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Joe McGill 10:51 pm on January 17, 2025
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Summary, Dev Chat, Jan 15, 2025

Start of the meeting 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/., facilitated by @joemcgill. 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements

The Nominations for 2025’s Core Team Reps are now open! Please nominate people in the comments of that post. Self-nominations are welcome. The deadline is January 31, 2025.

Forthcoming 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.: 6.8

We are currently in the WordPress 6.8 release cycle. Read more about the release squad, timeline and focus for this release.

Next maintenance release: 6.7.2

There is currently no release date planned for WordPress 6.7.2 @jorbin is going to schedule a scrub for next week and is currently thinking of tentatively planning a release date in Feb. If you see a ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. that you think should be considered, please drop it in the #6-7-release-leads channel.

You can review the next minor release milestone.

Next 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/ release: 20.1

The next Gutenberg release will be 20.1, scheduled for January 22. It will include the following issues.

Discussion

With the release squad having just been announced, we spent some time checking in on getting processes up and running for the release.

A few housekeeping items to share:

For tickets in the milestone marked early (🔗 Trac report):

  • While the handbook includes a definition for early, there is no standard deadline by when these tickets MUST be committed
  • @jorbin and @francina volunteered to update the description
  • @audrasjb and @joemcgill will review these tickets in a few weeks and determine whether the remaining ones need to be punted, or if they can have the keyword removed

We will attempt to do the first sync of Gutenberg releases to 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. earlier in this release. @mamaduka is planning to work on this.

While this release is focused mainly on “polish”, we will still include any new enhancements that are ready in time. A few that were mentioned in the meeting included:

  • #62503: Add speculative loading support
  • #21022: Use bcrypt for password hashing; updating old hashes
  • #30465: Dashboard alert if a 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 was removed from WordPress repo (may be stalled)

@karmatosed asked that folks please label and raise issues that need help from the design team.

We are looking at moving Dev Chat times during this release to an earlier time. Currently thinking that these will be some time between 15–18:00 UTC. Once confirmed, and update will be posted to the team blog.

Open Floor

  • @nikunj8866 asked about ticket #40477. It looks like it was previously tested but needs to be reviewed for code quality/approach.
  • @mamaduka is looking for feedback on this GB issue proposing a change to the post editor.
  • @justlevine asked for feedback on the following:
    • #49442: Request: filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. for parse_blocks() result
    • #61175: Integrate PHPStan into the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. development workflow

#6-8, #core, #dev-chat, #summary

Joe McGill 1:51 am on January 15, 2025
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Agenda, Dev Chat, Jan 15, 2025

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday at 20:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack.

The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.

Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections below. If you have ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.

Announcements

The Nominations for 2025’s Core Team Reps are remain open. Please nominate people in the comments of that post. Self-nominations are welcome. The deadline is January 31, 2025.

Forthcoming 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.: 6.8

We are currently in the WordPress 6.8 release cycle. Read more about the release squad, timeline and focus for this release.

Next maintenance release: 6.7.2

There is currently no release date planned for WordPress 6.7.2. Review the next minor release milestone.

Next 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/ release: 20.1

The next Gutenberg release will be 20.1, scheduled for January 22. It will include the following issues.

Discussions

The discussion section of the agenda is to provide a place to discuss 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.

Highlighted Posts

Editor Updates

You can keep up to date with the major Editor features that are currently in progress by viewing these Iteration issues.

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.

Please include details of tickets / PRs and the links in the comments, and if you intend to be available during the meeting for discussion or if you will be async.

#6-8, #agenda, #dev-chat

Joe McGill 6:01 pm on January 10, 2025
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Summary, Dev Chat, Jan 8, 2025

Start of the meeting 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/., facilitated by @joemcgill. 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements

The Nominations for 2025’s Core Team Reps are now open! Please nominate people in the comments of that post. Self-nominations are welcome. The deadline is January 31, 2025.

Forthcoming 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.: 6.8

The WordPress 6.8 call for volunteers closed on Dec 6. There will be more information about the release squad to follow soon based on these volunteers.

Next maintenance release: 6.7.2

There is currently no release date planned for WordPress 6.7.2 but @desrosj is planning to review the state of the release this week. You can review the next minor release milestone.

Next 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/ release: 20.1 20.0

The agenda post incorrectly identified the next release as 20.1 with a release date of January 15 due to a shift in the schedule for the holidays. Instead, Gutenberg 20.0 was released on January 9 and Gutenberg 20.1 is expected on January 22.

Discussion

Update on the formation of the 6.8 release squad

The call for volunteers date is closed and @priethor had previously been working on providing an announcement. Following the meeting, he shared that he had handed over responsibility to @jeffpaul and @desrosj, who are working to finalize the squad for the 6.8 release.

To prepare for the release, anyone can volunteer to lead a bug scrub of the 6.8 milestone. Looking at tickets marked early would be a good place to start.

@jorbin suggested the PR for a reliable sync protocol for collaborative editing could use more eyes.

Open Floor

@joemcgill highlighted out this initiative to improve CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.’s end-to-end (E2E) tests that is looking for support. @jorbin agreed do an initial review.

#6-8, #core, #dev-chat, #summary

Joe McGill 2:10 am on January 8, 2025
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Agenda, Dev Chat, Jan 8, 2025

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday at 20:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack.

The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.

Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections below. If you have ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.

Announcements

The Nominations for 2025’s Core Team Reps are now open! Please nominate people in the comments of that post. Self-nominations are welcome. The deadline is January 31, 2025.

Forthcoming 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.: 6.8

We are currently in the WordPress 6.8 release cycle.

Next maintenance release: 6.7.2

There is currently no release date planned for WordPress 6.7.2. Review the next minor release milestone.

Next 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/ release: 20.1

The next Gutenberg release will be 20.1, scheduled for January 15. It will include the following issues.

Discussions

The discussion section of the agenda is to provide a place to discuss 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.

This will be the first Dev Chat of 2025, so we’ll use this time to discuss anything that needs to be addressed to prepare for the first releases of the year.

Highlighted Posts

Editor Updates

You can keep up to date with the major Editor features that are currently in progress by viewing these Iteration issues.

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.

Please include details of tickets / PRs and the links in the comments, and if you intend to be available during the meeting for discussion or if you will be async.

#6-8, #agenda, #dev-chat

Joe McGill 5:09 pm on December 23, 2024
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Summary, Dev Chat, December 18, 2024

This meeting was the final Dev Chat for 2024.

Start of the meeting 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/., facilitated by @mikachan. 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements

The Nominations for 2025’s Core Team Reps are now open! Please nominate people in the comments of that post. Self-nominations are welcome. The deadline is January 31, 2025.

Also, 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/ 19.9 was released prior to the start of the meeting. See, What’s new in Gutenberg 19.9?

Forthcoming 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.: 6.8

The WordPress 6.8 call for volunteers closed on Dec 6. There will be more information about the release squad to follow soon based on these volunteers.

Next maintenance release: 6.7.2

There is currently no release date planned for WordPress 6.7.2. You can review the next minor release milestone. The 6.7.2 milestone was scrubbed during the week and the Gutenberg board is scrubbed with only a few PRs that need to be merged.

Discussion

There were no discussion topics for this meeting.

Open Floor

@luminuu raised the following on the agenda post:

how much work would it be to allow pseudo-styles on 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. style variations, for example on buttons? Talking about this issue: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/55359

@mikachan noted a similar issue being worked on for the stylebook: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/38277.

#6-8, #core, #dev-chat, #summary

Sarah Norris 5:27 pm on December 17, 2024
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Agenda, Dev Chat, Dec 18, 2024

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday at 20:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack.

This will be the last Dev Chat of 2024 and we will resume the meetings again on January 8, 2025.

The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.

Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections below. If you have ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.

Announcements

The Nominations for 2025’s Core Team Reps are now open! Please nominate people in the comments of that post. Self-nominations are welcome. The deadline is January 31, 2025.

Forthcoming 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.: 6.8

We are currently in the WordPress 6.8 release cycle. The call for volunteers for the 6.8 release squad closed on Dec 6 and the release squad will be put together soon based on these volunteers.

Next maintenance release: 6.7.2

There is currently no release date planned for WordPress 6.7.2. Review the next minor release milestone.

Next 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/ release: 19.9

The next Gutenberg release will be 19.9, scheduled for December 18. It will include the following issues.

Discussions

The discussion section of the agenda is to provide a place to discuss 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.

If you want 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.

Highlighted Posts

Editor Updates

Props to @annezazu for putting this list of updates together:

You can keep up to date with the major Editor features that are currently in progress by viewing these Iteration issues.

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.

Please include details of tickets / PRs and the links in the comments, and if you intend to be available during the meeting for discussion or if you will be async.

Thank you and props to @joemcgill and @annezazu for contributing to this agenda.

#6-8, #agenda, #dev-chat

Joe McGill 9:57 am on December 12, 2024
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Summary, Dev Chat, December 11, 2024

Start of the meeting 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/., facilitated by @mikachan. 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements

There were no announcements today, but @mikachan posted a reminder that WordCamp Asia 2025 is looking for volunteers for 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/., especially to lead CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress./Core Editor/Core Performance tables. Please reach out to @Jhimross if you’d like to volunteer.

Forthcoming 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.: 6.8

We are currently in the WordPress 6.8 release cycle. The call for volunteers for the 6.8 release squad closed on Dec 6 and the release squad will be put together soon based on these volunteers.

Next maintenance release: 6.7.2

There is currently no release date planned for WordPress 6.7.2. Review the next minor release milestone. @joemcgill agreed to follow up about another 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 before the end of the year.

Next 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/ release: 19.9

The next Gutenberg release will be 19.9, scheduled for December 18. It will include the following issues.

Discussion

There were two topics for discussion today

Consent APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. Proposal

@joemcgill noted that we’ve already gotten a lot of good feedback and asked @ironprogrammer how long we should leave the proposal open for comment.

@ironprogrammer:

“Given the coming holiday season, would it make sense to leave it open through the end of the year? The feedback has been really positive, but additional feedback from orgs/plugins working with consent would be valuable.”

@joemcgill:

If the consensus is that this should be a core feature, then ensuring the team who is going to shepherd this into a future release is properly supported would be key. Either way, I think there is value in considering the other question in the proposal—which is whether this should become a canonical 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 that is officially supported by the community. I think we can follow up with @4thhubbard about how we want to handle these kinds of requests as there really hasn’t been an established policy that I’m aware of.

@mikachan:

Through the end of the year sounds fine to me. We can make sure we follow-up (including in dev chats) towards the start of next year

WordPress and Typescript

@mikachan:

We adopted TypeScript in WordPress more than 3 years ago and our usage has evolved over time. It’s time to update our approach/guidelines. @youknowriad has opened a discussion to gather thoughts before publishing a P2P2 A free theme for WordPress, known for front-end posting, used by WordPress for development updates and project management. See our main development blog and other workgroup blogs..

Next steps are to continue collecting feedback and revisiting in a future Dev Chat, if needed.

Open Floor

  • @mamaduka asked for more eyes on #59425, which was recently reported in Gutenberg as well.
  • @jonsurrell shared this call for feedback on this PR for adding CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. selector-based 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.) navigation to HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. and Tag Processors (#62653)
    • All feedback is welcome, but specifically, he’s looking for high-level feedback, especially from WordPress veterans. Does the implementation feel appropriate for WordPress? Are there things that are discouraged in Core?
  • @joemcgill raised the need to prepare for nominations for Core Team Reps for 2025 and suggested publishing a call for nominations in the next week with the hopes of collecting responses in Jan and being able to do a transition by Feb. @mikachan and @joemcgill will take responsibility for following up on this.

Props to @mikachan for reviewing.

#6-8, #core, #dev-chat, #summary

Sarah Norris 5:02 pm on December 10, 2024
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Agenda, Dev Chat, Dec 11, 2024

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday at 20:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack.

The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.

Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections below. If you have ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.

Announcements

There are no major announcements from the past week.

Forthcoming 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.: 6.8

We are currently in the WordPress 6.8 release cycle. The call for volunteers for the 6.8 release squad closed on Dec 6 and the release squad will be put together soon based on these volunteers.

Next maintenance release: 6.7.2

There is currently no release date planned for WordPress 6.7.2. Review the next minor release milestone.

Next 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/ release: 19.9

The next Gutenberg release will be 19.9, scheduled for December 18. It will include the following issues.

Discussions

The discussion section of the agenda is to provide a place to discuss 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.

If you want 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.

Highlighted Posts

Editor Updates

You can keep up to date with the major Editor features that are currently in progress by viewing these Iteration issues.

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.

Please include details of tickets / PRs and the links in the comments, and if you intend to be available during the meeting for discussion or if you will be async.

Props to @joemcgill for contributing to this agenda.

#6-8, #agenda, #dev-chat

Joe McGill 9:31 am on December 5, 2024
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Summary, Dev Chat, December 4, 2024

Start of the meeting 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/., facilitated by @mikachan. 🔗 Agenda post.

As mentioned at the top of today’s agenda, the weekly Dev Chat times have gone back to 20:00 UTC.

Announcements

The WordPress 6.8 call for volunteers is open until December 6. You can find out more and volunteer for any of the roles here.

Also, 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/ 19.8 was released earlier today 🎉. What’s new in Gutenberg 19.8?

Forthcoming releases

There is a proposal open for the 2025 major releases. The date for feedback has now passed, but comments will remain open until the official announcement is made. @priethor is waiting for the 6.8 call for volunteers to end before publishing an announcement with the 6.8 calendar.

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.: 6.8

We are currently in the WordPress 6.8 release cycle. You can review the next major release milestone.
The call for volunteers for the 6.8 release squad is open until Dec 6. The most pressing needs are still for Editor Tech Lead and Documentation.

Next maintenance release: 6.7.2

There is currently no release date planned for WordPress 6.7.2. You can review the next minor release milestone. @desrosj suggested that mid to late January is a good ballpark at the moment, as there are no urgent issues after 6.7.1.

Next Gutenberg release: 19.8

Gutenberg 19.8 was released prior to this meeting. See, What’s new in Gutenberg 19.8?, for details.

Discussion

@azaozz expressed his hope that every Gutenberg release can be merged to coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. during alpha. Would probably reduce the final pressure during 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. and 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)..

@joemcgill agreed, stating, “It is currently not ideal that nightly WordPress releases aren’t really available to test features that are ready until after the first sync of the cycle”.

@priethor asked, “What’s preventing us from doing that from the core side?”

Consensus from those in attendance was that there wasn’t any specific blockers to doing this, so it may be worth giving this a try in 6.8 once a release squad is identified.

@mikachan asked if we could automate a lot of the process, perhaps open a wordpress-develop PR from a GH action when a new Gutenberg release is out, and then the majority of the work would be testing and committing.

@johnbillion identified a couple of tickets on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. for automation that could use help moving forward: #60967 and #60966.

Open Floor

@annezazu shared the following update prior to the meeting:

It would be awesome to have more contributors working on exposing the Font Library for classic themes, especially as work continues around adding a stylebook screen for classic themes. In this way, we can work towards landing a cohesive “Design” section for classic themes complete with patterns, Style Book, and the Font Library.

@ironprogrammer shared an updated proposal to reconsider adopting the WP Consent API.

Props to @mikachan for reviewing.

#6-8, #core, #dev-chat, #summary

Sarah Norris 1:30 am on December 3, 2024
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Agenda, Dev Chat, Dec 4, 2024

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday at 20:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack.

The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.

Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections below. If you have ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.

Announcements

There are no major announcements from the past week.

Forthcoming 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.: 6.8

We are currently in the WordPress 6.8 release cycle. The call for volunteers for the 6.8 release squad is open until Dec 6. There is also a proposal open for the major releases for 2025.

Next maintenance release: 6.7.2

There is currently no release date planned for WordPress 6.7.2. Review the next minor release milestone.

Next 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/ release: 19.8

The next Gutenberg release will be 19.8, scheduled for December 4. It will include the following issues.

Discussions

The discussion section of the agenda is to provide a place to discuss 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.

If you want 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.

Editor Updates

You can keep up to date with the major Editor features that are currently in progress by viewing these Iteration issues.

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.

Please include details of tickets / PRs and the links in the comments, and if you intend to be available during the meeting for discussion or if you will be async.

Props to @joemcgill and @annezazu for contributing to this agenda.

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