Sarah Norris 1:12 pm on April 9, 2024
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Core Team Update – April 8, 2024

Overview

DevChat meeting held on April 3.
- The agenda
- The summary
DevChat meeting held on March 27.
- The agenda
- The summary

Code Overview

Data is from April 1 – April 7.

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. (TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. and svn):
- 43 commits (+16 from previous week)
- 77 new tickets opened (+37 from previous week)
- 63 tickets closed (+6 from previous week)
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/:
- 106 commits to trunk (-4 from previous week)
- 65 new issues opened (-16 from previous week)
- 72 issues closed (-115 from previous week)

Releases

Gutenberg releases:
- 🏁 18.0 was released on March 27.
- 🏁 18.1 RC1 was released on April 3, with full release due on April 10.
WordPress 6.5 was released on April 2.
- 6.5.x maintenance releases are currently being planned.
- 6.5.1 milestone has 17 tickets:
  - 7 new
  - 7 reopened
  - 3 closed
- 6.5.x Editor tasks board has 18 tickets:
  - 5 open tasks
  - 13 done tasks
  - 0 punted tasks
6.6 major release is underway:
- Current development phase: Alpha and call for release squad volunteers.
- Bug scrubs: none scheduled yet.
- Core Trac:
  - 26 commits (+8 from previous week)
  - 50 open tickets:
    - 28 defects / bugs
    - 13 enhancements, 2 feature requests, and 7 blessed tasks
  - 5 early tickets (+5 from previous week)
- Gutenberg:
  - Gutenberg’s wp/6.6 branch has not yet been created.
  - Editor tasks board has not yet been created.

Highlights:

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Joe McGill 1:45 pm on March 25, 2024
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Core Team Update – March 25, 2024

Overview

DevChat meeting held on March 20.
- The agenda
- The summary
DevChat meeting held on February 13.
- The agenda
- The summary

Code Overview

Data is from March 17 – March 23.

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. (TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. and svn):
- 27 commits (-26 from previous week)
- 40 new tickets opened (-11 from previous week)
- 57 tickets closed (+2 from previous week)
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/:
- 110 commits to trunk (+14 from previous week)
- 81 new issues opened (+0 from previous week)
- 187 issues closed (+121 from previous week – the high number is a reflection of the efforts from cleaning up the repo. More info in this thread)

Releases

Gutenberg releases:
- 🏁 17.9.0 was released on March 12.
- 🏁 18.0.0 RC1 was released on March 21.
6.5 major release is underway:
- 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..
- Bug scrubs: none scheduled this week. The last official one was run on Feb 27.
- Core Trac:
  - 18 commits (-11 from previous week)
  - 6 open tickets:
    - 2 defects / bugs
    - 4 enhancements, feature requests, and blessed tasks
  - 0 early tickets (no change from last week)
- Gutenberg:
  - 12 commits to Gutenberg’s wp/6.5 branch
  - Editor tasks board:
    - 8 open tasks
    - 248 done tasks
    - 2 punted tasks

Highlights:

Props to @mikachan for reviewing.

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Sarah Norris 11:13 pm on March 11, 2024
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Core Team Update – March 11, 2024

Overview

DevChat meeting held on March 6.
- The agenda with post highlights and updates from next releases and 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/.
- The summary.
DevChat meeting held on February 28.
- The agenda.
- The summary.

Code Overview

Data is from March 4 – March 11.

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. (TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. and svn):
- 43 commits (-15 from last week).
- 60 new tickets opened (+12 from last week).
- 86 tickets closed (-22 from last week).
Gutenberg:
- 72 commits to trunk (-28 from last week).
- 79 new issues opened (+22 from last week).
- 58 issues closed (-10 from last week).

Releases

Gutenberg releases:
- 🏁 17.8 was released on February 28.
6.4 minor releases:
- Discussion about potential 6.4.4.
- 6.4.4:
  - 2 open Trac tickets.
  - 0 commits to Core’s 6.4 branch.
  - 0 commits to Gutenberg’s wp/6.4 branch.
6.5 major release is underway:
- 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..
- Bug scrubs: none this week.
- Core Trac:
  - 42 commits (-16 from last week).
  - 6 open tickets:
    - 2 defects / bugs.
    - 4 enhancements, feature requests, and blessed tasks.
  - 0 early tickets (no change from last week).
- Gutenberg:
  - 26 commits to Gutenberg’s wp/6.5 branch.
  - Editor tasks board:
    - 9 open tasks.
    - 228 done tasks.
    - 0 punted tasks.

Highlights:

Props to @joemcgill for reviewing.

#core, #core-editor

Joe McGill 5:18 pm on February 19, 2024
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Core Team Update – February 19, 2024

Overview

DevChat meeting held on Feb 14.
- The agenda with post highlights and updates from next releases and 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/.
- The summary.

Code Overview

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. (TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. and svn):
- 48 commits (-24 from last week).
- 73 new tickets opened (+14 from last week).
- 161 tickets closed (-41 from last week).
Gutenberg:
- 164 commits to trunk (-45 from last week).
- 100 new issues opened (-11 from last week).
- 71 issues closed (-11 from last week).

Releases

Gutenberg releases:
- 🏁 17.7.0 released on Feb 14.
- 🏁 17.6.6 released on Feb 12.
6.4 minor releases:
- No further releases planned at this time (1 ticket in 4.4 milestone).
6.5 major release is underway:
- 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..
- 🏁 6.5 beta-1 released on Feb 13.
- Bug scrubs: none announced this week.
- Core Trac:
  - 247 closed
  - 124 open tickets:
    - 85 defects / bugs
    - 1 enhancement
    - 14 blessed tasks
- Gutenberg:
  - 0 commits to Gutenberg’s wp/6.5 branch (branch does not yet exist).
  - Editor tasks board:

Highlights:

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Tonya Mork 6:34 pm on January 29, 2024
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Core Team Update – January 29, 2024

Overview

2024 Team Rep nominations: no accepted or new nominations.
DevChat meeting held on Jan 24th (2nd week of the new format experiment).
- The agenda with post highlights and updates from next releases and 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/.
- The summary.
New Contributors meeting held on Jan 24th.

Code Overview

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. (TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. and svn):
- 51 commits (+14 from last week).
- 51 new tickets opened (-8 from last week).
- 86 tickets closed (+27 from last week).
- A Week in Core – January 29, 2024
  - 64 contributors.
  - 2 new contributors.
  - 12 committers committed.
Gutenberg:
- 156 commits to trunk (+46 from last week).
- 90 new issues opened (+18 from last week).
- 61 issues closed (+21 from last week).

Releases

Gutenberg releases:
- 🏁 17.6.0 RC2 released on Jan 25th.
- 🏁 17.6.0 RC1 released on Jan 24th.
- 🏁 17.5.2 released on Jan 24th.
- 🏁 17.5.1 released on Jan 22nd.
6.4 minor releases:
- Bug scrubs: none this week.
- 6.4.3:
  - 🏁 6.4.3 RC1 released on Jan 25th.
  - 0 open Trac tickets (-5 from last week).
  - 5 commits to Core’s 6.4 branch (-1 from last week).
  - 0 commits to Gutenberg’s wp/6.4 branch (no change from last week).
6.5 major release is underway:
- Current development phase: Alpha.
- Bug scrubs: none this week.
- Core Trac:
  - 45 commits (+14 from last week).
  - 163 open tickets (-85 from last week):
    - 109 defects / bugs.
    - 54 enhancements, feature requests, and blessed tasks.
  - 6 early tickets (-2 from last week).
- Gutenberg:
  - 0 commits to Gutenberg’s wp/6.5 branch (branch does not yet exist).
  - Editor tasks board:
    - 154 open tasks (+30 from last week).
    - 42 done tasks (+4 from last week).
    - 6 punted tasks (+3 from last week).

Highlights:

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Tonya Mork 8:44 pm on January 22, 2024
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Core Team Update – January 22, 2024

Overview

2024 Team Rep nominations: no accepted or new nominations.
The “new” DevChat meeting held on Jan 17th.
- Experiment Week 1: this week’s DevChat was the first experiment to drive productive discussion of current proposals and current release’s priorities (such as features or bugs that are blocked or need help).
- The agenda changed to become a curated weekly list of news, post highlights, and updates.
- Curated lists (in the agenda) expectations: (a) folks will read it and (b) its links will not longer be dropped during DevChat (leaving all of the time for chatting).
- The summary.

Code Overview

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. (TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. and svn):
- 37 commits (-2 from last week).
- 59 new tickets opened (+15 from last week).
- 67 tickets closed (+19 from last week).
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/:
- 86 commits to trunk (-24 from last week).
- 71 new issues opened (+21 from last week).
- 40 issues closed (-8 from last week).

Releases

Gutenberg releases:
- 🏁 17.5.0 released on Jan 17th.
6.4 minor releases:
- Bug scrubs: held on Jan 18th.
- 6.4.3:
  - 5 open Trac tickets (-1 from last week).
  - 6 commits to Core’s 6.4 branch (+6 from last week).
  - 0 commits to Gutenberg’s wp/6.4 branch (no change from last week).
6.5 major release is underway:
- Current development phase: Alpha.
- Bug scrubs: none this week.
- Core Trac:
  - 31 commits (-7 from last week).
  - 248 open tickets (-2 from last week):
    - 138 defects / bugs.
    - 110 enhancements, feature requests, and blessed tasks.
  - 8 early tickets (no change from last week).
- Gutenberg:
  - 0 commits to Gutenberg’s wp/6.5 branch (branch does not yet exist).
  - Editor tasks board:
    - 124 open tasks (+11 from last week).
    - 38 done tasks (+3 from last week).
    - 3 punted tasks (+1 from last week).

Highlights:

6.5 release squad was announced on Jan 18th.
Media component team announced a meeting on Feb 7th “to work on planning the proposed Phase 3 Media Library” in coordination with the Editor team.
Exploring 6.5 live Hallway Hangout was held on Jan 16th.
Plans for the upcoming 6.4.3 maintenance release was shared on Jan 16th:
- Bug scrub held on Jan 18th.
- Bug scrub on Jan 24th.
- RCRelease Candidate A beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge. release on Jan 25th.
- Final release on Jan 30th.

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Tonya Mork 4:02 pm on January 15, 2024
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Core Team Update – January 15, 2024

Overview

2024 Team Rep nominations: still no accepted or new nominations. Next steps:
- Extended deadline (2nd time) to Jan 31st.
- Considering suggestion (from DevChat) for Abha and I to remain in the roles.
- Reached out in team-reps channel for other suggestions.
DevChat meeting held on Jan 10th:
- The agenda with post highlights and updates from next releases and 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/.
- The summary.
New Contributors meeting held on Jan 10th.

Code Overview

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. (TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. and svn):
- 39 commits (+28 from last week).
- 44 new tickets opened (+10 from last week).
- 48 tickets closed (-4 from last week).
- A Week in Core – January 15, 2024:
  - 64 contributors.
  - 8 new contributor.
  - 11 committers.
Gutenberg:
- 110 commits to trunk (+4 from last week).
- 50 new issues opened (-7 from last week).
- 47 issues closed (+6 from last week).

Releases

Gutenberg releases:
- 🏁 17.5.0 RC1 released on Jan 10th.
6.4 minor releases:
- Bug scrubs: none this week.
- 6.4.3:
  - 6 open Trac tickets (-2 from last week).
  - 0 commits to Core’s 6.4 branch (0 from last week).
  - 0 commits to Gutenberg’s wp/6.4 branch (-19 from last week).
6.5 major release is underway:
- Current development phase: Alpha.
- Bug scrubs: none this week.
- Core Trac:
  - 38 commits (+28 from last week).
  - 246 open tickets (-20 from last week):
    - 139 defects / bugs.
    - 107 enhancements, feature requests, and blessed tasks.
  - 8 early tickets (-1 from last week).
- Gutenberg:
  - 0 commits to Gutenberg’s wp/6.5 branch (branch does not yet exist).
  - Editor tasks board:
    - 113 open tasks (-2 from last week).
    - 35 done tasks (+15 from last week).
    - 2 punted tasks (+2 from last week).

Highlights:

A Year in Core – 2023. Note: data taken Core’s Trac (svn) props and does not include all Gutenberg contributions (as rarely do Core commits include all of the Gutenberg props).

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Tonya Mork 7:05 pm on January 8, 2024
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Core Team Update – January 8, 2024

Overview

2024 Team Rep nominations: no accepted or new nominations.
DevChat – none this week (will resume Jan10th).

Code Overview

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. (TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. and svn):
- 11 commits (+3 from last week).
- 34 new tickets opened (+14 from last week).
- 52 tickets closed (+33 from last week).
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/:
- 106 commits to trunk (+54 from last week).
- 57 new issues opened (+26 from last week).
- 41 issues closed (-106 from last week).

Releases

Gutenberg releases:
- 🏁 17.3.2 released on Jan 6th – 1 bug fix.
- 🏁 17.4.1 released on Jan 4th – 1 bug fix.
- 🏁 17.3.1 released on Jan 4th – 1 bug fix.
- 🏁 17.4.0 released on Jan 3rd.
6.4 minor releases:
- 6.4.3: 8 open Trac tickets (no change).
6.5 major release is underway:
- Current development phase: Early Alpha.
- Bug scrubs: none this week.
- Core Trac:
  - 10 commits (+2 from last week).
  - 266 open tickets (+10 from last week):
    - 151 defects / bugs.
    - 115 enhancements, feature requests, and blessed tasks.
  - 9 early tickets (no change from last week).
- Gutenberg:
  - 115 open tasks in the Editor tasks board.
  - 20 done tasks in the Editor tasks board.

Highlights:

None.

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Tonya Mork 3:05 pm on January 1, 2024
Tags: core, core-editor ( 13 )

Core Team Update – January 1, 2024

Overview

2024 Team Rep nominations: no accepted or new nominations.
DevChat – none this week (will resume Jan10th).
New Contributors meeting – none this week (next is Jan 10th).

Code Overview

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. (TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. and svn):
- 8 commits (-23 from last week).
- 20 new tickets opened (-36 from last week).
- 19 tickets closed (-8 from last week).
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/:
- 52 commits to trunk (-67 from last week).
- 31 new issues opened (-36 from last week).
- 147 issues closed (+87 from last week).

Releases

Gutenberg releases:
- 🏁 17.4.0 RC1 released on Dec 27th, 2023.
- 🏁 17.2.4 released on Dec 28th, 2023 – 1 bug fix.
6.4 minor releases:
- 6.4.3: 8 open Trac tickets (no change).
6.5 major release is underway:
- Current development phase: Early Alpha.
- Bug scrubs: none this week.
- Core Trac:
  - 8 commits (-16 from last week).
  - 256 open tickets (+5 from last week):
    - 146 defects / bugs.
    - 110 enhancements, feature requests, and blessed tasks.
  - 9 early tickets (no change from last week).
- Gutenberg:
  - 103 tasks in the Editor tasks board.

Highlights:

None.

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Tonya Mork 3:41 pm on December 25, 2023
Tags: core, core-editor ( 13 )

Core Team Update – December 25, 2023

Overview

2024 Team Rep nominations: no accepted or new nominations.
DevChat – none last week (will resume Jan10th).

Code Overview

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. (TracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. and svn):
- 31 commits (+15 from last week).
- 56 new tickets opened (+10 from last week).
- 27 tickets closed (-14 from last week).
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/:
- 119 commits to trunk (+2 from last week).
- 67 new issues opened (+23 from last week).
- 60 issues closed (+7 from last week).

Releases

Call for Volunteers for 6.5, 6.6, and 6.7 release squad: For the Core Team – Core Triage Lead, Core Tech Lead, Core Editor Triage Lead, and Editor Tech Lead.
Gutenberg releases:
- 🏁 17.3.0 released on Dec 20th, 2023.
6.4 minor releases:
- Bug Scrubs: held on Dec 18th.
- 6.4.3: 8 open Trac tickets.
6.5 major release is underway:
- Current development phase: Early Alpha.
- Bug scrubs: held on Dec 19th.
- Core Trac:
  - 24 commits (+10 from last week).
  - 251 open tickets (+26 from last week):
    - 144 defects / bugs.
    - 107 enhancements, feature requests, and blessed tasks.
  - 9 early tickets (no change from last week).
- Gutenberg:
  - See the Editor tasks board.

Highlights:

Seasonal break update with highlight posts and Core Editor updates.
Updating WordPress to use more modern versions of Node.js/npm: Part 2.
Proposal: Add company icons to sponsored contributors on about page – worth reading the discussion especially around individual vs company contributions, what is needed within a proposal to make it actionable and invite discussion, etc.

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