Editor Chat Agenda: 8 March 2023

Facilitator and notetaker: @paaljoachim

This is the agenda for the weekly editor chat scheduled for Wednesday, March 08 2023, 03:00 PM GMT+1. This meeting is held in the #core-editor channel in the Making WordPress 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/..

Gutenberg plugin 15.3 RC2 ready to test. The final version of 15.3 will likely be released on Wednesday.
WordPress 6.2 RC1 postponed, additional Beta 5 added.
WordPress 6.2 Beta 5.

Key project updates:

Task Coordination.

Open Floor – extended edition.

If you are not able to attend the meeting, you are encouraged to share anything relevant for the discussion:

  • If you have an update for the main site editing projects, please feel free to share as a comment or come prepared for the meeting itself.
  • If you have anything to share for the Task Coordination section, please leave it as a comment on this post.
  • If you have anything to propose for the agenda or other specific items related to those listed above, please leave a comment below.

#agenda, #core-editor, #core-editor-agenda, #meeting

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.

#6-2, #agenda, #dev-chat

Performance Chat Agenda: 28 February 2023

Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for February 28, 2023 at 16:00 UTC.


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

#agenda, #meeting, #performance, #performance-chat

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).

#6-2, #agenda, #dev-chat

Performance Chat Agenda: 21 February 2023

Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for February 21, 2023 at 16:00 UTC.


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

#agenda, #meeting, #performance, #performance-chat

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.

#6-2, #agenda, #dev-chat, #meeting

Performance Chat Agenda: 14 February 2023

Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for February 14, 2023 at 16:00 UTC.


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

#agenda, #meeting, #performance, #performance-chat

Editor Chat Agenda: February 15th, 2023

Facilitator and notetaker: @jorgefilipecosta.

This is the agenda for the weekly editor chat scheduled for Wednesday, February 15th, 2023, 03:00 PM GMT+1This meeting is held in the #core-editor channel in the Making WordPress 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/..

Announcements related to 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/ and WordPress releases.

Key project updates:

Task Coordination.

Open Floor – extended edition.

If you are not able to attend the meeting, you are encouraged to share anything relevant to the discussion:

  • If you have an update for the main site editing projects, please feel free to share it as a comment or come prepared for the meeting itself.
  • If you have anything to share for the Task Coordination section, please leave it as a comment on this post.
  • If you have anything to propose for the agenda or other specific items related to those listed above, please leave a comment below.

#agenda, #core-editor, #core-editor-agenda, #meeting

Dev Chat agenda, February 8, 2023

(Update February 8, 2023 new post added to ‘Highlighted Posts’ section on Testing 6.2. @webcommsat)

The WordPress Developers Chat meeting will take place on February 8, 2023 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel of the Make WordPress Slack.

Welcome and housekeeping notices

Summary from last week’s meeting, February 1, 2023@webcommsat

Announcements

WordPress 6.2 Beta 1 is out and available for testing – released February 7, 2023

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/ 15.1 release expected.

Highlighted posts

A Week in Core@audrasjb. In this week, 22 new contributors were recorded!

Proposal for automated performance monitoring in WordPress Core@adamsilverstein

Developer Hours returns@mburridge

Roadmap to 6.2@annezazu

Help Test WordPress 6.2@adeltahri

Releases update

a) 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
Posts on the Roadmap and the Help Test 6.2 are listed above in the Highlighted Posts section.

Updates from the release squad.

Release coordinators @francina will not be available between February 9 and February 21, and @priethor has limited availability during 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. Francesca will be available to run the Dev Chat meeting and release parties after February 21. Below are dates needing cover for facilitators of the live meetings:

  • 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. 2, February 14
  • Dev Chat, February 15
  • Beta 3, February 21
  • Potentially, Dev Chat, February 22

If you can cover, please reply in this Slack thread.

Requests for help/ any blockers relating to components or tickets

The priority will be given to items relating to 6.2. Please add to comments any tickets or blockers.

Open floor

Please add your requests for items in the comments below. The below updates have been received so far.

#agenda, #dev-chat

Performance Chat Agenda: 7 February 2023

Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for February 7, 2023 at 16:00 UTC.

  • Announcements
    • Reminder: Performance team roadmap for 2023 https://github.com/WordPress/performance/issues/631 If you’re actively contributing to the WordPress Performance Team or plan to do so this year, please share your priorities for 2023 as a comment on this issue before end of day Wednesday February 15, 2023
    • Team rep nomination reminder, please add your nominations for Performance 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. by Friday, February 24 2023
  • Focus area updates
  • Infrastructure
  • Open floor

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

    #agenda, #meeting, #performance, #performance-chat