Dev Chat Agenda, Wednesday March 22, 2023

The next WordPress Developers Chat will on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel of the Make WordPress Slack.

1. Welcome and housekeeping

Dev Chat summary, March 15, 2023 – thanks to @marybaum

The meeting’s scheduled facilitator will be @francina

@oglekler and @webcommsat are on the rota for this week’s meeting summary.
If you would like to volunteer for the summary, do add a comment to this ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. for @webcommsat.

2. Announcements

WordPress 6.2 RC3

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/ 15.4 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). is scheduled (now available for testing)

3. Highlighted posts

Call for volunteers to help with 6.2 end user docs from the release docs group.

4. Releases

Useful information on the next major WordPress release 6.2.

The schedule release is now only two weeks away on March 28.

Also check the #6-2-release-leads channel for the latest updates.

For information:

  • WordPress 6.2 has branched.

More updates from the Release Squad to come in the meeting.

5. Request for help with tickets/ components/ blockers/

If you have a ticket or request to help, please add a comment to the agenda post. Please indicate if you will be attending the meeting live and be able to highlight the issue further if needed.

If you are unable to attend dev chat live, you can add further details of the issue you would like highlighted either in comments, or message CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team reps @webcommsat and @hellofromtonya with the additional information to raise in this week’s meeting for you.

6. Open floor

Items for this agenda item and the previous one are welcome from across time zones. Please add suggestions in comments on this post. Thanks.

Props for agenda preparation @webcommsat, review @hellofromtonya and @marybaum.

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Dev Chat Agenda, Wednesday March 15, 2023

The next WordPress Developers Chat will on Wednesday, March 15 2023 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel of the Make WordPress Slack.

1. Welcome and housekeeping

Dev Chat summary, March 8, 2023 – thanks to @ironprogrammer

The meeting is scheduled facilitator will be @francina and @marybaum will draft the meeting summary.
If you would like to volunteer for the summary, add a comment to this ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. for @webcommsat.

2. Announcements

WordPress 6.2 Release Candidate 2 (March 14, 2023). The schedule release is now only two weeks away on March 28!

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/ 15.4 Release Candidaterelease 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). is scheduled.

What’s new in Gutenberg 15.3? (March 13, 2023) – posted by @richtabor. This version tightens up the site editing experience, adds a new “Time to Read” blockBlock 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., and some Duotone enhancements.

3. Highlighted posts

A Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., March 6-13, 2023 – thanks to @audrasjb

  • 48 commits
  • 62 contributors
  • 47 tickets created
  • 8 tickets reopened
  • 68 tickets closed

And welcome to the five new contributors from this week!

4. Releases

Useful information on the next major WordPress release 6.2:

New links/ key information this week:
6.2 live product demo Q&A – posted by @marybaum
– The 6.2 Field Guide and more Developer Notes for 6.2

WordPress 6.2 has branched.

Also check the #6-2-release-leads channel for the latest updates.

For information:

Any additional updates from the Release Squad will be shared in the meeting.

5. Request for help with tickets/ components/ blockers/

If you have a ticket or request to help, please add a comment to the agenda post. Please indicate if you will be attending the meeting live and be able to highlight the issue further if needed.

If you are unable to attend dev chat live, you can add further details of the issue you would like highlighted either in comments, or message Core Team reps @webcommsat and @hellofromtonya with the additional information to raise in this week’s meeting for you.

6. Open floor

Items for this agenda item and the previous one are welcome from across time zones. Please add suggestions in comments on this post. Thanks.

Props for agenda preparation @webcommsat, and review @hellofromtonya.

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Dev Chat Agenda, March 1, 2023

The next WordPress Developers Chat will on Wednesday March 1, 2023 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel of the Make WordPress Slack.

Note: the release party for 6.2 Beta 4 will now be on March 1, approximately from 17:00 UTC. Please check for updates in the #6-2-release-leads on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/..

1. Welcome and notices

Dev Chat summary (link to follow)

2. Announcements

6.2 BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 4 is due to be released prior to dev chat.

3. Highlighted posts

What’s New in Gutenberg 15.2 – Read how the template editing experience has been improved, accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) improvements and additional control support for blocks. Posted by @daisyo

A Week in Core, February 20 to 27, 2023 – thanks to @audrasjb

Core Performance Team Roadmap published

4. Release update

Next major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.2
6.2 development cycle
6.2 bug scrub schedule
Roadmap to 6.2
Help Test WordPress 6.2

Check the #6-2-release-leads channel for latest updates.

A 6.2 live demo will take place be on Thursday, 2 March 2023 at 17:00 GMT. More details on the 6.2 live product demo – posted by @jpantani

The release squad will be able to share any 6.2 updates in dev chat or async on this post.

5. Requests for help with tickets/ blockers

Priority will be given to items associated with the 6.2 release. Please add items for the meeting in comments below.

6. Open floor

If you have an item you would like to be raised in this section of the meeting, you can add the topic in the comments below.

If you can not attend the meeting, as a global project, asynchronous updates are welcome. You can add these into the comments section.

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Dev Chat Agenda, February 22, 2023

(‘A Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.’ and ‘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/ 15.2.0’ links updated, 22 Feb)

This week’s WordPress Developer Chat will take place on Wednesday, 22 February 2023 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel of the Make WordPress Slack.

1. Welcome and Housekeeping Notices

Dev Chat summary, February 15, 2023 – by @webcommsat

2. Announcements

WordPress 6.2 Beta 3 is available (from February 21) and is ready for testing.

Gutenberg 15.2.0

3. Highlighted Posts 

A Week in Core February 13-20, 2023 – by @audrasjb [updated link since agenda first posted]

  • 58 commits
  • 88 contributors
  • 74 tickets created
  • 10 tickets reopened
  • 69 tickets closed
  • 14 new contributors!

4. Releases

Next major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.2
6.2 development cycle
6.2 bug scrub schedule
Roadmap to 6.2
Help Test WordPress 6.2

Check the #6-2-release-leads channel for latest updates.

A 6.2 live demo will be on Thursday March 2, 2023, at 17:00 UTC. More details on the 6.2 live product demo – posted by @jpantani

The release squad will be able to share any 6.2 updates in dev chat or async on this post.

Releases in general

Updates to the WordPress Release Cycle

5. Help – Tickets/ components

Items for 6.2 will be prioritized. Please add to the comments for any tickets you would like to highlight.

6. Open Floor

If you have any items you would like to highlight in Open Floor, please add them to the comments.

– Update from core tables WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Asia Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. 2023 (this may be postponed to next week as contributors may be travelling).

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Dev Chat Agenda, February 15, 2023

This week’s WordPress Developer Chat will take place on Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel of the Make WordPress Slack.

1. Welcome and Housekeeping Notices

Dev Chat summary, February 8, 2023 – Posted by @webcommsat

2. Announcements

WordPress 6.2 Beta 2 is out and ready for testing. Posted by @jpantani

What’s new in Gutenberg 15.1. Posted by @juanmaguitar

3. Highlighted Posts 

A Week in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. (the link will be added when published)

For information: Call for 2023 priorities in the Performance Team

4. Releases

Next major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.2
6.2 development cycle
6.2 bug scrub schedule
Roadmap to 6.2
Help Test WordPress 6.2

Check the #6-2-release-leads channel for latest updates.

The release squad will be able to share any updates.

5. Help – Tickets/ components

Items for 6.2 will be prioritized. Please add to the comments for any tickets you would like to highlight.

From the Old Tickets Scrub, feedback and testing is requested on #22316 particularly from 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 developers. Also check out the Call for Testing Plugin Dependencies.

Update on investigating a 6.2 performance regressionregression A software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or blockers. Recent regressions may be given higher priorities. A "3.6 regression" would be a bug in 3.6 that worked as intended in 3.5.: @flixos90 advises of detailed updates on the this comment on #57648

6. Open Floor

If you have any items you would like to highlight in Open Floor, please add them to the comments.

– Update on core tables WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Asia Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. 2023 taking place this week.

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Dev Chat agenda, January 18, 2023

1. Welcome

Dev Chat summary, January 11, 2023

2. Announcements

WordPress 6.2 Planning Roundup including the schedule and the squad – @priethor

The #6-2-release-leads Slack channel is now open on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/..

3. Blogblog (versus network, site) posts

A Week in Core, January 16, 2022 – @audrasjb

Request to flesh out suggested topics or volunteer to write for the WordPress Developer Blog@webcommsat

4. Releases

a. Next major 6.2

The 6.2 development cycle.
Update from the squad or about the release.

b. Next minor

c. 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/ releases

5. Request for help / updates from component maintainers / highlighting tickets

Updates or tickets can be added async in the comments.

6. Open Floor

  • Need volunteer(s) to represent CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team and help lead tasks at WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Asia Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/.
  • Please add comments to this agenda for items you would like to suggest for Open Floor

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Dev Chat agenda, January 11, 2023

The meeting will be held on Wednesday January 11, 2023 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel of the Make WordPress Slack. All are welcome.

  1. Welcome and agenda
    About Dev Chat.
    Dev Chat summary, January 4, 2023
  2. Announcements
    What’s new in Gutenberg 14.9 – thanks @greenshady for the post
  3. Blogblog (versus network, site) posts
    Core editor improvements – Advancing the Site Editor experience (@annezazu, January 6, 2023)
  4. Forthcoming Release updates
    a. Next major: 6.2
    WordPress 6.2 development cycle

    Proposal for WordPress 6.2 release planning proposed schedule (December 27, 2022)

    b. Next minor: 6.1.2
  5. Component maintainers updates/ Tickets/ Assistance requests
  6. Open Floor

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Dev Chat agenda, January 4, 2023

This will be an abbreviated WordPress developers chat due to the holidays. It will give an opportunity to highlight any tickets and some of the major posts before next week’s full meeting.

The meeting will be held on Wednesday January 4, 2023 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel of the Make WordPress Slack. All are welcome.

About Dev Chat.

  1. Welcome and agenda
    Last Dev Chat summary, from December 21, 2022
  2. Announcements
    What’s new in 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/ 14.9 – this post is expected soon!
    WordPress 20 year celebration planning.
  3. Blogblog (versus network, site) posts
    A year in core – a reflection on WordPress Trac in 2022
    State of the Word 2022 – YouTube recording
    A Week in Core (January 2, 2023)
    A Week in Core (December 26, 2022)
    What’s new in Gutenberg 14.8 (December 21, 2022)
    Showcase revamped
  4. Forthcoming Release updates
    Proposal for WordPress 6.2 release planning schedule (December 27, 2022)
  5. Component maintainers updates/ Tickets/ Assistance requests
  6. Open Floor

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Dev Chat agenda, November 2, 2022

The meetings take place on Wednesdays at 20:00 UTC in the #core channel on Slack, and usually last an hour. All are welcome to attend or catch up via the summary.

About Dev Chat.

The publication of the Dev Chat agenda was held for the release party of WordPress 6.1to include the updates related to it.

1. Welcome

Introduction from coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. 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. @marybaum

Dev Chat summary, October 27, 2022 – thanks to @webcommsat for writing it and for checking items for today’s agenda.

2. Announcements

WordPress 6.1 “Misha” was released, November 1, 2022
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/ 14.5 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). expected November 2, 2022

During the last week:
6.1 Release Candidate 6 – October 31, 2022

6.1 Release Candidate 5 – October 28, 2022

Gutenberg 14.4 was released –“What’s new in Gutenberg 14.4” release post, October 27, 2022.

3. Blogblog (versus network, site) posts of note

A Week in Core – October 31, 2022

Performance chat summary, November 1, 2022 – has some ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. updates including WebP, AVIF images, Object Cache. Also some calls for reviews.

Core editor improvement: enhancing the writing experience, October 28, 2022. Find more about other improvements to the core editor.

4. Forthcoming releases

Updates from the relevant teams relating to releases.

a) Latest major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.1

Dev Notesdev note Each important change in WordPress Core is documented in a developers note, (usually called dev note). Good dev notes generally include a description of the change, the decision that led to this change, and a description of how developers are supposed to work with that change. Dev notes are published on Make/Core blog during the beta phase of WordPress release cycle. Publishing dev notes is particularly important when plugin/theme authors and WordPress developers need to be aware of those changes.In general, all dev notes are compiled into a Field Guide at the beginning of the release candidate phase. for 6.1 find them at the dev-notes-6-1 tagtag A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses tags to store a single snapshot of a version (3.6, 3.6.1, etc.), the common convention of tags in version control systems. (Not to be confused with post tags.). The Field Guide for 6.1.

b) Next minor 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.: 6.1.1

c) Next major: 6.2

Is there an update on the discussion on earlies?

If you have an update from release leads or any teams collaborating on related items, please add a comment.

5. Component maintainers updates / tickets / requests for help

Please add your request for tickets you would like to raise as a comment.

6. Open Floor

Please add your Open Floor item as a comment.

Thanks to @marybaum for reviewing the agenda.

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