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Joe McGill 10:52 am on October 8, 2024
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Agenda, Dev Chat, Oct 9, 2024

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday at 01:00 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

WordPress 6.7 Beta 2 was released on October 8. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release and attended the release party! There is a helpful guide here on how to help test this release.

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.: 6.7

We are currently in the WordPress 6.7 release cycle. WordPress 6.7 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. 3 is scheduled for Tuesday, October 15. For specific release times, review the release party schedule post.

Next maintenance release

There are no maintenance releases planned at this time.

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: 19.4

The next Gutenberg release will be 19.4, scheduled for October 9, and 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

There were no posts to highlight this week

Editor updates

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

A reminder that there are a number of bugs on the 6.7 Editor project board that need addressing. Specifically, the new Zoom Out Mode has many issues. Most are minor, but additional help on these would be great.

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 @mikachan for proofreading.

#6-7, #agenda, #dev-chat

Sarah Norris 1:51 am on October 3, 2024
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Summary, Dev Chat, October 2, 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 @joemcgill. 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements

WordPress 6.7 Beta 1 was released on October 1. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release and attended the release party! There is a helpful guide here on how to help test this release.

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.: 6.7

We are currently in the WordPress 6.7 release cycle. WordPress 6.7 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 is scheduled for Tuesday, October 8. For specific release times, review the release party schedule post.

@peterwilsoncc noted that the release is now in the phase 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 only. No further enhancements or features can be committed to WordPress-Develop until the 6.7 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". is forked in a few weeks time after 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). 1. Tasks can also be completed at this stage, such as the about page, etc.

@peterwilsoncc also mentioned that the Twenty Twenty-Five theme is still being worked on in the GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that 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 and he’s sure the theme team would love assistance there https://github.com/WordPress/twentytwentyfive/issues.

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49985 could do with some eyes on it and is currently in the 6.7 milestone. Also, getting eyes and follow-ups on the items marked as needing changes in the milestone report by workflow would be helpful.

On the Editor side, @noisysocks suggested diving into fixing bugs that are in the 6.7 board if you’re interested in helping out.

Next maintenance release

There are no maintenance releases planned at this time. Currently, the next minor report is clear.

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: 19.4

The next Gutenberg release will be 19.4, scheduled for October 9, and will include the following issues.

Discussion

There were no discussion topics raised this week.

Open Floor

@akirk left a comment on the agenda asking whether the WordPress project wanted to be represented at FOSDEM 2025, happening in Brussels this coming Feb. To quote his comment on the agenda:

I believe bringing a dedicated WordPress room to this open sourceOpen Source Open Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. conference could be beneficial for WordPress to connect more with other open source projects. We could select talks for the devroom (given that they’d be proposed) that can inspire and take inspiration from other open source projects, for example about WordPress Playground, or how the WordPress project does translationtranslation The process (or result) of changing text, words, and display formatting to support another language. Also see localization, internationalization..

Proposals need to be submitted by Oct 10. Alex is looking for feedback about whether it makes sense to engage in the FOSDEM environment and to gather interest in submitting talks if the room is accepted. Please reach out to @akirk directly if you’d like more information about this.

Props to @joemcgill for proofreading.

#6-7, #core, #dev-chat, #summary

Joe McGill 11:00 am on October 1, 2024
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Agenda, Dev Chat, Oct 2, 2024

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday at 01:00 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, as below. If you have ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please do continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.

Announcements

WordPress 6.7 Beta 1 was released on October 1. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release and attended the release party! There is a helpful guide here on how to help test this release.

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.: 6.7

We are currently in the WordPress 6.7 release cycle. WordPress 6.7 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 is scheduled for Tuesday, October 8. For specific release times, review the release party schedule post.

Next maintenance release

There are no maintenance releases planned at this time.

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: 19.4

The next Gutenberg release will be 19.4, scheduled for October 9, and 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.

#6-7, #agenda, #dev-chat
Joe McGill 10:04 am on September 25, 2024
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Summary, Dev Chat, September 25, 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 @joemcgill. 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements

There are no announcements this week. However, last week many from the community attended WordCamp US 2024 in Portland, OR. If you missed it, or just want to reminisce, several folks contributed to this PDX + WCUS 2024: A Recap post from the 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.: 6.7

We are currently in the WordPress 6.7 release cycle. WordPress 6.7 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 one week away. The Road Map post can be found here.

In case you missed it, @davidbaumwald just published the WordPress 6.7 Release Party Schedule.

@peterwilsoncc reminded that all enhancements need to be committed prior to the beta so folks wishing to get something in should do so sooner rather than later.

The final release of the 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/ 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 for WP 6.7 has been released and the 6.7 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". for the plugin created.

One of the bigger tasks is to get Twenty Twenty-Five committed, so the team working on that is pretty focused this week. It would be very valuable if people could take some time to test the theme and log any issues, create PRs (if able to), etc. To do so, visit https://github.com/WordPress/twentytwentyfive. There are instructions in the repo explaining how to set it up and get it running.

Next maintenance release

There are no maintenance releases planned at this time.

Next Gutenberg release: 19.3

The next Gutenberg release will be 19.3, scheduled for September 25, and will include the following issues.

Discussion

There were no discussion topics raised this week.

Open Floor

Cory Hughart shared that during 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 WCUS, the CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Fields table spent the day diving through bleeding-edge Gutenberg code related to the new DataViews in posts and pages areas of the site editor. @sc0ttkclark is working on a dev blogblog (versus network, site) post, but the TL;DR is that we want to add some options to register_meta functions in PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher to enable quick edit for custom fields. We’ll be talking more about it in the days ahead in #core-fields.

We finished Dev Chat by reviewing the tickets in the 6.7 milestone marked early.

Props to @mikachan for proofreading.

#6-7, #core, #dev-chat, #summary

Joe McGill 12:51 am on September 24, 2024
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Agenda, Dev Chat, September 25, 2024

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday at 01:00 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, as below. If you have ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please do continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.

Announcements

There are no announcements this 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.: 6.7

We are currently in the WordPress 6.7 release cycle. WordPress 6.7 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 scheduled for Tuesday, October 1.

Next maintenance release

There are no maintenance releases planned at this time.

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: 19.3

The next Gutenberg release will be 19.3, scheduled for September 25 and 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.

#6-7, #agenda, #dev-chat

Joe McGill 12:40 am on September 13, 2024
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Summary, Dev Chat, September 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 @joemcgill. 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements

WordPress 6.2.2 was released this 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.: 6.7

We are currently in the WordPress 6.7 release cycle. WordPress 6.7 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 scheduled for Tuesday, October 1. The Road Map post can be found here.

Next minor releaseMinor Release A set of releases or versions having the same minor version number may be collectively referred to as .x , for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, and all other versions in the 5.2 (five dot two) branch of that software. Minor Releases often make improvements to existing features and functionality.: 6.6.3

Following the recent WordPress 6.6.2 release, the next maintenance release (if needed) will be WordPress 6.6.3. There were not updates shared in the meeting.

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: 19.2

The next Gutenberg release will be 19.2, scheduled for September 11 (this release occurred after the meeting).

Discussion

@peterwilsoncc requested that we discuss the 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. Bindings UIUI User interface feature, TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. #61945.

To summarize his concern:

My main concern here is that the approach is to hide the UI from users with low permissions. I don’t feel that this is a great approach to handling a UI that is considered too technical, as I don’t think there is anything to suggest that an administrator will understand what an author does not.

So I’m of the view the interface ought to be improved and made less technical before it’s shipped in coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress..

@noisysocks suggested waiting on an update from Mario Santos, who is working on the feature, but added:

I’d be fine with just updating this to use caps. The interface doesn’t strike me as being too technical. Can put it in the Advanced tab if we’re worried…

…The short of it is that I’m okay with fixing the cap issue (add a new cap, don’t check against a role) and shipping in 6.7 or leaving it in 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 for more testing. Up to the team working on it. We have until beta 1 to decide.

@joemcgill highlighted two additional Slack updates this week:

Open Floor

@mikachan provided an update on #61708 on the agenda:

I’ve addressed the feedback by adding a deprecation notice to the pattern rather than removing it. I’d appreciate any thoughts on if this feels like a better approach.

@peterwilsoncc agreed to review.

@joemcgill pointed out #62004. @jrf recently asked all committers to review in full here. Julia shared the following updates during the meeting:

Ticket #53010 is basically the first step: splitting up the huge test classes to smaller classes which each only test one thing, i.e. one global function, one method in a class etc.

This includes making sure that the new test files comply with the PHPUnit naming conventions.

There are a number of patches attached to the ticket which can be used to see how to do this (mind: not all have been reviewed yet for the latest info).

I also think it would be great if we could get a decision on yes/no namespacing the test classes. I believe we should and that now is the time.

And followed up with

The other thing which would really really help, is to make sure that any new tests go in “clean”. As in: comply with the requirements for newer PHPUnit versions. The task is large enough as it is without having to clean up after new commits.

#6-7, #core, #dev-chat, #summary

Joe McGill 2:26 am on September 10, 2024
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Agenda, Dev Chat, September 11, 2024

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday at 01:00 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, as below. If you have ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please do continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.

Announcements

There are no announcements this 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.: 6.7

We are currently in the WordPress 6.7 release cycle. WordPress 6.7 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 scheduled for Tuesday, October 1.

Next maintenance release: 6.6.2

The next maintenance release will be WordPress 6.6.2. The release is planned for Sept 10. See the Trac milestone for the release.

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: 19.2

The next Gutenberg release will be 19.2, scheduled for September 11.

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.

Topic(s) for this week:

  • Reviewing the 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. Bindings UIUI User interface feature, TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. ticket #61945 – @peterwilsoncc

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.

Special shout out to some tasks that need developers as shared by some design contributors. If you are looking to contribute, dive in here.

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.

#6-7, #agenda, #dev-chat

Sarah Norris 2:11 am on September 5, 2024
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Summary, Dev Chat, September 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 @joemcgill. 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements

There were no announcements this 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.: 6.7

We are currently in the WordPress 6.7 release cycle. WordPress 6.7 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 scheduled for Tuesday, October 1. The Road Map post was recently published.

Next minor releaseMinor Release A set of releases or versions having the same minor version number may be collectively referred to as .x , for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, and all other versions in the 5.2 (five dot two) branch of that software. Minor Releases often make improvements to existing features and functionality.: 6.6.2

The next maintenance release will be WordPress 6.6.2. RC1 is scheduled for Sept 4, and the full release is planned for Sept 10. See the Trac milestone for the release.

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: 19.2

The next Gutenberg release will be 19.2, scheduled for September 11.

Discussion

When discussing WordPress 6.7, we highlighted that @joen has listed some items that could use some help here, and @noisysocks reminded us that it’s always worth checking the Editor tasks board, especially items in the “Todo” and “Needs review” columns.

@peterwilsoncc asked for some additional eyes on this PR.

@noisysocks confirmed that the last Gutenberg 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). before the feature freeze is September 18, and these are the biggest items to keep an eye on:

Open Floor

@ironprogrammer asked: Has there ever been a pre-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/. online hangout where people could get this help beforehand? And maybe more importantly, would it do any good toward getting folks prepared before they arrive? – @joemcgill mentioned the documentation in the handbook and offered to reach out to the WCUS organizers to see if there is a need for more support with the onboarding process this year.

Props to @joemcgill for proofreading.

#6-7, #core, #dev-chat, #summary

Sarah Norris 2:15 am on September 3, 2024
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Agenda, Dev Chat, September 4, 2024

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on Wednesday at 01:00 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, as below. If you have ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please do continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.

Announcements

There are no announcements this 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.: 6.7

We are currently in the WordPress 6.7 release cycle. WordPress 6.7 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 scheduled for Tuesday, October 1.

Next maintenance release: 6.6.2

The next maintenance release will be WordPress 6.6.2. RC1 is scheduled for Sept 4, and the full release is planned for Sept 10. See the Trac milestone for the release.

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: 19.2

The next Gutenberg release will be 19.2, scheduled for September 11.

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.

Topic(s) for this week:

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.

Special shout out to some tasks that need developers as shared by some design contributors. If you are looking to contribute, dive in here.

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 reviewing.

#6-7, #agenda, #dev-chat

Joe McGill 1:26 am on August 29, 2024
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Summary, Dev Chat, August 28, 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 @joemcgill. 🔗 Agenda post.

Announcements

There were no announcements this 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.: 6.7

We are currently in the WordPress 6.7 release cycle. WordPress 6.7 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 scheduled for Tuesday, October 1.

The bug scrub schedule was published prior to the meeting.

Next minor releaseMinor Release A set of releases or versions having the same minor version number may be collectively referred to as .x , for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, and all other versions in the 5.2 (five dot two) branch of that software. Minor Releases often make improvements to existing features and functionality.: 6.6.2

The next maintenance release will be WordPress 6.6.2. RC1 is scheduled for Sept 4, and the full release is planned for Sept 10. See the Trac milestone for the release.

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: 19.1

The next Gutenberg release at the time of the meeting was 19.1, which was released on August 28.

Discussion

The first topic was, “which releases can be done during normal working hours for our CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Tech leads?”

@joemcgill referenced this comment on the agenda post and asked @peterwilsoncc to clarify the what was being considered.

I saw a comment in the 6.7 channel that release parties are also apparently going to happen in APAC times? I’d like to know if this was discussed in public somewhere. I know moving Dev Chat was discussed, but I (as 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). for 6.7) wasn’t included in the discussion about moving the release parties, neither before or after I accepted the role.

To summarize @peterwilsoncc response:

  • Beta release parties can happen during APAC sunlight
  • RCs will need to happen at around the usual time (~16:00 UTC) to allow for increased attendance
  • For the betas, @peterwilsoncc can drive MC and @kirasong and @noisysocks could do release commits
  • During RC, MC and commits will need to be people off the release squad

@joemcgill:

I’ll note that the time you’re suggesting for betas is well out of timezone for David who is the release coordinator. According to the handbook the first responsibility of the release coordinator is to “Run various release processes in Slack (beta, release candidaterelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta)., release)” but whatever you all work out seems fine.

@peterwilsoncc agreed to coordinate with the release squad about release timing will publish a post announcing the timing of release parties.

Next, @kirasong shared a list of issues that had been highlighted in #6-7-release-leads as things that folks can get involved with.

@noisysocks reminded that the Iteration/Tracking Issues column in the Editor tasks board is the best source of truth re. current initiatives.

Open Floor

We discussed the following issues:

#6-7, #core, #dev-chat, #summary