Overview
- Core DevChat held on Oct 4th.
- Editor chat held on Oct 4th (agenda).
- Four weeks in Core – between Sept 4th and Oct 9th:
- 269 commits
- 337 contributors
- 295 tickets created
- 43 tickets reopened
- 277 tickets closed
- 6.4 experiment continues: commit freeze 1 hour before release party start time.
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:
- 🏁 6.3.2 RC1 released on Oct 6th.
- Code Activity:
- 12 Core commits (+10 from last week).
- 8 Trac tickets closed (+7 from last week).
- 0 commits into Gutenberg’s wp/6.3 branch (no change from last week).
- 6.4 major release:
- Current development phase: 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..
- 🏁 Beta 2 released on Oct 3rd – with 50 updates including 18 TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. tickets, but an image issue shipped in TT4.
- Bug Scrub: 2 scrubs held on Oct 4th and Oct 5th.
- Code Activity:
- 38 Core commits (+40 from last week).
- 16 Trac tickets closed (-12 from last week).
- 1 commit into Gutenberg’s wp/6.4 branch (+20 from last week).
- 81 commits into TT4 repository (+36 from last week).
Highlights:
- Call for Feedback on 6.4 About page.
- Font Library:
- Needs more testing and feedback.
- Core Editor discussion: changed Gutenberg 16.8.0 release to Oct 9 to be ahead of 6.4 Beta 3. If more changes, do another 16.8 RCRelease Candidate A beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge..
- Core Editor Improvement: Ensuring Excellence in the Writing Experience.
- PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. Check repository moved to the WordPress org on GitHub.