This post summarizes the weekly dev chat meeting from November 6th 2019 (agenda / Slack archive).
Announcements
WordPress version 5.3 Release Candidate 4 was released on Tuesday 5th. Everyone please help by testing out the RC 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)..
Upcoming Releases – 5.3
@joyously asked where to look to see how translations are going for WordPress 5.3. @mapk shared the link to the project summary on Translate.
@collet raised some issues discovered on Twenty Twenty:
- One issue related to nested rules in full-width Group & Cover blocks: 965.
- Four issues related to column 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.: 960, 961, 962 and 963.
- One issue related to nested blocks on starter content: #959
- Also mentioned a pull request (701) that would be a worth inclusion in 5.3
@johnbillion answered Twenty Twenty can be updated independently of core Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. It’s ultimately up to the team behind the theme to decide if any of these bugs need to go into Twenty Twenty before 5.3 is released, or whether they can wait until 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. release of the theme.
@anlino will take a look at fixes for the columns issues today and tomorrow. Hopefully he can get those fixes before 5.3 final release. If there isn’t time to get them tested and merged properly, at least we’ll have the fixes good to go post-release.
The issues will be discussed in Twenty Twenty GitHub repository and in the core-themes and core-editor 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/. channels to see what can land in time for final release of 5.3.
@collet also mentioned an issue related to the About page. In the about page. it’s said that “Heading blocks now offer controls for text and background color”. However, there is no control to change the background color inside the editor. It doesn’t appear to be related to Twenty Twenty. It needs to be updated in the About page.
Finally, @mikeschroder asked for more testing concerning a recent post published on Make/Core: Use of the “wp_update_attachment_metadata” filter as “upload is complete” hook
Open floor
@isabel_brison asked if a core-css channel could be created on Make WordPress Slack team to discuss CSS Cascading Style Sheets. stuff. Given the amount of positive reactions, the Slack channel was immediately created by @peterwilsoncc 💥🕺💃
@mpcube asked for a review on ticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. #48506. Discussion to continue in the proper ticket.
Move Dev chat meeting time (end of daylight saving time)
@audrasjb asked for a final decision about moving the dev chat meeting time with end of daylight savings time (DST). The meeting attendees agreed to move it from 20:00 UTC to 21:00 UTC starting on Wednesday 13th November. The New Contributor Meeting will also move from 19:00 UTC to 20:00 UTC.
These notes were taken by @audrasjb and proofread by @davidbaumwald
#5-3, #css, #dev-chat, #twentytwenty
