Dev Chat Agenda – December 3, 2025

Discussions 💬

The discussion section of the agenda is for discussing important topics affecting the upcoming release or larger initiatives that impact the CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team. To nominate a topic for discussion, please leave a comment on this agenda with a summary of the topic, any relevant links that will help people get context for the discussion, and what kind of feedback you are looking for from others participating in the discussion.

Clarify wording for the Version field in TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress.

@SirLouen suggests updating the Handbook wording. The current description says the Version field reflects the version where 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. was “discovered”, which may be misleading. Proposed change: use “introduced” for improved clarity. See Reference.

Open floor  🎙️

Any topic can be raised for discussion in the comments, as well as requests for assistance on tickets. Tickets in the milestone for the next major or maintenance release will be prioritized.

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