Core Team Update – June 26, 2023

Overview

• Core DevChat held on Jun 21st.
• Editor chat held on Jun 21st.

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):
  • 112 commits by 13 committers.
  • 192 contributors including 37 new contributors.
  • 68 tickets created.
  • 16 tickets reopened.
  • 107 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/:
  • 134 commits to trunk.
  • 106 new issues opened.
  • 65 issues closed.

Releases

• Gutenberg releases:
  • 🏁 16.1.0 RC1 released on Jun 25th.
• 6.3 major release:
  • Current development phase: late Alpha.
  • 🏁 no releases this week.
  • Bug Scrub: held on Jun 20th.
  • Code Activity:
    • 91 commits in Core’s trunk.
    • 35 Trac tickets closed.
    • 18 new Trac tickets opened.
    • 98 commits in Gutenberg wp/6.3 branch.

Highlights:

• Proposal: Criteria for Removing “Beta Support” from Each PHP 8+ Version.

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