Dev Chat Agenda for May 20, 2020

Here is the agenda for the weekly meeting happening later today: Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at 20:00 UTC.

Highlighted/Need Feedback Blogblog (versus network, site) Posts

• Help needed —> Core team and WCEU Contributor Day
• WordPress 5.5 Planning Roundup
• Josepha’s sabbatical
• Cross component/focus meeting proposal
• Proposals: an APAC Dev Chat + Town Hall Meetings

Discussion

Should we have a point releaseMinor Release A set of releases or versions having the same minor version number may be collectively referred to as .x , for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, and all other versions in the 5.2 (five dot two) branch of that software. Minor Releases often make improvements to existing features and functionality. based on the list of milestones tickets?

Components check-in and status updates

• News from components
• Components that need help/Orphaned components
• Cross-component collaboration
• Updates from XML Sitemap, Lazy Loading, 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 and Themes auto-updates, 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/ features and everything else planned for 5.5

Open Floor

Got something to propose for the agenda, or a specific item relevant to our standard list above?

Please leave a comment, and say whether or not you’ll be in the chat, so the group can either give you the floor or bring up your topic for you, accordingly.

This meeting happens in the #core channel. To join the meeting, you’ll need an account on the Making WordPress Slack.

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