Agenda for 2016 July 26

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#themereview

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Channel: #themereview | Time: Tuesday at 18:00 UTC 18:00 UTC

Topic : Open discussion

We currently have an exception for enqueuing browser workaround script. Since WordPress 4.2, wp_script_add_data() exists, and browser workaround scripts now can be enqueued (see TwentySixteen). I would like to remove this exception once WordPress 4.6 is released which is planned for the middle of August.

No hard coding of scripts and styles unless a browser workaround script.

The meetings typically last 30 minutes. If time permits, additional topics may be discussed.

If you have any topics, then please reply to this post and include the topic, along with a brief description of what you would like to discuss.

Sakin Shrestha 3:25 pm on July 25, 2016

Yes, we should remove this exception.

Also, I think we need to add our Review Baseline from meeting minutes https://make.wordpress.org/themes/2016/07/12/meeting-notes-for-2016-july-12/ to our handbook required list https://make.wordpress.org/themes/handbook/review/required/