Core Team Update – July 31, 2023

Overview

• Core DevChat held on Jul 26th.
• Editor chat held on Jul 26th.
• New Contributor meeting held on Jul 26th.

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):
  • 21 commits by 4 committers.
  • 40 contributors.
  • 64 tickets created.
  • 12 tickets reopened.
  • 39 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/:
  • 115 commits to trunk.
  • 101 new issues opened.
  • 89 issues closed.

Releases

• Gutenberg releases:
  • 🏁 16.3.0 released on Jul 26th.
• 6.3 major release:
  • Current development phase: RCRelease Candidate A beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge..
  • 🏁 6.3.0 RC2 released on Jul 25th – with 15 issues resolved.
  • Bug Scrub: held on Jul 24th.

Highlights:

None this week.

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