@marybaum and @webcommsat led the meeting on this agenda.
1. Announcements
A security release, WordPress 5.9.2, landed on Thursday.
ICYMI: @annezazu is co-release lead The community member ultimately responsible for the Release. for 6.0.
There is a bug-scrub schedule for 6.0!
As the group was getting settled, Gutenberg 12.8 landed.
2. Blog (versus network, site) posts of note
A Week in Core from @audrasjb
The Block Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Pattern Directory is testing the submissions process.
The next Gutenberg Developer Hours will happen March 22.
3. Upcoming Releases
(Note: The agenda skipped item 3 and called Upcoming Releases item 4. I correct that here.)
3a) The next major is WordPress 6.0.
Core Tech Lead @peterwilsoncc gave the group this update: A new Slack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel, #6-0-site-editor-merge, will be the home of discussions about merging the editor into Core Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Also, feel free to check out the #6-0-release-leads channel, to stay up to date on progress.
Peter also noted that he’s been going through the enhancements milestoned for 6.0 and reviewing the code in patches and pull requests. He could use some help, he said, pointing out that these enhancements are due to commit before Beta 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. (Ed. note: Remember that Beta 1 freezes features and enhancements for the release.)
3b) The next minor is 5.9.3.
@mamaduka and @audrasjb will publish a schedule on Make/Core (that’s this very site) by the end of this week.
JB will also run a 5.9.3 bug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. scrub today, Thursday, March 17, and another on Monday, March 21. Both will be at 20:00 UTC.
4. Open Floor
Open floor started with @jeffpaul asking about the future of the Debug Bar plugin 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. @nalininonstopnewsuk brought up several tickets from the Help/About and Bulk/Quick Edit component bug scrub of Monday. At the top of the hour, @bobbingwide was in lively discussion of another ticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker., #13459, with @davidb and @jeffpaul.
#core, #dev-chat, #summary
