• See previously BP Dev Chat summary (November 18, 2020)
• In attendance: @vapvarun @dcavins @johnjamesjacoby @im4th
• Slack archive

7.0.0 release tasks progress

We started the dev chat chacking our progress about our next major release tasks.

7.0.0 second release candidate

The main goal of this release candidate is to beta test improvements brought to the BP Nouveau’s compatibility with the WordPress 5.6 new default theme “Twenty Twenty-One” (see #8395). @im4th insisted on the fact it was important to make sure text was readable in both modes : dark and light and as the 7.0.0 final release will happen one or two days after WordPress 5.6, it’s important BuddyPress looks nice in Twenty Twenty-One. The initial patch attached to the ticket is using the companion stylesheet feature so that styles are only loaded for this theme or this theme’s child themes.

@vapvarun said he would test the patch asap and that he would probably improve it. That’s what he did a few days after the development meeting.

The RC2 was released very soon after.

7.0.0 release schedule update

• 7.0.0-RC1: November 20 (string freeze).
• 7.0.0-RC2: December 2nd
• 7.0.0: December 9th (asap!)

We still need to finish the announcement post of the release, so we couldn’t have it packaged to the scheduled date 😞. As soon as it is ready, we will package it. Thanks in advance for your comprehension.

Open floor

Topics we’ve been talking about:

• How to find ways to get more contributors to beta test BuddyPress? @vapvarun suggested:
  • Write a todo list about tasks to achieve for next release (8.0)
  • Improve documentation about BP support for themes
  • Make template customization easier for users (WP FSE?)
• Possible 8.0 early tasks: #7162 & working on giving more control to the user about the registration form (allowing users to select what xProfile fields to use in this form).
• What about having a new BP Standalone theme? @johnjamesjacoby shared his wishes about it:
  • a 3 columns bp-default looking “chat app” theme.
  • It’s time to take advantage of all the work that’s gone into BuddyPress since the beginning, and use that to rethink what a “bp-default” looking theme would be today.
  • It should be responsive and use the BP REST API.
• What about having a BP Specific area into WP Admin to manage every feature?

Next Dev-Chat

It will happen on December 16 at 19:00 UTC and of course in #BuddyPress. If you have ideas or questions, feel free (and we are strongly encouraging you) to comment this summary to share them!

#7-0-0, #dev-chat, #summary

• See previously BP Dev Chat summary (November 4, 2020)
• In attendance: @vapvarun @dcavins @im4th
• Slack archive

6.4.0 “PHP 8.0” compatibility release

BuddyPress 6.4.0 has been released yesterday, as we’ve been discussing during the development meeting, it includes fixes to PHP 8.0 deprecated notices for BP Core & BP REST. It also includes a security fix. Read more about this release.

7.0.0 release tasks progress

@vapvarun has been working on the release note, the remaining things to write is the changelog. @johnjamesjacoby removed the link to the BP Survey on our official site, @im4th needs to write a post about the results and publish it on BuddyPress.org asap.

7.0.0 first release candidate

We’ve spent the rest of the meeting working on getting the 7.0.0-RC1release ready:

• @dcavins reviewed the Hello Screen texts 😍 (#8376).
• @im4th worked on improving the Activity Embed block instructions (#8397) as only public activities can be embed into a post or a page.
• @vapvarun tested #8394.
• Finally we decided to include the feature to list the displayed Member’s Member Types into their profile header (#8394) as the poll @im4th made on Twitter got 83% votes for 🙌.

7.0.0-RC1 has been released 2 days late (November 20) according to the initial schedule. It’s an important step, BuddyPress plugin/theme authors should really test their piece of work against it so that our users can fully enjoy 7.0.0. If you find a bug, please open a ticket to report it on our Trac environment or use this support topic.

RC1 also marks the string freeze point of the 7.0.0 release schedule. So we will not add/edit or delete i18n strings until 7.0.0 is released. Just like what we did for 6.0.0, we will credit people who contributed to translating BuddyPress into as many languages as possible. Don’t hesitate to join the effort!

Here’s 7.0.0 (development column on GlotPress) translation tops so far:

7.0.0 release schedule update

• 7.0.0-RC1: November 20 (string freeze).
• 7.0.0-RC2: December 2nd (to test BP Nouveau compatibility with Twenty Twenty-One)
• 7.0.0: December 9th 🏁

Next Dev-Chat

It will happen on December 4 at 19:00 UTC and of course in #BuddyPress. If you have ideas or questions, feel free (and we are strongly encouraging you) to comment this summary to share them!

#7-0-0, #dev-chat, #summary