From the schedule session:

This discussion aims to explore the challenge of backwards compatibility in JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/. and PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php. APIs from 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/ project into WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Currently, there is little clarity around maintenance of backward compatibility across the project, resulting in confusion for developers and performance issues. There are two focus areas:

1. Depreciating officially stable APIs that have been replaced
2. Depreciating unstable, experimental, or internal APIs that have been shipped in WordPress.

Perspectives needed: Senior WordPress Core contributorsCore Contributors Core contributors are those who have worked on a release of WordPress, by creating the functions or finding and patching bugs. These contributions are done through Trac. https://core.trac.wordpress.org./committers with deep knowledge of past lessons learned around backwards compatibility, Gutenberg contributors with working knowledge around processes and decision making.

Facilitator: Marius L. J. (@clorith)

Notetaker 1: Weston Ruter (@westonruter)

Notetaker 2: K. Adam White (@kadamwhite)

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