Final notes for WordPress 3.5 1 Expect a…

Final notes for WordPress 3.5:

1. Expect a release in 10 to 36 hours from now. (The time is currently 0930 UTC. This general window I am providing you is thus is 1900 today to 2100 tomorrow). The release checklist takes up to an hour, which includes letting you know a release is pending, so you will have some lead time while we run through it. (We’ll be in IRC, #wordpress-dev.)

2. The “% selected” stringString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. is in coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. The translator’s comment: This is a would-be plural string used in the media manager. If there is not a word you can use in your language to avoid issues with the lack of plural support here, turn it into “selected: %d” then translate it. For more see #22749.

3. Two stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings., “Insert from URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org” and “Set Featured ImageFeatured image A featured image is the main image used on your blog archive page and is pulled when the post or page is shared on social media. The image can be used to display in widget areas on your site or in a summary list of posts.”, were added to complete the media modal.

4. Two strings, “Refresh” and “Description”, were moved from the admin to the frontend, which meant a POT filePOT file POT files are the template files for PO files. They will have all the translation strings left empty. A POT file is essentially an empty PO file without the translations, with just the original strings. change. (We can probably make this seamless in the future.)

Thanks for your patience this cycle. It has been a very enjoyable one. 🙂

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