John Blackbourn 4:15 pm on December 10, 2014
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Release candidate and today’s dev meeting agenda

4.1 was originally due for release today, but a few tickets in the 4.1 milestone have held things up a little. The release candidaterelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). will be tagged in time for today’s dev meeting at December 10 2014 21:00 UTC, and the target release date is now ~~Monday, December 15th~~ Tuesday December 16th.

Here’s the agenda for today’s dev meeting:

Documentation from various make/coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. posts need to go into the plugin handbook and theme handbook.
The 4.1 page on the Codex is in progress.
Eyes on the support forums – the alpha/beta forum has seen almost no activity so we need eyes on the forums as a whole.
‘About’ page design – @melchoyce, kelly, @helen #30435
PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party developers – update your plugin’s readme files to indicate support for 4.1 once RC1 is released. You’ve tested all your plugins with the betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process., yeah?
Looking for something to do? Tickets reported against trunk needs some continued triaging.
Status of plugin directory l10nL10n Localization, or the act of translating code into one's own language. Also see internationalization. Often written with an uppercase L so it is not confused with the capital letter i or the numeral 1. WordPress has a capable and dynamic group of polyglots who take WordPress to more than 70 different locales. and recommended plugins tab. @stephdau @tellyworth
Discuss status of l10ns for polyglots.
Discuss a status update meeting type thing on Sunday.
Discuss release plan. @nacin
Any other business.

#4-1, #agenda

Jeff Chandler 7:26 pm on December 10, 2014

One possible reason for the Alpha/BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. forums having low activity is that there hasn’t been much in the way of beta release communication on the WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ development blogblog (versus network, site). There’s a small mention of a beta at the bottom of the 4.0.1 security update post but that’s from Late November. Hopefully, news of the RC1 release will be published on the official blog and that might get things going again on those forums.

In that post, I’d also like to see specific items you want people to test.
- John Blackbourn 8:55 pm on December 10, 2014
  
  Yeah we usually do separate posts for each betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. but we got a bit caught up with 4.0.1 landing at the same time.
Stephane Daury (stephdau) 8:39 pm on December 10, 2014
PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party Directory l10nL10n Localization, or the act of translating code into one's own language. Also see internationalization. Often written with an uppercase L so it is not confused with the capital letter i or the numeral 1. WordPress has a capable and dynamic group of polyglots who take WordPress to more than 70 different locales.

I’ve just uploaded a major milestone to #760-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. which bring the complete solution to life, as what I’d qualify as a sophisticated proof-of-concept (as in still needs a lot of work/testing but shows everything off):
- code & readme translationtranslation The process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization. processing
- localized directories content translation display (wporg code already use gettext for its strings, that’s covered)
- translation caching policy, as well cache expunging on interaction with translate.wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ (imports, edits, etc)
- api content translation display when passed a language param (arbitrary, not set-in-stone)
See screenshots showing it in action here: https://cloudup.com/cmAHT9qu2Wx
Lance Willett 8:56 pm on December 10, 2014

For release plan, I’ll be on duty to prepare new versions of default themes for submission to Themes directory.
Michel - xiligroup dev 12:48 pm on December 11, 2014

@john
Just a question of release : why when, testing feature on a temporary website, updating from adminadmin (and super admin) from 4.1beta2 …734, we arrive directly to 4.2 alpha… and with no RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). release…
Please tell how to fin RC nighty build
conservativeread 1:06 pm on December 11, 2014

same issue here updating from adminadmin (and super admin) from 4.1beta2 we arrive directly to 4.2 alpha
Xavier Borderie 2:03 pm on December 11, 2014

@michelwppi @conservativeread As discussed on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/., “[the developers] branched 4.1 a bit earlier this time, that’s why you’re getting 4.2-alpha. The pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party gives you the nightly build from trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision., not the branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch"..”
Michel - xiligroup dev 4:18 pm on December 11, 2014

@[the developers]
Branching is practical for developers… but not for ‘devoted’ testers… the update page in WP dashboard is unusable with / for RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). versions… So need to use again FTPFTP FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol which is a way of moving computer files from one computer to another via the Internet. You can use software, known as a FTP client, to upload files to a server for a WordPress website. https://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients. client even on localhost… and avoid again to go to 4.2 alpha… I am sure that developers can solve the UXUX User experience issue 😉
- Knut Sparhell 5:09 pm on December 11, 2014
  
  I second this. I was really annoyed by experiencing the betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. tester pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party took me to 4.2.alpha insted of 4.1-RC1. If you (leads) are going to branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch". out before last RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). in the future please give us a beta tester with three options (point releases, beta/RC or trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision.). Those who always want latest alphas select trunk, betaRC-testers select beta/RC. During the cycle we can change option from trun to btea/RC to avoid this, and still have alphas at the start of a cycle.

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