{"id":17375,"date":"2016-04-07T21:22:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T21:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/?p=17375"},"modified":"2016-04-07T21:22:48","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T21:22:48","slug":"dev-chat-chat-notes-for-april-6march-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2016\/04\/07\/dev-chat-chat-notes-for-april-6march-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Dev Chat chat notes for April 6\/March 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post summarizes the last two dev chat meetings.<\/p>\n<h3>March 30 meeting:<\/h3>\n<p>Review the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/archives\/core\/p1459368040002132\" target=\"_blank\">full logs on Slack<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Schedule notes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Currently in\u00a0<span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>RC<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>release candidate<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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 <a href=\"#alpha-beta\">alpha (beta)<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>, 4.5 release planned\u00a0for April 12 according to <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/version-4-5-project-schedule\/\">the schedule<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Work on the About page progressing.<\/li>\n<li>Report on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/tickets\/major\/workflow\" target=\"_blank\">remaining tickets for the 4.5 release<\/a>\u00a0looking good.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/jorbin\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>jorbin<\/a> noted that the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2016\/03\/30\/wordpress-4-5-field-guide\/\">WordPress 4.5 Field Guide<\/a> was published.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Ticket<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>ticket<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.<\/span><\/span><\/span> review<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Discussion of\u00a0the new link dialog and the removed \u2018list of recent posts\/search\u2019 section that previously existing in the advanced modal (a <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>regression<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>regression<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>A software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or <a href=\"#blocker\">blockers<\/a>. 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.<\/span><\/span><\/span>). It was replaced with the easier inline search, but some users miss it; plan is to restore and rework for the modal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>April 6 meeting:<\/h3>\n<p>Review the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/archives\/core\/p1459972818003560\" target=\"_blank\">full logs on Slack<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Schedule notes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Release of WordPress 4.5 is scheduled for April 12.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>About screen nearly complete.<\/li>\n<li>Full string freeze by Saturday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Ticket review<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>core<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Core<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.<\/span><\/span><\/span> dev team went thru <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/tickets\/major\/workflow\">remaining tickets for the 4.5 release<\/a>\u00a0to decide what should get\u00a0committed and what should get pushed to a later release.<\/li>\n<li>Extensive discussion over the cropper and how to treat options passed by themes when setting up a theme logo.<\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2016\/04\/06\/rest-api-slashed-data-in-wordpress-4-4-and-4-5\/\">data inconsistency bug affecting the WP-API<\/a> was considered significant enough that it needed fixing.<\/li>\n<li>As we approach release and changes have less time to be tested, committers feel reluctant to make any changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"o2-appended-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/4-5\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>4-5<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/dev-chat\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>dev-chat<\/a><\/p><nav class='o2-post-footer-actions'><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><\/ul><div class='o2-post-footer-action-likes'><\/div><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><\/ul><\/nav>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post summarizes the last two dev chat meetings. 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