Test Chat Summary: 13th August 2024

On Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at 02:00 PM GMT+3, <test-chat> started in #core-test facilitated by @webtechpooja. The agenda can be found here.

1. Attendance

@krupajnanda, @sumitbagthariya16, @webtechpooja, @narenin, @hitendra-chopda, @ankit-k-gupta, @mujuonly, @dhaval59, @hage, @mobarak (async), @lumiblog (async).

2. Looking for Volunteers

  • August 13: Test Chat Meeting Recap Notes: @lumiblog 
  • August 20: Test Triage Facilitator : Volunteer Needed
  • August 27: Test Chat Meeting Facilitator: Volunteer Needed 
  • August 27: Test Chat Meeting Recap Notes: Volunteer Needed

3. Announcements 📣

  • Release related update:
    • We are currently in the WordPress 6.7 release cycle. WordPress 6.7 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. 1 is scheduled for Tuesday, October 1.
    • The next maintenance release will be 6.6.2 and will likely be released at the end of the month, likely August 26 with RC1 the week before.
    • 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/ 19.0 is scheduled for August 14. RC1 was released on August 7.
  • A volunteer is required to co-facilitate/assist on Contributor Day at WordCamp US with @ironprogrammer. If anyone is attending WordCamp US 2024 and available to help the test team, please leave your comment here in this thread and you can also contact either @webtechpooja or @ironprogrammer for further discussion.
  • Call for Nomination to select next term Test 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. who will serve for the next 12 months. If you know someone who can take this responsibility, please either comment on this post or reach out to @ankit-k-gupta or @webtechpooja.

4. Test Team Updates

5. Focal Group Updates

6. Questions/Blockers

No questions/blockers were reported by the members. 

7. Open Floor

Nothing from the members.

8. Next Meeting 🗓

The next meeting will be on Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at 11.00 UTC, held on #core-test!

#core, #meeting-notes