Overview

• DevChat meeting held on April 17.
  • The agenda
  • The summary
• DevChat meeting held on March 10.
  • The agenda
  • The summary

Code Overview

Data is from April 15–21

• 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 (-19 from previous week)
  • 39 new tickets opened (-15 from previous week)
  • 123 tickets closed (+65 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 (+23 from previous week)
  • 65 new issues opened (+6 from previous week)
  • 80 issues closed (+46 from previous week)

Releases

• Gutenberg releases:
  • 🏁 18.1 was released on April 10.
  • 🏁 18.2.0 RC1 was released on April 19, with full release due on April 24.
• WordPress 6.5.2 was released on April 9.
  • There was not WordPress 6.5.1 for technical reasons.
• WordPress 6.5.3 is being planned with a tentative release date of May 7
  • WP 6.5.3 milestone has 15 tickets:
    • 7 new
    • 4 reopened
    • 1 assigned
    • 3 closed
• 6.6 major release is underway:
  • Current development phase: Alpha and initial release squad announced.
  • Bug scrubs: none scheduled yet.
  • Core Trac:
    • 13 commits (-1 from previous week)
    • 32 open tickets:
      • 22 defects / bugs
      • 7 enhancements, 1 feature requests, and 2 blessed tasks
    • 1 early tickets (+0 from previous week)
  • Gutenberg:
    • Gutenberg’s wp/6.6 branch has not yet been created.
    • Editor tasks board
• 6.5.x Editor tasks board has 29 tickets:
  • 6 open tasks
  • 22 done tasks
  • 1 punted tasks

Highlights:

• WordPress 6.5.3: An upcoming maintenance release
• WordPress 6.5 Release Retrospective
• Hallway Hangout: Let’s chat about what’s next in Gutenberg
• Bundled Theme Bug Scrubs
• A first look at the Interactivity API
• What’s new for developers? (April 2024)
• WordPress 6.5 release delayed 1 week
• WordPress 6.5 Release Day Process
• Font Library update: storage of font files
• Hallway Hangout: Using Site editor in production for client sites
• Hallway Hangout: Data Liberation Discussion and Brainstorm

#core, #core-editor

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:
      • 46 open tasks
      • 155 done tasks
      • 39 punted tasks

Highlights:

• Merge Announcement: Interactivity API
• Data Liberation Next Steps
• Merge Announcement: Plugin Dependencies
• What’s new in Gutenberg 17.7? (14th February)
• A Week in Core – February 12, 2024

#core, #core-editor