Hosting Meeting Notes: May 2nd, 2018

Here’s the summary of our meeting #hosting-community on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018 at 1700 UTC (Slack archive).

Attendees:
@mikeschroder @andrewtaylor-1 @jadonn @antpb @brettface @dws122 @robertjacobi @rachelwhitton @pdclark

ServeHappy

• @mikeschroder suggested the #hosting-community team try to connect to the #core-php project for adding PHPPHP PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a general-purpose scripting language especially suited to web development. PHP code is usually processed on a web server by a PHP interpreter. On a web server, the result of the interpreted and executed PHP code would form the whole or part of an HTTP response. upgrade notifications (TracTrac Trac is an open-source, web-based project management and bug tracking system. Trac integrates with major version control systems including ("out of the box") Subversion and Git. ticket #41191 to WordPress.
  • @mikeschroder felt the conversation might benefit from more input from hosts, as hosts will be directly affected.
  • Notes from the core PHP group

HostingHosting A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web. Best Practices Documentation

• @andrewtaylor-1 did not have any new updates.
  • This project still needs help with reviews for outstanding pull requests on security and reliability.
    • Security pull request
    • Reliability pull request
• @andrewtaylor-1 plans to merge the reliability pull request before the next meeting.

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/

• @danielbachhuber was out today, but @mikeschroder reported that the ‘Try Gutenberg’ callout has been pushed back to WordPress 4.9.7 instead of WordPress 4.9.6.
• @mikeschroder asked for an update from @pdclark and @jadonn on coordinating Gutenberg-specific documentation to help hosts prepare for ‘Try Gutenberg’.
  • @jadonn did not have any updates.
  • @pdclark suggested having a collaboration session with Google Docs to develop documentation.
  • @rachelwhitton, @jadonn, @brettface liked the idea of using Google Docs and collaborating together more closely.
    • @andrewtaylor-1 mentioned some people he knew would be interested in collaborating on a shared Gutenberg support document when that effort gets started.
• @pdclark volunteered to create a shared Google Doc document for collaborating on Gutenberg support documentation for hosts.

Feedback

Miss this week’s meeting and want to discuss the initiatives above? Spend some time in the comments and share your thoughts!

Next Meeting

The next meeting will be in #hosting-community on Wednesday, May 9th, 2018, 1700 UTC. Hope to see you then!

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