Dev Chat Summary: July 26th (4.8.1 week 6)

This post summarizes the dev chat meeting from July 26th (agendaSlack archive).

4.8.1 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). feedback & release timing

  • No issues on the widgets front
  • Those who reported breakage from 4.8 widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. changes and have tested RC have said the fixes work
  • @westonruter to write a dev notedev note Each important change in WordPress Core is documented in a developers note, (usually called dev note). Good dev notes generally include a description of the change, the decision that led to this change, and a description of how developers are supposed to work with that change. Dev notes are published on Make/Core blog during the beta phase of WordPress release cycle. Publishing dev notes is particularly important when plugin/theme authors and WordPress developers need to be aware of those changes.In general, all dev notes are compiled into a Field Guide at the beginning of the release candidate phase.
  • @westonruter and @obenland to work on 4.8.1 release on Tuesday, August 1st as per previous plan
  • @obenland to work with @pento or @azaozz on walk thru for releasing a minor version
  • Post-4.8.1 release action item: get more committers access & training on releasing / Mission Control

Editor / GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ media intricacies

  • Last Fridays’ release of 0.6 slipped due to vacations, working to push it out as soon as feasible
  • Several media intricacies that could use help / discussion, especially Issue#1986
  • 100 PRs open that could use help in reviewing/testing
  • Gutenberg part of weekly agenda of #core-media meeting (Thursdays at 18:00 UTC)

General announcements

  • @desrosj: I’d like to propose we add a new table on Upcoming WordPress Meetings, or a new page on Make for listing upcoming ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. scrubs. It would be helpful to have all upcoming ticket scrubs in one location.
    • Need to determine how those details get updated, if you have ideas please contact @desrosj
  • @obenland: looking for review of #39692

#4-8-1, #core, #dev-chat, #summary