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Andrei Draganescu 10:47 am on July 22, 2020
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Navigation sync notes

Today, 22nd July 2020, in the #core 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/. channel the weekly navigation sync meeting was held. This is a CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. meeting about everything Navigation: the navigation 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 the navigation screen.

The agenda for today was:

  • Navigation screen project triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors.
  • Open floor

We triaged all the issues in the Inbox column of the Navigation screen project.

During the open floor the following items were raised:

  • @andraganescu highlighted the Navigation: Non-link blocks should be wrapped in a
  • issue
    • We discussed the idea of adding a ClassicMenu block to enable the Navigation block to manage blocks and classic menus easier in the Navigation screen.
    • @ashiishme offered to create an issue for a new ClassicMenu block
  • It was discussed that during this chat we should also triage issues labeled [Block] Navigation that were opened in the last week, to check for items to add to the Navigation screen project.

Lastly, if you want to get involved in any way – design, code, 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. scrub, testing – check out:

Thanks!

#meeting-notes

annezazu 3:55 pm on July 3, 2020
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What’s next in Gutenberg? (July)

This is a monthly update containing the high-level items that 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/ contributors are focusing on for July. Please join us in our efforts and let us know in the comments if anything is blocking you from doing so. As a reminder, here’s an overview of different ways to keep up with Gutenberg and the Full Site Editing project. 

Preparing for WordPress 5.5

On July 6th, Gutenberg 8.5 RC is planned to be released! This is the last Gutenberg releaseRelease A release is the distribution of the final version of an application. A software release may be either public or private and generally constitutes the initial or new generation of a new or upgraded application. A release is preceded by the distribution of alpha and then beta versions of the software. going into WordPress 5.5 and is the major focus for this month so 5.5 can be set up for success. Keep in mind that this means that all features and enhancements that need to go into WordPress 5.5 must be ready for this upcoming release. After the 8.5 release, ideally only fixes for regressions or fixes for bugs in new features will be added in. You can read the latest news about what editor features are planned for inclusion in 5.5 here.

Follow along:

You can follow the progress for this effort on this project board.

Full Site Editing

Work on this major focus for phase 2 is ongoing and is expected to continue iterating over the next months. We’ve wrapped up the major work needed to build the technical foundation of this project and are now moving towards expanding the UX & UI:

  • Refining and pruning block patterns.
  • Refining the navigation 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 navigation screen.
  • Building out flows for new template creation.
  • Improving the flow for inserting new or selecting existing template parts, currently being explored as “sections” in the block editor. The exact naming is being discussed further here.

We’re watching the Theme Experiments repo as well to see how themers are attempting to build block-based themes. Thank you to everyone participating there as it’s a super useful way for us to determine prioritization. 

Follow along:

The high level, important tasks have been split into sections and highlighted on this overview issue. If you’re interested in being a part of testing Full Site Editing, check out the experimental outreach program to learn more. 

Navigation Screen

As @andraganescu mentioned here, those who have been working on a new, block-based, menus page (nav-menus.php) in wp-adminadmin (and super admin) are starting a new weekly chat in #core to begin better syncing up efforts. The meeting will happen in #core every Wednesday, July 8, 2020, 01:00 AM MDT, starting next week, on July 8th. These meetings will be focused on triaging issues in GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ with the  [Feature] Navigation screen or [Block] Navigation labels but are also open for discussing improving the navigation creation process in WordPress, increasing compatibility with Full Site Editing, and maintaining backward compatibility.

To help get everyone thinking more about navigation, check out the following related issues that are currently being explored:

Follow along:

You can follow the progress of this project on this project board, review the overview issues (Block Navigation, Navigation Screen), and join the weekly coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. chat.

Miscellaneous Focuses

Because preparing for 5.5 is such an important piece of this month to get right, the items below are still focuses but are more minor than they have been these last few months. Once work for 5.5 is in a solid place, it’s expected that greater attention will return to these areas:

Global Styles

As a reminder, Global Styles refers to the system that defines and manages global aesthetics allowing overall site styles, theme styles, and blocks to work well together. You can follow the progress for this overall system in this overview issue. For more recent and immediate next steps, you can follow this issue describing the current state of work. 

WidgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. Screen

As part of expanding the block editor to other screens in the admin, work slowly but surely continues to improve the widget screen. You can follow the progress of this focus by reviewing issues with the [Feature] Widgets label.

Areas to be aware of:

Block & 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

There is a new block creation tutorial done by @mkaz in light of the block directory’s experimental status being removed. Expect new block guidelines, more documentation, and a  block validator tool coming your way this month. For now, anything that can be done to test the block directory and give feedback would be greatly appreciated to makemake A collection of P2 blogs at make.wordpress.org, which are the home to a number of contributor groups, including core development (make/core, formerly "wpdevel"), the UI working group (make/ui), translators (make/polyglots), the theme reviewers (make/themes), resources for plugin authors (make/plugins), and the accessibility working group (make/accessibility). this a success. 

Theme Developers

Last week, an awesome Q&A from the Gutenberg Times (hat tip @bph) was done on block-based themes featuring @itsjusteileen @kjellr. You can see some pretty neat demos in there including the theme export button. If you’re curious about or working on block based themes, check out the recorded discussion.

Ways to Help:

While the above items are our focuses, don’t forget that you can always help with triage, needs testing issues, good first issues and reviewing PRs. If there’s anything we can do to make contributing easier, let us know in the comments or in #core-editor chats. While we can’t promise to fix everything, we’d appreciate being aware of any blockers.

#core-editor #gutenberg-next

Andrei Draganescu 8:50 pm on July 2, 2020
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Editor features for WordPress 5.5 – update

As a continuation of the previous post outlining the WordPress 5.5 Editor features, here’s an update on which of those features will be in 5.5, and which will not. In the previous post, there were two “sets” of features. The first was “definite for inclusion,” and the second was “features that need help.”

Currently the releaseRelease A release is the distribution of the final version of an application. A software release may be either public or private and generally constitutes the initial or new generation of a new or upgraded application. A release is preceded by the distribution of alpha and then beta versions of the software. includes the following list of new additions and improvements to the editor:

  • A new 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. editor design.
  • Introducing block patterns and the block patterns APIs for themes and plugins.
  • A new block inserter panel with streamlined categories, collections, native support for patterns, and block directory integration.
  • An improved editing experience, with refined drag and drop, block movers, parent block selection, device previews, contextual focus highlights, multi-select formatting allowing changes to many blocks at once, ability to copy and relocate blocks easily, and better performance.
  • An expanding set of design tools with inline image editing, theme support for link color, multiple alignment options and customizable padding in cover block, mobile support for auto-playing videos, extended background and gradient support to other blocks (group, columns, media & text), broader unit control beyond pixels (rems, %, vh, vw), line height adjustments, and more.
  • Over 1500 additional changes to the editor experience.

That is an impressive list! It also includes most of the items that needed help: block patterns, block directory and block design tools. Keep an eye on this blogblog (versus network, site) in the coming weeks for 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 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. detailing each feature listed above.

Thank you to every contributor that took the time to push these features over the finish line! 🎉

However, even though lots of work went into these features and considerable progress was made, there are some features previously planned for 5.5 that could not be included:

  • The navigation block
  • The new navigation screen
  • The new widgets screen

To monitor progress and participate there are a few places to start:

  • Navigation and the navigation screen issues are tracked in the Navigation project within the GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ repository. There are also issues not tracked in the project but labeled accordingly.

To test the current status of these projects, remember to turn them on within the Gutenberg plugin experiments screen.

Thank you for your support, contributions, and all other kinds of participation in this amazing new incoming WordPress release!

Update July 15th 2020 – removed the “theme support for link color” feature as per this comment

#5-5

Anthony Burchell 12:24 am on June 26, 2020
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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.

Shipping Experimental Endpoints in Core: REST API Meeting Summary June 11, 2020

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.

#core, #core-accessibility, #core-media, #media, #summary

Jb Audras 11:45 pm on June 24, 2020
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Devchat meeting summary – June 24th, 2020

@whyisjake led the chat on this agenda.

Highlighted/Need Feedback Blogblog (versus network, site) Posts

A few blog posts and announcements were shared by @whyisjake and others:

  • 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/ 8.4 has been released: What’s new in Gutenberg – June 24, 2020
  • A date/time has been solidified for APAC specific triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. sessions: New date and time for APAC triage sessions
  • @audrasjb announced that @ryokuhi was elected to replace him as 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) 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., alongside @nrqsnchz.
  • @jorbin has recently published a proposal on moving git repositories away from master as the main branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch". name to using trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision.: Proposal: Update all git repositories to use trunk instead of master. This work is already on track.
  • @sergeybiryukov published a proposal to change some of the workflow related keywords to be more inclusive: Rename “invalid”, “worksforme”, and “wontfix” ticket resolutions

Upcoming releases

WordPress 5.4.3

WordPress 5.4.2 has been simmering for a few weeks now, and milestone 5.4.3 is open on Trac.

Right now, the majority of the tickets are related to theme updates, with one 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.. As there is less than 2 weeks before WordPress 5.5 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. 1, the main effort is currently concentrated on milestone 5.5.

WordPress 5.5

WP 5.5 ReleaseRelease A release is the distribution of the final version of an application. A software release may be either public or private and generally constitutes the initial or new generation of a new or upgraded application. A release is preceded by the distribution of alpha and then beta versions of the software. coordinator @whyisjake shared that beta 1 is roughly two weeks away (July 7, 2020), and there are still around 230 open tickets in the milestone.

@davidbaumwald will bump the remaining early tickets at the end of the week. There are currently 13 tickets marked as early in the milestone. He also shared a general reminder: Beta 1 is the deadline for Feature Requestfeature request A feature request should generally begin the process in the ideas forum, on a mailing list, as a plugin, or brought to the attention of the core team, such as through scope meetings held for each major release. Unsolicited tickets of this variety are typically, therefore, discouraged. and Enhancementenhancement Enhancements are simple improvements to WordPress, such as the addition of a hook, a new feature, or an improvement to an existing feature. type tickets.

@desrosj shared a list of all feature request and enhancement tickets currently in the 5.5 milestone (88).

@pbiron asked if “enhancements” to the three feature plugins merged in WP 5.5 are allowed to be committed after beta 1. @clorith answered Feature plugins should not need enhancements post-merge. However, small enhancements can be labelled as 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., for example if the enhancement aims to reduce false positives, like #50437 does.

@sergeybiryukov also recommended to branch the next milestone (5.6) right after Beta, so enhancements and other bug fixes could go to trunk for 5.6 and not loose their momentum.

Components check-in and status updates

@antpb shared the Media team next meeting agenda.

@azaozz asked for help with the Test jQuery Updates plugin. Feedback are welcome ont the text/explanations in it, and with the readme file, etc. The 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 is expected to be officially released very soon.

Open Floor

@joyously pointed some tickets that may benefits to plugins and themes auto-updates feature. Her proposal is to add more information to the auto-update email notifications. In the case of themes, adding information from the changelog. @audrasjb to makemake A collection of P2 blogs at make.wordpress.org, which are the home to a number of contributor groups, including core development (make/core, formerly "wpdevel"), the UI working group (make/ui), translators (make/polyglots), the theme reviewers (make/themes), resources for plugin authors (make/plugins), and the accessibility working group (make/accessibility). sure to raise those points during the next auto-updates team meeting.

@carike asked to consider removing coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds 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/. channel from the channels that are auto-joined for Slack. It would be less stressful to try to orientate new users in an environment that is less technically-focused and/or not quite as large as core Slack channel. Everyone agreed this proposal makes sense. @aaroncampbell proposed to use a welcome channel that is locked but had a message with the main channels for each group for people to click to join. A ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. is about to be opened on MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. to handle ad discuss this task.

#5-4-3, #5-5, #core, #summary

Jb Audras 6:21 pm on June 18, 2020
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Devchat meeting summary – June 17th, 2020

@davidbaumwald led the chat on this agenda.

Highlighted/Need Feedback Blogblog (versus network, site) Posts

@davidbaumwald shared a few blog posts and announcements:

Meeting notes

@jeffpaul and @timothyblynjacobs called for particular attention to the Experimental Endpoints (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/. team). It needs a decision, and it could use input from a variety of experienced reviewers who understand what’s at stake:

Other meeting notes:

Upcoming releases

WordPress 5.4.2

WordPress 5.4.2 shipped with the help of our amazing contributors). This version packs six security fixes and lots of 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. fixes. More details about what is inside are on the version page.

@whyisjake took a moment to thank everyone that was part of the releaseRelease A release is the distribution of the final version of an application. A software release may be either public or private and generally constitutes the initial or new generation of a new or upgraded application. A release is preceded by the distribution of alpha and then beta versions of the software. team’s huge group of contributors, both on the security front and in bug fixing.

He also called special attention to the fact that the release team decided to backportbackport A port is when code from one branch (or trunk) is merged into another branch or trunk. Some changes in WordPress point releases are the result of backporting code from trunk to the release branch. the changes in how comments are handled to WordPress 5.1/5.2/5.3. See the related dev note for more.

As a reminder, the WordPress project’s security policy is publicly available on GitHub.

WordPress 5.5

WP 5.5 Release coordinator @whyisjake shared that 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. 1 is roughly four weeks away, and there are still around 250 open tickets in the milestone.

Of special note is this GitHub project that the #core-editor team has been working on.

@davidbaumwald reported that he’s added the 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) scrubs to the Bug Scrub Schedule for 5.5.

The Accessibility team needs help and feedback on these tickets:

@marybaum announced that there’s a team assembled to work on the About page. @davidbaumwald has opened ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. #50416 to handle About page development.

Following up on her announcement, @marybaum suggested promoting WP 5.5 in the current version’s dashboard for a couple of weeks in the release-candidate period in a dashboard widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user..

@desrosj answered that if something is important enough to receive its own area on the dashboard of every site before it is released, the best way to do that would be in a post on the News blog.

Components check-in and status updates

@flixos90 asked the Media team for feedback on #50367.

@timothyblynjacobs would like feedback on a possible batch-processing endpoint for the REST API: #50244, on the particulars of the 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. and on the ergonomics of it.

@mikeschroder requested feedback on whether (and what) filters would be helpful for opcode cache invalidation: #36455.

Open Floor

@paaljoachim pointed out ticket #16020, which aims to introduce custom avatars for user profiles. The ticket has a patch; it needs review and final validation from the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. team.

@enrico.sorcinelli called the group’s attention to ticket #21676, and @sergeybiryukov confirmed that ticket is already on his review list.

#5-4-2, #5-5, #core, #summary

Justin Ahinon 2:03 pm on June 15, 2020
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Setting the structure and an agenda for APAC-friendly devchat

@francina‘s proposal for APAC-friendly devchats attracted interest from commenters on every continent. I approached them recently to get their thoughts on moving forward.

Based on that advice, I propose a first meeting to set up these devchats and schedule them on the #core channel on Makemake A collection of P2 blogs at make.wordpress.org, which are the home to a number of contributor groups, including core development (make/core, formerly "wpdevel"), the UI working group (make/ui), translators (make/polyglots), the theme reviewers (make/themes), resources for plugin authors (make/plugins), and the accessibility working group (make/accessibility). 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/..

A look at all the team meetings in the Meeting Calendar shows an opening on Thursdays at 15:00 AEST – this replaces the APAC Triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. Session which will be rescheduled.

So let’s meet this week: Thursday, June 18th, at 15:00 AEST.

Please comment below with your thoughts on discussion topics, ongoing structure and agenda or anything else that seems relevant.

See you on Thursday!

Edit: This post has been edited to bring forward the start date by a week — @peterwilsoncc.

#apac, #devchat, #meeting-calendar, #proposal

Justin Ahinon 7:54 pm on June 11, 2020
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Devchat meeting summary – June 10th, 2020

@whyisjake led the chat on this agenda.

Highlighted/Need Feedback Blogblog (versus network, site) Posts

@whyisjake shared a few blog posts and announcements:

Upcoming releases

WordPress 5.4.2

WordPress 5.4.2 was planned to be released Wednesday 10th after the devchat (and successfully shipped with the help of our amazing contributors). This version includes six security fixes and many 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. fixes. More details about what is inside can be found on the version page.

WordPress 5.5

@pbiron reminded that three feature plugins will be included in WordPress 5.5. Lazy loading of images, themes, and plugins, auto-updates, and XML sitemaps.

Some tickets for enhancements/features will need some help, testing, or feedbacks before 5.5 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. 1 (targeted date: July 7th, 2020): #40351, #41750, #33161, #47456, #43738.

@audrasjb mentioned some other tickets on which the 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) team needs help and feedback. #49459 and #49651 need Editor team feedback and #30155, #47120 and #48170 will need feedback and expertise from the Media team.

@paaljoachim said he’s working on #16020 and would need some feedback on it.

Open Floor

@enricosorcinelli mentioned that #21676 got some new attentions, and could be a possible candidate to ship in 5.5.

@adamsilverstein reminded the group that the #core-js team is looking for an additional person to help run the weekly JavascriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/. chat. The chats take place Tuesday at UTC-06:00 in #core-js. Feel free to say in the channel in the next meeting if you’re interested in that.

@justinahinon said that he reached out to people interested in helping on hosting APAC devchats proposed here. There is a plan to discuss in the #core channel about the outcomes of the meetings and a possible schedule (a note about that will be published soon on Makemake A collection of P2 blogs at make.wordpress.org, which are the home to a number of contributor groups, including core development (make/core, formerly "wpdevel"), the UI working group (make/ui), translators (make/polyglots), the theme reviewers (make/themes), resources for plugin authors (make/plugins), and the accessibility working group (make/accessibility)./CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. blog).

Related to that, @yvettesonneveld shared what they have been doing for marketing coffee breaks and that was very helpful in recruiting and retaining contributors. Updates for this can be found here.

@jeffpaul proposed some additions to the Releasing Major Version and Glossary handbooks. These additions are about the early ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. definition and how they are handled during the releaseRelease A release is the distribution of the final version of an application. A software release may be either public or private and generally constitutes the initial or new generation of a new or upgraded application. A release is preceded by the distribution of alpha and then beta versions of the software. process. This is a result of discussions at WCEU 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/. and received helpful feedback from @davidb, @desrosj, and @joemcgill. Some contributors had a discussion about that, and you can rollback to here to follow.

@enricosorcinelli reminded that they are some tickets that have been milestoned for each release since 5.0 but hadn’t received any attention in their life cycle. These are #43516, #43517.

This closed the devchat discussions to leave room for WordPress 5.4.2 release party.

#5-4-2, #5-5, #summary

sageshilling 4:52 am on June 5, 2020
Tags: chat, core, dev,   

Dev Chat Summary: June 3, 2020

@whyisjake facilitated on this agenda. @sageshilling is the author of this summary, and @marybaum is your marginally faithful editor.

Announcements

@chanthaboune had three: 

  1. CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. has two brand-new team reps – @francina and @audrasjb! See more here.
  2. @chanthaboune will host office hours with Matt at WordCamp Europe this weekend.
  3. Release squads for the rest of 2020 are pretty close to final, with one update outstanding.

@whyisjake pointed the group to the latest Gutenberg news, which included a near-weekly releaseRelease A release is the distribution of the final version of an application. A software release may be either public or private and generally constitutes the initial or new generation of a new or upgraded application. A release is preceded by the distribution of alpha and then beta versions of the software.–this time to version 8.2.

Upcoming releases: 5.4.2

@whyisjake shared the status of the next minor.

After a smooth release-candidate launch just hours before devchat, he confirmed, “We are looking really great for a release on the tenth.” Check the Trac milestone here and you’ll see for yourself!

Component Updates

@swissspidy expects to share a merge proposal for sitemaps next week 🙂 based on this pull request. He commented that folks are “adding the finishing touches here and there until we have something we believe is ready to merge.”

@audrasjb reminded the group that two weeks ago the Plugins and themes auto-update feature got merged, and so far the feedback is pretty good.

The coders on the ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. are adding a few more hooksHooks In WordPress theme and development, hooks are functions that can be applied to an action or a Filter in WordPress. Actions are functions performed when a certain event occurs in WordPress. Filters allow you to modify certain functions. Arguments used to hook both filters and actions look the same., and @audrasjb pointed to two relevant tickets that need copy review by Friday, when @audrasjb will submit them for final review. @m_butcher, @yvettesonneveld and @marybaum are on the task.

The two tickets are #50215 and #50268. If you’re reading this, you too can look at the copy and add your suggestions!

Open Floor

(Ed. note: Got a pressing topic for Open Floor? Add it to the agenda post as a comment, and come to the chat. It’s in 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/., so you don’t even have to comb your hair! )

From comments on the agenda:

@glorialchemica asked for an update on the full-site-editing, or FSE, for short, project.
@chanthaboune responded.

So, the form to show interest has been closed, and I believe that the process of reaching out to everyone has started. The point at which actual feedback outreach and processing begins is a little fluid, since it’s tied to development timelines but it should get going in the next month or so if I recall correctly. In my absence, @annezazu will be driving the bulk of that work.

@chanthaboune

@annezazu announced that she was in the process of inviting everyone who’d signed up to a private Slack chat where folks could try things out and communicate efficiently; a lively discussion followed, with several keepers of WordPress history reminding the group of relevant incidents in the history of the project.

The result: @annezazu immediately made a public space for FSE and will take the private one down shortly.

@timothyblynjacobs asked for feedback from the Build/Test Tools maintainers on #50251. @jorbin took a look and said, Looks good. I’m going to commit it

@francina reminded the group about 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/. at WCEU!

@joyously mentioned there was a meeting about the editor and CustomizerCustomizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings., and FSE.  She asked if there will be another one? 

@desrosj I think that meeting was more to help the Customizer maintainers shape their expectations of where their expertise would be needed throughout the FSE process. 

@whyisjake ended the meeting at the top of the hour.

If you’d like more depth about anything the Core team discussed, you can read the full chat transcript here.

#chat, #core, #dev, #summary

sageshilling 6:12 pm on May 28, 2020
Tags: core, ,   

Dev chat summary: May 27, 2020

@francina facilitated on this agenda. @sageshilling compiled this summary; @marybaum edited.

Celebration: WordPress turns 17!

@francina asked the group: What’s the next 17 years of WordPress look like? And then commented, “Futuristic I hope, maybe some steampunk.” 

Which led to this barrage from the group:

  • Radio buttons everywhere.
  • Marquees.
  • Blink tags, it’s all about attention grabbers.
  • Even more adminadmin (and super admin) messages.
  • More animated gifs? I’m going to have nightmares. (edited) 

And this commentary:

  • Well that’s me not sleeping tonight.
  • No dancing baby unless it’s Leo [son of a CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. committercommitter A developer with commit access. WordPress has five lead developers and four permanent core developers with commit access. Additionally, the project usually has a few guest or component committers - a developer receiving commit access, generally for a single release cycle (sometimes renewed) and/or for a specific component.]

Announcements

@francina got the meeting underway by pointing out two Highlighted/Need Feedback Blogblog (versus network, site) Posts:

What’s new in Gutenberg? 

As often happens on a Wednesday, just before devchat, the Editor team issued a 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.. This week: 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/ 8.2.0 featured 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. patterns and significant speed boosts, plus a long list of other enhancements.

To quote @francinadirectly: “Really, kudos, Gutenteam!”

 Team Reps. You still have time to vote

Through the rest of today, May 28, 2020. @jeffpaul has been shepherding this process and will announce the new reps.

5.4.2 update

@whyisjake  will lead 5.4.2 and confirmed he’s planning on this 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. in two weeks.

Last week the group agreed on releasing a public 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. June 3 and the full releaseRelease A release is the distribution of the final version of an application. A software release may be either public or private and generally constitutes the initial or new generation of a new or upgraded application. A release is preceded by the distribution of alpha and then beta versions of the software. June 10th.

@whyisjake added that there is one ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. left in the milestone, and it has security implications. In the interest of making the web safer, the folx working on that ticket are thinking of backporting it to version 5.1 – which would be an exception to the project’s current policy

Components

@audrasjb gave his 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) update: two of three 2020 projects will makemake A collection of P2 blogs at make.wordpress.org, which are the home to a number of contributor groups, including core development (make/core, formerly "wpdevel"), the UI working group (make/ui), translators (make/polyglots), the theme reviewers (make/themes), resources for plugin authors (make/plugins), and the accessibility working group (make/accessibility). it into 5.5. The first of those, Alternate Table Views Choices, will likely be ready to discuss next week.

Open Floor

@garrett-eclipse brought a proposed UIUI User interface change from MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress., that would add a dev-note field in TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress.:
https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1590133526466800

Also from Meta, the act of adding a PR to a ticket will toggle some keywords: has-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./needs-patch/needs-refresh and needs-unit-tests/has-unit-tests.(meta:#5080)
Garrett thanked @dd32 for working on this, and @desrosj told the group it’s on his priority list for the next several days.

@johnstonphilip asked the group to discuss ticket #50214: Consider introducing the concept of “Editors”, and several people immediately got going in a lively thread.

@desrosj proposed a new enhancementenhancement Enhancements are simple improvements to WordPress, such as the addition of a hook, a new feature, or an improvement to an existing feature. in this ticket: #50268: Improve the 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/theme auto-update emails

@Howdy_McGee asked for some eyes on his patch of #50070: ‘post_type’ query variable not set for taxonomyTaxonomy A taxonomy is a way to group things together. In WordPress, some common taxonomies are category, link, tag, or post format. https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies#Default_Taxonomies. queries

Per his comment on the agenda, @apedog asked the group about avenues to overturn decisions that have already been made.

@justinahinon asked about next steps on APAC-friendly meetings, per https://make.wordpress.org/core/2020/04/29/proposals-an-apac-dev-chat-town-hall-meetings/

@carike also reminded us that Sitemaps is scheduled to be merged into 5.5.

@francina </devchat>

#core, #dev-chat, #summary