Core Privacy Agenda – 31 October 2018

When/Where: Join us in #core-privacy on Making WordPress Slack from 1500-1600 UTC

Facilitator: @idea15

Note-taker: @allendav

Agenda

Tickets and code issues

• Post-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/ bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. fix priority – getting 75% of these ready for commit
  • https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&status=reviewing&type=defect+(bug)&component=Privacy&keywords=!~commit&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=milestone&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&order=owner
• Gutenberg privacy issues – update
• Buddypress review – @garrett-eclipse ?
• Next steps for re-organizing the code, post-gutenberg https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/43895 – let’s start breaking that down into smaller pieces (@allendav)

Component documentation:

• Update on getting a privacy home page at make.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//privacy (@allendav)
• Handbook review (@allendav , Rian)

Marketing/conference talks/collaboration

• Cross-platform privacy group update
• Rian Kinney – BobWP podcast
• Any upcoming WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. talks?
  
  

Group 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. issues

• Reminder of Monday bug scrub for 5 Nov (@?)
• Office hour meeting time change (@?)
• Need facilitator, note-taker for next week

What the Cool Privacy Kids Are Reading / Trying This Week:

• Privacy Tool Suite added to Joomla – https://twitter.com/joomla/status/1057269464939577345 (props @desrosj)
• 360 years of US Case Law – https://case.law/ (blame @desrosj)
• Preserving privacy while doing application telemetry https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/10/testing-privacy-preserving-telemetry-with-prio/ (props @idea15)
• Designing accessible web with privacy – when web browsing reveals information – https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/designing-accessible-web-with-privacy-when-web-browsing-reveals-information/ (props @idea15)

Helpful links:

• CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Privacy Roadmap https://make.wordpress.org/core/roadmap/privacy/
• 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 Privacy Handbook https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/privacy/

• Open Privacy Component Tickets https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&status=reviewing&component=Privacy&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&col=component&order=priority

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