Core Team Update – June 19, 2023

Overview

• Core DevChat held on Jun 14th.
• Editor chat held on Jun 14th.
• New Contributors meeting held on Jun 14th.

Code Overview

• CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.: A Week in Core (TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. and svn):
  • 41 commits by 10 committers.
  • 61 contributors including 9 new contributors.
  • 66 tickets created.
  • 7 tickets reopened.
  • 40 tickets closed.
• 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/:
  • 101 commits to trunk.
  • 96 new issues opened.
  • 70 issues closed.

Releases

• Gutenberg releases:
  • 🏁 16.0.0 released on Jun 14th.
  • 🏁 16.0.0 RC5 released on Jun 13th.
• 6.3 major release:
  • Current development phase: alpha.
  • Bug Scrubs: held on Jun 13th and Jun 15th.
  • Code Activity:
    • 33 commits in Core trunk.
    • 11 Trac tickets closed.
    • 24 new Trac tickets opened.
    • 101 commits in Gutenberg wp/6.3 branch.

Highlights:

None this week.

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