Agenda: Weekly Polyglots Chat – March 11, 2020 (06 UTC)

Here’s the agenda for our weekly chat.

This meeting will be held at Wednesday, March 11, 2020, 06:00 GMT in the #polyglots channel in the Making WordPress Slack.

  • Weekly Polyglots’ stats
  • WordPress 5.4 has now reached 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. 2. We’ve reached “string freezeString freeze The term "string freeze" is used by the core team to mark the end of changes to the strings of an upcoming release. A string freeze also means that there will be no more strings added to the core project. Sometimes a string freeze has two phases a soft freeze and a hard freeze. A string freeze is announced on the Polyglots blog by the current release lead.”. Some minor corrections may happen to the stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. (we’ve had one fuzzied stringString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings., so far), but in general all strings needed are ready to be translated. Keep in mind that you can reuse strings forth and back between 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 and CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Also check that your localeLocale Locale = language version, often a combination of a language code and a region code, for instance es_MX denotes Spanish as it’s used in Mexico. A list of all locales supported by WordPress in https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/’s directory in i18n.svn is either empty, or has a branch for 5.4.
  • A discussion topic from @felipeloureirosantos https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2020/03/10/delete-projects-language-pack-when-below-specific-percentage/ Please visit that topic and add your thoughts!
  • Other news, achievements, questions (also known as “Open floor”.)

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