Title: Dev Chat Agenda: August 8th (4.9.8 Week 6)
Author: Anthony Burchell
Published: August 8, 2018

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/antpb/) [Anthony Burchell](https://profiles.wordpress.org/antpb/)
4:29 pm _on_ August 8, 2018      

# Dev Chat Agenda: August 8th (4.9.8 Week 6)

This is the agenda for the weekly _devchat_ meeting on [Wednesday, August 08 at 20:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20180808T2000)

 * 4.9.8 release feedback and reported issues:
    - #[44750](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44750)
    - #[44736](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44736)
    - #[44720](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44720) – needs reporter feedback
      to verify
 * 4.9.8 Try 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/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/)
   Callout feedback 
 * 4.9.9 Discussion and Roadmap (if we need a 4.9.9 release)
 * Gutenberg Announcements
 * Updates from focus leads and component maintainers.
 * General announcements.

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