who’s used workarounds, various use cases. We talked a bit about some arguments against term meta: that it will not perform well at scale, that it encourages poor data modeling – but decided that they could be set aside for the most part.
  • Outlined the interpretation, including database table name and schema, function names, and other APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. additions to support term meta. @boonebgorges will work up a RFC for make/coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. for feedback.
  • Talked about various ways in which existing term meta libraries might conflictconflict A conflict occurs when a patch changes code that was modified after the patch was created. These patches are considered stale, and will require a refresh of the changes before it can be applied, or the conflicts will need to be resolved. with the core implementation: duplicated function names, duplicate table names, incompatible table schemas, etc. @boonebgorges is assembling a list of plugins in the repo that may conflict with the core implementation. Once the outline of the core implementation is pretty much settled, @aaroncampbell, @krogsgard, @masonjames, and @boonebgorges (and anyone else who is interested) are going to collaborate on reviewing these plugins to see which ones will conflict in serious ways (via a Google Doc, which @boone will share once we’re ready to go). This will help us gauge the extent of potential problems, and get a sense of what outreach will look like.
  • We talked a little about combining the wp_terms and wp_term_taxonomy database tables #30262. We outlined some backward compatibility concerns, and strategies for minimizing conflicts. Put out a general call for thoughts and initial patches on the ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker., though we probably won’t move forward with schema changes for at least one more release cycle.
  • Had a very brief discussion about WP_Term #14162. Initial implementation – probably doable for 4.4 – will be simple, and will focus on strict typing for term data as well as cache invalidation. Future releases may see more functionality moved to the class.

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