Overview
This post is a summary of the latest weekly Media component meeting, which took place in the #core-media Slack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel, on Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 1900 UTC. The purpose of these meetings are to move priority tasks forward, provide feedback on issues of interest, and review media focused tickets on Trac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress..
Attendees:
@antpb @blobfolio @desrosj @karmatosed @mikeschroder @postphotos
Transcript: Read on Slack
Gutenberg 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/
- The best way to follow along with media related Gutenberg items is the media label in GitHub.
- Repository milestones have been re-arranged to make it easier to see what is going on.
- Milestone #33 is coming up. There are two media issues, but the primary focus is: Add block playlist. A decision was reached to punt Contributors sometimes use the verb "punt" when talking about a ticket. This means it is being pushed out to a future release. This typically occurs for lower priority tickets near the end of the release cycle that don't "make the cut." In this is colloquial usage of the word, it means to delay or equivocate. (It also describes a play in American football where a team essentially passes up on an opportunity, hoping to put themselves in a better position later to try again.) this issue to 2.3. @antpb needs some background on the
mediaElementobject is used for the media player.
4.9.4 (now 4.9.5) Tickets
The next portion of the meeting was dedicated to going through blessed tickets in the next minor milestone. All three were deemed in a good place with good direction.
- #42968 – Media: Grid View: new upload, file is in the wrong position in the grid until after upload is complete
- #43201 – PHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in /wp-includes/media.php on line 1206
- #42724 – Options Media page hides breaks on desktop
5.0 Tickets
The next part of the meeting was spent on blessed tickets in the next major milestone (5.0).
#42919 – Unable to upload files with the AAC extension
Discussion around whether AAC files could be embedded lead to the realization that AAC also needs to be added to `wp_get_audio_extensions()`. Firefox appears to have a few issues with AAC. Some testing needs to be done to see if this can be done in the same ticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker., or if a new one is more appropriate. @desrosj will do some digging.
The following tickets need a combination of code review and approval:
- #40921 – Inconsistent Handling of mp4 by Audio Widget 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.
- #42463: Poor Description of add_image_size Params
- #42017: Parse the creation date out of uploaded audio files
5.0 Suggested Tickets
#9257 – EXIF GPS data
Has good direction, but needs some feedback to make any adjustments. #42479 was closed as a duplicate on the premise that there is no GPS information in audio/video besides any in the associated image. In his initial testing, @desrosj remembers there being some GPS information on video files, but more testing is needed before it can be re-opened. Files from popular devices would need to be provided as well.
#43046 – has_image_size() returns false for Core Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. image sizes
Backwards compatibility issues need to be fully explored for this ticket. At minimum, the inline documentation should be updated to more accurately reflect what is happening in the function. At maximum, a new boolean parameter could be added indicating whether core image sizes should be included in the list checked against. An example of where this may be very useful is preventing issues when a plugin 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 or theme removes a core image size (if this is possible – needs research).
Next Meeting
The next #core-media meeting is set for Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 1900 UTC. Hope to see you there!
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