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Isaac Keyet 5:43 pm on January 27, 2014
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Weekly dev chat summary for Jan 27, 2014

Chat log.

Agenda

  • Android Status
  • iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. Status
  • 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. Elections
  • This Week

Android Status

Started QA last week and found some bugs, especially on Android 2.3. Most are fixed, waiting on the last few to be merged in and then we’ll do another round. Plausible release date looks like Jan 30.

iOS Status

V. 3.9 was approved by Apple but we’re holding the release until Thursday which should make for a nice set of releases across platforms. 3.9.1 is next and will as usual be focused on fixing smaller issues and bugs, shooting for mid-February for a release there.

Team Rep Elections

@aerych brought up the fact that we’re a little over a month overdue when it comes to electing new team reps to represent the mobile group and help with the administrative tasks mainly. We’ll work in this over the next week and announce new team reps next week.

This Week

Android: wrap up fixes and push 2.6 out the door. Set goals for v. 2.7.
iOS: start working on version 3.9.1 which will contain a number of important fixes. (And of course announcing 3.9 this coming Thursday.)

Next Dev Chat

The next dev chat will be held at 17:00 UTC on Feb 3 in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

#android, #dev-chat, #elections, #ios, #team-rep

Isaac Keyet 10:55 am on January 19, 2014
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Weekly dev chat Monday just a note that…

Weekly dev chat Monday: just a note that attendance may be limited for the Monday chat — if not enough people are around we’ll just cancel it.

#dev-chat

Isaac Keyet 5:30 pm on January 6, 2014
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Dev Chat Summary for Jan 6, 2014

Chat log.

Agenda

  • Next week’s dev chat
  • iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. Status
  • Android Status
  • This Week

Next week’s dev chat

We decided to cancel next week’s dev chat since we’ll all be traveling by that time.

As such, the next dev chat will be held at 17:00 UTC on Jan 20 in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

iOS Status

Wrapping things up, fixing the remaining issues has been the priority for some time now. 10 issues remain as of writing this.

Android Status

The 3rd 2.6 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. was out last Friday. Not quite code complete but very close. RCRelease Candidate A beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge. and code freeze expected early this week as well as a translation push

This Week

iOS: RC (code freeze) by Wednesday this week = QA time. Translations pending.
Android: RC (code freeze) sometime this week = QA time. Translation request coming shortly.

#android, #dev-chat, #headsup, #ios

Eric 5:43 pm on December 30, 2013
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Dev Chat Summary for Dec 30, 2013

Chat log

Agenda

  • Forum MigrationMigration Moving the code, database and media files for a website site from one server to another. Most typically done when changing hosting companies.
  • iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. status
  • Android status
  • Automattic Meeup Headsup
  • This week

Forum Mirgration

  • @Sams dropped by and mentioned that the planned forum migration languished a bit due to the holidays, but its back on his radar and progress is planned for next week. Stay tuned.

iOS Status

  • Version 3.8.6 was released today. Yay! This is our last release supporting iOS 6.0.
  • Work on 3.9 is wrapping up. We’re looking to have a release candidateRelease Candidate A beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge. later this week, probably by Thursday.

Android Status

  • Wrapping up a few lingering issues in the 2.6 milestone and preparing for 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. round 2. We’ll likely release the beta later this week.

Automattic Meeup Headsup

The contributors from Automattic will be having a team meetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. mid January. This impacts the release schedule for the iOS and Android apps. In the event that the WPiOS 3.9 and/or WPAndroid 2.6 are ready before the meetup, the team will hold them until the meetup is over. This will allow the team to be focused on the apps in the event there are unexpected surprises after they’re released.

This week

  • iOS: Readying a 3.9 release candidate.
  • Android: Readying the second beta of 2.6.

Next Dev Chat

The next dev chat will be held at 17:00 UTC on Jan 6 in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

#android, #dev-chat, #ios, #mobile

Eric 10:40 pm on December 20, 2013
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WPAndroid and WPiOS Status: Holiday Edition

In our last dev chat, we decided to make an adjustment for the holidays to forego the Dec 22nd chat and instead post a progress update for the week.

WPiOS

We’ve been very busy wrapping up issues with the 3.9 release. We still have some work in front of us before its ready, but we expect to start testing our first release candidateRelease Candidate A beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge. Dec 30th.

WPAndroid

We’d planned our second 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. on Wednesday. The team decided to push this date back a couple of days to focus on fixing some issues identified in the first beta. We’re releasing the second WPAndroid 2.6 beta today.

Platform leads @mrroundhill and @sendhil, please add any comments you have.

Happy Holidays!

#android, #dev-chat, #ios

Eric 5:28 pm on December 16, 2013
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Dev Chat Summary for Dec 16, 2013

Chat log

Agenda

  • iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. status
  • Android status
  • This week
  • Dev chat next week

iOS Status

  • Version 3.8.5 was released Tuesday, Dec. 10th. Reception is good. We’ve noticed some confusion around the need to use application passwords for 2-factor authentication that we’ll work to clarify.
  • Version 3.9 is almost ready for testing. We should wrap up the few remaining items today.
  • 3.9 was originally target for January 2nd but we’re going to push this back a few days to allow for more testing, and also, holidays.

Android Status

  • Last week 2.6 went into its first round of 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 we have some good feedback.
  • Wrapping up a few lingering issues in the 2.6 milestone and preparing for beta round 2.

This week

  • iOS: Wrapping up 3.9 development and starting testing.
  • Android: Release the second beta of 2.6. Probably Wednesday.

Dev chat next week

  • Lots of folks are going to out for the holidays next week and we expect development to be very quiet. Instead of holding a dev chat on the 23rd we’ll just update the make blog with our progress for the week. Most likely we’ll post this Friday.

Next Dev Chat

The next dev chat will be held at 17:00 UTC on Dec 30 in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

#android, #dev-chat, #ios

Isaac Keyet 5:52 pm on December 9, 2013
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Dev Chat Summary for Dec 9, 2013

Chat log

Agenda

  • iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. Status
  • Android Status
  • Dev Blog and Forum merger
  • This Week

iOS Status

The bug fix update was in testing last week and just entered review with Apple. It looks like it’ll be out shortly. Over the past week 3.9 progressed further and the issue count is going down. The new tab bar navigation is semi-final and we’re putting in the final touches there.

We’ve also assigned most open issues to the next few milestones, 3.9.1, 4.0, and 4.0.1. We’ll make another pass at it this week to make sure we can get each release out in a timely fashion (~3 weeks on average).

Android Status

2.6 is almost 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. ready — should happen tomorrow, Dec 10! QA & code freeze by end of week. Big merges came in last week for the Reader, improved “NUX” (log in/set up), and Posting improvements.

Dev Blog and Forum merger

We talked about the need to keep the ball moving for the forums migrationMigration Moving the code, database and media files for a website site from one server to another. Most typically done when changing hosting companies.. Looks like 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. will only be able to tackle it sometime in the first half of 2014, so we’re now thinking to instead start fresh and carrying all important topics over by hand. It would be relatively easy to do and we could close posting in the individual forums and direct people over.

We did a quick show of hands and it seemed everybody like this option, so @isaackeyet will keep going with it.

@mrroundhill brought up the need to close down the dev blogs for real as some people have still been posting there. We’ll check and make sure that posting is disabled on the dev blogs and see what comes of that.

This Week

  • iOS: Work continues on 3.9 this week, we’re hoping to wrap up dev work towards the end of the week but it might slip a few days. The plan is to have it all tested and good to go for right after New Years (Jan 2nd).
  • Android: A few more issues to knock out for 2.6, then Beta, then QA.

Next Dev Chat

The next dev chat will be held at 17:00 UTC on Dec 16 in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

#android, #dev-chat, #forums, #ios

Isaac Keyet 9:45 am on December 3, 2013
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Dev Chat Summary for Dec 2, 2013

Chat log

This is the log from the short dev chat earlier today.

Agenda

  • iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. Update
  • Android Update
  • This Week

iOS Update

Last week 3.8.5 went into serious RCRelease Candidate A beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge. testing and went through three versions. This is the last update to support iOS 6 and it’s a hot fix update. Meanwhile work is progressing on the next major version of WordPress for iOS, version 3.9 which has some major UXUX UX is an acronym for User Experience - the way the user uses the UI. Think ‘what they are doing’ and less about how they do it. improvements all around the app as well as tons of clean up.

Android Update

We’re working away on version 2.6 and unifying the appearance around the WordPress.comWordPress.com An online implementation of WordPress code that lets you immediately access a new WordPress environment to publish your content. WordPress.com is a private company owned by Automattic that hosts the largest multisite in the world. This is arguably the best place to start blogging if you have never touched WordPress before. https://wordpress.com/ Reader and the log in/sign up process.

This Week

iOS: RC testing 3.8.5 and release, continue development on 3.9. If 3.8.5 is unstable we may need to issue a 3.8.6 release to ensure iOS 6 users have a stable app moving forward.

Android: 2.6 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..

Next Dev Chat

The next dev chat will be held at 17:00 UTC on Dec 9 in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

#android, #dev-chat, #ios

Eric 6:16 pm on November 25, 2013
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Dev Chat Summary for Nov 25, 2013

Chat Log

Agenda

  • iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. Status
  • Android Status
  • Handbook
  • This week

iOS Status

  • Version 3.8.5 is currently in QA. We identified some issues with RC1. We’ll fix these and release RC2 asap.
  • Version 3.9 is currently in development. This version will support iOS 7 only and include a UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. refresh to a tabbed interface. Farewell iOS6 and farewell panels. You served us well.

Android Status

  • Version 2.5.1 was released last week fixing a few bugs but most importantly fixing some issues around the new stats feature.
  • Version 2.6 will go into 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. most likely next week after we add a few finishing touches. This version includes a redesigned NUX and a native reader.

Handbook

  • Rachel has signed off on our last handbook updates. The handbook is complete. Congrats everyone.

This week

  • iOS: Continue dev with 3.9, and move on with 3.8.5 RCRelease Candidate A beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge. 2.
  • Android: Wrap up 2.6.

Next Chat

The next dev chat will be held at 17:00 UTC on Dec 2 in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

#android, #dev-chat, #ios

Isaac Keyet 9:40 pm on November 18, 2013
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Dev Chat Summary for Nov 18, 2013

Chat log.

Agenda

  • iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. Summary
  • Android Summary
  • Handbook
  • Next This Week

iOS Summary

3.8.4 was finally submitted to Apple for review, it was stuck in QA for quite some time. Meanwhile work has progressed towards the next bug fix update, 3.8.5. We’ll try to wrap it up as quickly as possible so as to pick up the release pace (3.8.4 took much longer than expected).

Beyond bug fixes, some exciting things are happening in the 3.9 release milestone, the UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. is being simplified and a tab bar interface is being considered as well as general clean up and big performance improvements.

Android Summary

We released 2.5 last week! Some problems with Stats + Jetpack, and some users didn’t like the new look but overall a smooth release. Bugs and UI fixes are going into 2.5.1 which is now in QA — help test!

2.6 is the next big release with the new NUX flow and the native WordPress.comWordPress.com An online implementation of WordPress code that lets you immediately access a new WordPress environment to publish your content. WordPress.com is a private company owned by Automattic that hosts the largest multisite in the world. This is arguably the best place to start blogging if you have never touched WordPress before. https://wordpress.com/ Reader. We’re finetuning these to be in better sync with the iOS app, expect a 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. within a few weeks.

Handbook

The whole handbook is now ready or ready to be reviewed with the exception of the iOS section. @sendhil has promised once again to take a look.

This Week

  • iOS: get 3.8.5 ready! [and keep working on 3.9]
  • Android: QA test 2.5.1, continue 2.6 development

Next Chat

The next dev chat will be held at 17:00 UTC on Nov 25 in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

#android, #dev-chat, #ios