Dev chat summary, July 6, 2022

Welcome!

The WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. development team builds WordPress! Follow this site for general updates, status reports, and the occasional code debate. There’s lots of ways to contribute:

Found a 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.? Create a ticket in the bug tracker.

Want to contribute? Get started quickly with tickets marked as good first bugs for new contributors or join a bug scrub. There’s more on the reports page, like patches needing testing, and on feature projects page.

Other questions? Here is a detailed handbook for contributors, complete with tutorials.

@marybaum led the chat on this agenda.

Announcements

WordPress 6.0.1 RC 1 has landed!

Blogblog (versus network, site) posts of note

A Week in Core, July 4, 2022, from @audrasjb

Proposal: Better REST API handling in JavaScript, from @zieladam (Needs feedback; would like it by July 18)

Planning for WebP and other image formats, from @adamsilverstein

Exploration: Improving DevHub, from @tellyworth

Performance Chat summary, July 5, 2022, from @mxbclang (Ed. note: There’s so much here! Your friendly team repTeam Rep A Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts. isn’t going to post the summary every week, but has an idea it might be a good idea for every CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. contributor to keep up with what’s happening over on the performance playing field.)

Upcoming releases

The next major is 6.1.

@desrosj pointed the group to @priethor‘s 6.1 planning roundup and suggested there’s still time to comment.

The next minor is 6.0.1.

The RCrelease candidate 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). 1 landed on Tuesday; the final is slated for next week, on July 12. Please download and test!

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