Overview
- Core DevChat held on Sep 20th.
- Editor chat held on Sep 20th.
- Four weeks in Core – between Sept 4th and Oct 9th:
- 269 commits
- 337 contributors
- 295 tickets created
- 43 tickets reopened
- 277 tickets closed
Releases
- 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/ releases:
- 6.3 minor releases:
- Bug Scrub: none held this week.
- There are Excerpt regressions that need attention.
- Code Activity:
- 1 Core commit (+1 from last week).
- 0 Trac tickets closed (+2 from last week).
- 0 commits into Gutenberg’s wp/6.3 branch (no change from last week).
- 6.4 major release:
- Current development phase: Alpha.
- Bug Scrub: held on Sep 19th and Sep 21st.
- Code Activity:
- 67 Core commits (+22 from last week).
- 36 Trac tickets closed (+29 from last week).
- 94 commits into Gutenberg’s wp/6.4 branch (-11 from last week).
- 209 commits into TT4 repository (+18 from last week).
Highlights:
- Calls for assistance with 6.3.2. Discussions happened about the timing.
- Flurry of activity in the final stretch to 6.4 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. 1 (scheduled for Sep 26th), before focus shifts from features / enhancements to fixing bugs.
- Analyzing the Core Web Vitals performance impact of WordPress 6.3 in the field.
- Seeking proposals for Interop 2024.
- Lots of good ideas in Community Summit Discussion Notes: Increasing contributor recognition and celebration.