X-post: Test Team Update: 21 October 2024

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Week in Test: October 21, 2024

Hello and welcome to another edition of Week in Testthe place where contributors of any skill level can find opportunities to contribute to WordPress through testing. You can find the Test Team in #core-test.

Jump to: Calls for Testing | Weekly Testing Roundup | Profile Badge Awards | Read/Watch/Listen | Upcoming Meetings

Calls for Testing 📣

Calls for Testing can originate from any team, from themes to mobile apps to feature plugins. The following posts highlight features and releases that need special attention:

Weekly Testing Roundup 🤠

Weekly update: Test Team Update

Here’s a roundup of active tickets that are ready for testing contributions.

Did you know that contributions with the Test Team are also a fantastic way to level up your WordPress knowledge and skill? Dive in to contribute, and gain coveted props 😎 for a coming release.

Reproduction Testing 🔁

Who? Any contributor.
Why? It is helpful to show an issue exists for other users in order to move a ticket forward for patching.

The following new tickets are awaiting review, and need testers to attempt to reproduce the reported issue (aka “repro”), and then provide a reproduction test report with the results:

Patch Testing 🩹

Who? All contributors (not just developers) who can set up a local testing environment.
Why? It is necessary to apply proposed patches and test per the testing instructions in order to validate that a patch fixes the issue.

The following tickets have been reviewed and a patch provided, and need testers to apply the patch and manually test, then provide feedback through a patch test report:

PHPUnit Tests 🛟

Who? Any QA or 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. developer contributors who can (or are interested in learning how to) build automated PHPUnit tests.
Why? Automated tests improve the software development feedback loopLoop The Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed on each post. https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop. for quality and backward compatibility.

The following 6.7 tickets need PHPUnit tests built to accompany their respective patches:

6.7 Related issues need testing

The following 6.7 tickets need testing those are having patches:

Profile Badge Awards 🎉

No Badges awarded this week.

Read/Watch/Listen 🔗

  • WordPress 6.7 Beta 3 launched on October 15.
  • The next 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/ release will be 19.5, scheduled for October 23, and will include the following issues.
  •  WordPress 6.7 RCRelease Candidate A beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge. 1 is scheduled for Tuesday, October 22. For specific release times, review the release party schedule post.

Upcoming Meetings 🗓

🚨 There will be regular #core-test meetings held for 2024.

2024 Schedule:

Interested in hosting a <test-scrub>? Test Team needs you! Check out Leading Bug Scrubs for details, or inquire in #core-test for more info.

#core-test

X-post: Test Team Update: 16 October 2024

X-post from +make.wordpress.org/updates: Test Team Update: 16 October 2024

Introducing: Test Team Reps for 2024 – 2025

Following this year’s nominations and voting period, we are pleased to announce our new Test Team Reps for the 2024-2025 term! 🎉 Join us in welcoming Olga Gleckler and Krupa Nanda to represent the Test team!

Election Results | Detailed Results

Olga Gleckler (@oglekler)

Olga is a full-stack developer with over 15 years of experience in software support, marketing, and web development. She is an active WordPress contributor, a Codeable expert, and a fantasy writer.

She has been contributing to WordPress in her spare time since 2019.

She was the Test co-lead for the WordPress 6.5 release and the triage co-lead for several other releases. She is actively participating in the Contributor Mentorship Program. She believes in open-source and is passionate about everything she does. She likes rock music and sharing knowledge.

You can read more about Olga on her profile page.

Krupa Nanda (@krupajnanda)

Krupa is a QA Engineer with over 6+ years of experience who specializes in testing WordPress-based projects. Her career has also included roles as a Project Coordinator and Release Manager, where she oversaw the development of in-house plugins and add-ons.

Krupa attended her first WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. in October 2023 and has since tried to contribute to as many as possible. She also participated in the second batch of the Contributor Mentorship Program (CMP), where she learned how to contribute effectively. Krupa successfully completed the program and is now a mentor for the third batch of CMP. In addition to her mentorship role, Krupa is a Global Translation Editor (GTEGeneral Translation Editor General Translation Editor – One of the polyglots team leads in a geographic region https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/. Further information at https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/handbook/glossary/#general-translation-editor.) for the Gujarati locale. She also volunteers and speaks at WordCamps and meetups.

Krupa is from Jamnagar, Gujarat, and she currently lives in Pune, Maharashtra. Beyond her professional pursuits, Krupa’s journey is characterized by the seamless integration of motherhood and a thriving career. As she continues to grow, Krupa is excited about the future opportunities that lie ahead.

You can read more about Krupa on her profile page.

Congratulations 🥳 to our new reps! I look forward to supporting their move into the team rep role.

Props, @ankit-k-gupta, for peer review of this post.

#team-reps

Week in Test: October 14, 2024

Hello and welcome to another edition of Week in Testthe place where contributors of any skill level can find opportunities to contribute to WordPress through testing. You can find the Test Team in #core-test.

Jump to: Calls for Testing | Weekly Testing Roundup | Profile Badge Awards | Read/Watch/Listen | Upcoming Meetings

Calls for Testing 📣

Calls for Testing can originate from any team, from themes to mobile apps to feature plugins. The following posts highlight features and releases that need special attention:

Weekly Testing Roundup 🤠

Weekly update: Test Team Update

Here’s a roundup of active tickets that are ready for testing contributions.

Did you know that contributions with the Test Team are also a fantastic way to level up your WordPress knowledge and skill? Dive in to contribute, and gain coveted props 😎 for a coming release.

Reproduction Testing 🔁

Who? Any contributor.
Why? It is helpful to show an issue exists for other users in order to move a ticket forward for patching.

The following new tickets are awaiting review, and need testers to attempt to reproduce the reported issue (aka “repro”), and then provide a reproduction test report with the results:

Patch Testing 🩹

Who? All contributors (not just developers) who can set up a local testing environment.
Why? It is necessary to apply proposed patches and test per the testing instructions in order to validate that a patch fixes the issue.

The following tickets have been reviewed and a patch provided, and need testers to apply the patch and manually test, then provide feedback through a patch test report:

PHPUnit Tests 🛟

Who? Any QA or 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. developer contributors who can (or are interested in learning how to) build automated PHPUnit tests.
Why? Automated tests improve the software development feedback loopLoop The Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed on each post. https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop. for quality and backward compatibility.

The following 6.7 tickets need PHPUnit tests built to accompany their respective patches:

6.7 Related issues need testing

The following 6.7 tickets need testing those are having patches:

Profile Badge Awards 🎉

No Badges awarded this week.

Read/Watch/Listen 🔗

Upcoming Meetings 🗓

🚨 There will be regular #core-test meetings held for 2024.

2024 Schedule:

Interested in hosting a <test-scrub>? Test Team needs you! Check out Leading Bug Scrubs for details, or inquire in #core-test for more info.

#core-test

Test Chat Summary: 8th October 2024

On Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 02:00 PM GMT+3, <test-chat> started in #core-test facilitated by @webtechpooja. The agenda can be found here.

1. Attendance

@hage, @sumitbagthariya16, @webtechpooja, @lumiblog, @ankit-k-gupta, @noruzzaman, @tirth03, @krupajnanda and @pbearne

2. Looking for Volunteer

  • October 8: Test Chat Meeting Recap Notes: @lumiblog 
  • October 15: Test Triage Facilitator : Volunteers Needed
  • October 22: Test Chat Meeting Facilitator: Volunteers Needed 
  • October 22: Test Chat Meeting Recap Notes: Volunteers Needed

3. Announcements 📣

  • Test Team Reps Election: Submit Your Votes – Elections are open till Oct 11, 2024. If you haven’t submitted your vote, Please vote now!
  • WordPress 6.7 Beta 1 was released on October 1. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release and attended the release party! There is a helpful guide here on how to help test this release.
  • 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. 2 is scheduled for Tuesday, October 8. For specific release times, review the release party schedule post.
  • The next 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/ release will be 19.4, scheduled for October 9, and will include the following issues.

4. Test Team Updates

5. Focal Group Updates

@javiercasares highlighted ongoing discussions about assigning Test badges to bots and their maintainers, proposing bots be redirected to the results page and automatically assigned a “Test” badge. #241 looks to address the issue. 

6. Questions/Blockers

No questions/blockers were reported by the members. 

7. Call for Testers/Visibility

8. Open Floor

There was nothing reported/discussed by the members.

9. Next Meeting 🗓

The next meeting will be on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 11.00 UTC, held on #core-test!

#meeting-notes, #summary

Team Chat Agenda: October 8, 2024

Here is the agenda for the upcoming Test Team Chat scheduled for 8 October 2024 at 11:00 UTC, which is held in the #core-test Slack channel. Lurkers welcome!

Agenda

  • Attendance
  • Note-taker and facilitator selection for the next meeting
    • This week’s facilitator is – @webtechpooja
    • This week’s note-taker is – Need Volunteer
  • Announcements
    • Test Team Reps Election: Submit Your Votes – Elections are open till Oct 11, 2024. If you haven’t submitted your vote, Please vote now!
    • WordPress 6.7 Beta 1 was released on October 1. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release and attended the release party! There is a helpful guide here on how to help test this release.
    • 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. 2 is scheduled for Tuesday, October 8. For specific release times, review the release party schedule post.
    • The next 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/ release will be 19.4, scheduled for October 9, and will include the following issues.
  • Test Team Announcements
  • Focal Group Updates
    • Some Hosting Team To-Do’s – Hosting / Test badges
  • Questions/Blockers
  • Call for testers/visibility:
  • Open Floor
  • Got a topic? Add in comments below, or bring it up live during the chat.

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  • Do you have something to propose for the agenda?
  • Can’t make the meeting, but have a question for the Test Team?

If any of the above apply, please leave a comment below.

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X-post: Announcing the Third Cohort (2024 Q4) of the WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program

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X-post: Test Team Update: 7 October 2024

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X-post: Test Team Update: 7 October 2024

X-post from +make.wordpress.org/updates: Test Team Update: 7 October 2024