Media Meeting Recap – June 25, 2020

Here’s a summary of the #core-media chat from June 25, 2020. Weekly media meetings happen on Thursdays at 14:00 UTC; see the full transcript here, in the Make WordPress Slack.

Attendees: @paaljoachim, @joemcgill, @desrosj, @chaion07, @cdog, @sageshilling, @antpb, @afercia, @swissspidy, @JJJ, @pbiron

Discuss Media REST APIREST API The REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/. endpoints

The below post was discussed as an effort to bring visibility to the changes in image editing. Please take a moment if you haven’t to consider any Media implications of the changes. Many great ideas have been documented in the post.

Ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. #50105: Remove infinite scrolling behavior from the Media grid

#50105 was discussed and there is some help needed testing the most recent patchpatch 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. to remove the infinite scrolling behavior in Media grid. Separately from this issue, a new 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. was found that needs some attention. The unintended consequence of the changes were that the number of items counted for the “Load More” button are incorrect as they calculate images that do not render. The ticket at minimum before 5.5 needs a more accurate count to better represent what is left to load. An issue to track this can be found in #50410.

Media Meeting Continued June 26 at 14:00 UTC

One topic that did not get a chance to be discussed was #16020 “Upload custom avatarAvatar An avatar is an image or illustration that specifically refers to a character that represents an online user. It’s usually a square box that appears next to the user’s name. for user in Dashboard” which was recently commented with a recommendation to remove from the 5.5 scope. Given the timeframe and wide range of complexities, this needs some time to:

1. Discuss tomorrow at 14:00 UTC to determine next steps
2. Collaborate with the Privacy team to ensure this is done in the best way for everyone and in a featured 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.

Please feel free to continue the momentum of this issue join in on the discussion tomorrow.

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