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, January 17, 2019 at 21:00 UTC. The purpose of these meetings are to move priority tasks forward, provide feedback on issues of interest, and review media focused issues.
Attendees: @joemcgill @mikeschroder @karmatosed @desrosj @antpb @aaroncampbell @designsimply
Transcript: Read on Slack
5.1.0 Triage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors.
Earlier in the day, @aaroncampbell, @mikeschroder, and @desrosj cleared the list of tickets reported against trunk awaiting review.
During the meeting, attendees scrubbed the remaining Media tickets in the 5.1.0 milestone.
- #40590: wp_video_shortcode always adds controls=”controls”: The team wasn’t confident in the current approach. Punted to future release.
- #45407: Add block Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. attributes to
wp_calculate_image_sizes to allow for proper handling of sizes attribute: This doesn’t seem to be ready for 5.1 but @joemcgill will make a final determination this week. - #40175: Upload Validation / MIME Handling: @joemcgill uploaded a patch A special text file that describes changes to code, by identifying the files and lines which are added, removed, and altered. It may also be referred to as a diff. A patch can be applied to a codebase for testing. this week. @pento reviewed and this will likely fall out of 5.1 and be marked for early 5.2. Testing/feedback is appreciated.
- #44563: WordPress 4.9.7 Media delete changes break plugins deleting media via stream wrappers: No movement this week, punted to future release.
- #44760: Media library module dates filter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. doesn’t fully display: @mikeschroder is owning and will either commit or 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.).
- #44836: Uploaded 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 installation page: There is an extra tag A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses tags to store a single snapshot of a version (3.6, 3.6.1, etc.), the common convention of tags in version control systems. (Not to be confused with post tags.) messing with a link: No movement. Punted to future release.
- #45633: finfo_file() returns text/plain for json JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. file instead of application/json: This is punted to future release, pending #40175.
- #43826: get_post_galleries() should return gallery blocks: This remains a blessed task for now.
- #45707: Add parameter $real_mime to wp_check_filetype_and_ext: This might land as a relief while #40175 is pending, as long as it doesn’t introduce future compatibility challenges.
Recent Trac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. Bulk Edit
The team discussed how we should handle the recent bulk edit closing of tickets. Of the tickets closed, 163 are Media component tickets. The general consensus is that we shouldn’t leave them as wontfix A resolution on the bug tracker (and generally common in software development) that indicates the ticket will not be addressed further. This may be used for acceptable edge cases (for bugs), or enhancements that have been rejected for core inclusion. but no final decisions were made. Next steps are for everyone to leave feedback on the original P2 A free theme for WordPress, known for front-end posting, used by WordPress for development updates and project management. See our main development blog and other workgroup blogs. about how to handle this project wide, and we will plan to make a decision about Media tickets next week.
Next meeting
The next #core-media meeting is set for Thursday, January 24, 2019, 21:00 UTC. Leave any agenda suggestions in the comments of this post. See you there!
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