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marybaum 3:43 pm on March 17, 2022
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Devchat summary, March 16, 2022

@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 leadRelease 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. Blogblog (versus network, site) posts of note

A Week in Core from @audrasjb

The BlockBlock 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 SlackSlack 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 CoreCore 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 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. 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 bugbug 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 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. @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 ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker., #13459, with @davidb and @jeffpaul.

#core, #dev-chat, #summary

Bethany Chobanian Lang 5:34 pm on March 15, 2022
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Performance team meeting summary 15 March 2022

Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack.

Focus group updates

Announcements

@shetheliving

  • Meeting time change
    • Traditionally coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. meetings shift to accommodate for DST
    • We will adjust our meeting to its original time of 16:00 UTC after DST goes into effect worldwide on Sunday, March 25
  • Support representatives for Performance Lab plugin forum
    • @shetheliving (Google 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 support lead), @jamesosborne (who works on support for Google plugins), and @mitogh (one of the technical leads on the project for 10up) will be monitoring the support forumSupport Forum WordPress Support Forums is a place to go for help and conversations around using WordPress. Also the place to go to report issues that are caused by errors with the WordPress code and implementations. and replying to topics
    • We’re always looking for help, so if you’re interested in being designated as a plugin support representative, please reach out to Bethany

Images

@adamsilverstein @mikeschroder

GitHub project

Feedback requested

Object Cache

@tillkruess @spacedmonkey

GitHub project

Feedback requested

Site Health

N/A

GitHub project

  • We’re seeking 1-2 POCs for this group; if you’re interested, please comment here or pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/.
  • @furi3r: Interesting conversation in https://github.com/WordPress/performance/issues/92#issuecomment-1067312175.
    • @flixos90: Would like some more thoughts here. Like the idea of pointing out a problem where relevant, but concerned that there’s a lack of actionable guidance here. Three options here:
      1. Merge it as is regardless of the concerns
      2. Merge it as experimental for now while addressing the concerns for a follow-up release
      3. Delay merging until the concerns have been addressed
    • @furi3r: Intention was that this would be used by hosting companies and all of them have guides on how to tackle the problem. By default, we’re pointing to https://wordpress.org/support/article/optimization/.
    • @flixos90: Fair point, but we should also have some sort of useful default
    • @spacedmonkey: With white screen of death protection, we added a filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. to enable hosting companies to link off to resources to help. I think this issue is the same. Handling messaging and resolving this, is for the hosting company, IMO.
    • @flixos90: We also included a default way for the user to fix the problem, though, which is missing more detail
    • @spacedmonkey: Agreed that once this goes into core, we need a solution. But for now, we don’t need one in the plugin, as everything in it is experimental.
    • @flixos90: “Experimental” has some nuance; some modules are days away from a feature proposal, others are more recent and earlier in exploration.
    • @tweetythierry: The definition of “experimental” has come up enough that we should document and define it.
    • Vote on a decision here by Friday, March 19 at 5pm UTC

Feedback requested

Measurement

@wp-source @josephscott

GitHub project

Feedback requested

JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/.

@aristath @sergiomdgomes

GitHub project

  • No updates

Feedback requested

Infrastructure

@flixos90

GitHub project

  • @flixos90: We now have plugin assets (banner and icon) in Performance Lab: Branding #144; just opened https://github.com/WordPress/performance/pull/231 to add to the repo and will deployDeploy Launching code from a local development environment to the production web server, so that it's available to visitors. to wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ in the next release. Merged a few PRs in the last few days, including a bugbug 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. fix. Ready to enable branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch". auto-deletion in #209 after chat. With all these enhancementenhancement Enhancements are simple improvements to WordPress, such as the addition of a hook, a new feature, or an improvement to an existing feature. and fixes, proposing (and confirmed with team) that we will ship our next 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. release next Monday, March 21, two weeks after the first release. We only have a few issues and PRs in the milestone, which we can probably merge this week. If you have concerns, please comment on Prepare 1.0.0-beta.2 release #213.

Feedback requested

Open Floor

  • @jeffpaul: Are there any core patches (e.g., new hook in media library) that would be helpful to get into WP 6.0 to benefit this feature pluginFeature Plugin A plugin that was created with the intention of eventually being proposed for inclusion in WordPress Core. See Features as Plugins. work ahead of whatever future feature merge (e.g., in WP 6.1)?  I want to make sure we get to those things before WP 6.0 Beta 1 on April 12th.
    • @flixos90: If you’ve been working on one of the enhancements or want to work on something where you’re limited e.g. by lack of core filters or actions, now it’s the time to flag those problems
    • @pbearne: Here’s one: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/55347
  • @craigfrancis: Can someone do a quick check on my very basic PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher perf test for #52506 at https://wpdb.eiv.dev/ (press the “001” button to see the PHP code for the first test)? I appreciate it does not account for TurboBoost, CPU temperature changes, or other processes on this VM or others, etc… I’m just wondering if this is “good enough” to check the patch isn’t likely to cause problems.
  • @pbearne: Got an offer from Tugboat for previews of core patches here; will bring up in dev chat and get more info

Help wanted

#core-js, #core-media, #performance, #performance-chat, #summary

David Smith 9:34 am on March 14, 2022
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Editor Chat Summary: 9th March 2022

This post summarises the weekly editor chat meeting (agenda here) held on 2022-01-19 14:00 UTC in Slack. Moderated by @get_dave.

Status Updates

Task Coordination

The following items were shared by folks to update us on what work is in progress or where help is needed:

@zieladam:

@mamaduka – I’m working on Block Locking UI and PR is ready for review/testing.

@get_dave – I’ve been working on both refactoring the Nav blockBlock 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. and improving the its UIUI User interface feedback when importing classic menus and creating empty menus.

@paaljoachim:

@zebulan:

  • Table of Contents block PR needs just one approving review so it can be merged.
  • Some bugs were found since the last time it was brought up in a meeting, but those are now fixed.
  • There does remain one quirk, as described in the latest comment, but I don’t think it’s a blockerblocker A bug which is so severe that it blocks a release..
  • Really wanting to get this one merged in time for 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/ 12.8.

@scruffian – I’ve been working on Theme Export in Gutenberg.

@alexstine has an important a11y PR up which finds the most appropriate focus target in non-contenteditable blocks. More reviews encouraged.

Open Floor

The full Open Floor discussion is available on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/..

Using useEntityRecord in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. blocks

New contributor – @mehedi890

Request for Core team input on Standardized Design Tokens and CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets. proposal

Feedback request: editing Navigation menus in isolation from the Nav block

#core-editor, #core-editor-summary, #gutenberg, #meeting-notes, #summary

webcommsat AbhaNonStopNewsUK 9:40 pm on March 10, 2022
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Dev Chat summary, March 9, 2022

(Update March 11, 2022: 6.0 Planning Update )

Start of the meeting on the Make WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. SlackSlack 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.

Dev Chat agenda, March 9, 2022

Dev Chat summary, March 2, 2023

1. Announcements

The Performance Team has released its first plugin!

2. Blogblog (versus network, site) posts of note

  • From @audrasjb: A Week in Core, March 7, 2022
  • From @annezazu: A Core Editor Improvement: Choose your Style
  • From 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/ Times: Introducing the Museum of Block Art
  • Really helpful series on improvements to the core editor thanks to @annezazu and others. Choose your style. This is part of a series dedicated to highlighting new features, improvements, and more to discover the various Core Editor related projects. Just click on the tagtag A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses tags to store a single snapshot of a version (3.6, 3.6.1, etc.), the common convention of tags in version control systems. (Not to be confused with post tags.) #core-editor-improvement tag in the Make WordPress core blog to keep up-to-date on this.

3. Upcoming releases

a) Next major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope. 6.0

A great source of information about the next release is the 6.0 release development cycle section on the Make WordPress core.

Release co-ordinators: @annezazu has agreed to be a co-release coordinator this week alongside @priethor.

Progress for 6.0: the biggest pieces are moving along for the core editor including Styles engine, pattern integration, improvements to blockBlock 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. theme creation process, and improvements in the works for switching to block themes.

Editor Tech Lead: @jeffpaul: any traction on confirming the Editor Tech Lead? @annezazu advised the core editor tech lead is known and in progress of being resolved. She will update in dev chat and agreed it is critical to have this role in place.

Bug scrubs for 6.0

  • Five weeks out from 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. 1, query on bugbug 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. scrubs. Suggestion to add a bug scrub schedule to the 6.0 development cycle page when it is available. @annezazu to follow up on what is missing on bug scrubs.
  • Update post dev chat: @costdev is joining as a co-Triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors. lead. The change has been updated on the release page. It allows us to have great timezone coverage for the squad in a very important role. Next step: to get a bug scrub schedule in place (more context).

@webcommsat: On March 14, 2022, at 20:00 UTC, bug scrubs on the About Page and Quick/ Bulk Edit components will begin. Requested to @marybaumand @audrasjb for these to be added to the bug scrub schedule.

b) 5.9.2 Next Maintenance Release Update:

  • Trac tickets (1 already backported and 4 ready for backportbackport A port is when code from one branch (or trunk) is merged into another branch or trunk. Some changes in WordPress point releases are the result of backporting code from trunk to the release branch., on 22 tickets)
  • GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ issues (22 fixed, on 69 issues): https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/projects/63

@audrasjb and @mamaduka will publish a release schedule on Make/Core for the next maintenance release in the next couple of days.

c) Gutenberg

Released Gutenberg 12.8 RC1 in the #core-editor channel.

4. Open Floor

Tickets/ PRs

  • @clorith asked if there was an editor lead for 5.9.2? @annezazu will try to follow up.
  • Discussion on @clorith 5.9 regression ticket with some potential solutions (Gutenberg issue 39155). @audrasjb: moved it to 5.9.x todo.
  • @afragen: discussion re: 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 dependencies in the issues https://github.com/WordPress/wp-plugin-dependencies/issues/ Mostly around architecture and design initially.
  • Highlighting PRs from @getdave for anyone who enjoys exploring things early – Slack link.
    Two interesting PRs on the Navigation Menus system to allow menus to be manipulated in isolation from the Navigation block: Dedicated Navigation sidebar.
  • Request from @craigfrancis on TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets #52506 and #54042 to get them ready for 6.0, and thanks to @peterwilsoncc for some tweaks on the former
  • Request for anyone able to also test the patchpatch A special text file that describes changes to code, by identifying the files and lines which are added, removed, and altered. It may also be referred to as a diff. A patch can be applied to a codebase for testing. in Trac ticket 42916 ahead of bug scrub on Monday on Quick Edit. 

Gutenberg updates in dev chat

  • @webcommsat: Request to be able to better highlight Gutenberg updates in dev chat in the blog posts or release sections of the meeting? @annezazu: to think through if there could be an async update to share to tie in with the 6.0 update.

Update post dev chat on March 10, 2022:
Light Process for 6.0 Updates for Core Dev Meetings
@annezazu chatted with @priethor and @peterwilsoncc about how best to handle updates for 6.0, partially due to timezone spread. To make things easier, we are going to embrace async updates for the win that can then be shared in the meeting. This matches an approach the Core Editor meeting has taken for project updates. As a result, expect the following:

  • An async thread started each Tuesday (a day before core dev meetings) where release leads can share their updates at some point before the core dev meeting.  @annezazu and @priethor will expect to usually hear from the Core Tech, Core Editor Tech and release coordinator leads but all are welcome to share anything relevant. For core editor, aim to summarize what’s shared earlier in the day for the core editor meeting (example).
  • From there, those updates can be re-shared by @marybaum /@webcommsat during meetings.

Volunteer for dev chat notes

If you could volunteer for dev chat summary in the future, reach out to @marybaum and @audrasjb, the Core Team Reps. It’s a great way to keep up with all the moving parts of a release, and with the things that happen in between!

Props to: @marybaum for the agenda and leading the meeting, and to @webcommsat for co-facilitating and the dev chat summary. Thanks for review by: @marybaum and @annezazu.

#dev-chat, #summary

Bethany Chobanian Lang 5:29 pm on March 8, 2022
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Performance team meeting summary 8 March 2022

Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack.

Focus group updates

Announcements

@shetheliving

Images

@adamsilverstein @mikeschroder

GitHub project

Feedback requested

Object Cache

@tillkruess @spacedmonkey

GitHub project

Feedback requested

Site Health

N/A

GitHub project

  • We’re seeking 1-2 POCs for this group; if you’re interested, please comment here or pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/.
  • @furi3r: https://github.com/WordPress/performance/pull/124 has been pending for awhile and can be merged

Feedback requested

Measurement

@wp-source @josephscott

GitHub project

Feedback requested

JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/.

@aristath @sergiomdgomes

GitHub project

  • No updates

Feedback requested

Infrastructure

@flixos90

GitHub project

Feedback requested

Open Floor

  • @mitogh: Flagging #209 Consider auto-deleting head branches after PRs are merged if folks have opinions about the approach
    • @flixos90: Makes sense after we’ve protected the branches that shouldn’t get deleted (trunk and release/*
  • @josklever: Had an issue where some images couldn’t be loaded on my WP dashboard and it was caused by a widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. that was disabled in the screen options. It appears that all the widgets are loaded even if disabled. Would this be a performance improvement? Or is there a good reason to load resources for disabled widgets?
    • @adamsilverstein: Sounds like a core bugbug 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., but don’t see a Trac ticket for it
  • @lu: Are we considering converting animated GIFs to MP4, similar to https://github.com/GoogleForCreators/web-stories-wp/issues/7232? Recently had to do this as the animated GIF size was huge compared to compressed/optimized video.
    • @spacedmonkey: Agreed that there are massive performance and file size wins there, but in Web Stories we converted GIF to MP4 using JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. in browser, which unfortunately won’t work in many WP contexts
    • @adamsilverstein: Could potentially provide a browser-based approach in core if server support is lacking
    • @andronocean: Would be concerned about server resource usage with larger GIFs or budget hosts
    • @gagan0123: If sever support is lacking, someone will have to do it manually rather than by CLICLI Command Line Interface. Terminal (Bash) in Mac, Command Prompt in Windows, or WP-CLI for WordPress. or cron job
    • @spacedmonkey: We used an ffmpeg library which requires array buffering, which isn’t available in older browsers and requires isolation of the page, meaning that images and scripts could not be hotlinked
    • @swisspidy: It’s doable, but there could be conflicts
  • @westonruter: Opened #220 Add Site Health test for full page caching (advanced cache)

Help wanted

#core-js, #core-media, #performance, #performance-chat, #summary
webcommsat AbhaNonStopNewsUK 3:21 pm on March 3, 2022
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Dev Chat summary, March 2, 2023

Agenda

Start of the meeting on the Make WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. SlackSlack 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.

1. Announcements

Request: When you bring an issue to Open Floor, it would be great if you also bring a suggestion for a solution.

Our very own Person of WordPress: @hellofromtonya featured in February 2022’s People of WordPress series. Thank you to everyone who contributed. Please share these stories which also encourage existing and new contributors to get more involved and to be inspired by the WordPressers featured.

2. Blogblog (versus network, site) posts of note for core

  • Feedback from the first session of Gutenberg Developer Hours (February 24, 2022)
    • Comments requested by @bph on the proposal on developer.wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ 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/ Developer Hours.
    • Next Gutenberg Developer Hours: Tuesday March 8, 16:00 UTC. Registration link.
  • A feature project around plugin dependencies (February 24, 2022).
    • @afragen: Much of feedback has been in form of questions that I’ve done my best to answer. The biggest is will it be possible to add a non-dot org 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 as a dependency. The answer is that it will be up to lead developers. It could be possible by adding a simple filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. and leaving the heavy lifting to the plugin developer… essentially need lead developer buy-in.
    • encourage further comments and testing of both PRs to see how it might look.
    • @pbiron: I think non-dot-org dependencies are very important use case (e.g., Gravity Forms addons) but also think that it would be fine if they weren’t included in the first version that lands in core

3. Upcoming releases

a) 6.0

WordPress 6.0 development cycle – each major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope. has a development cycle section on the Make WordPress core blog.

An addition to the timeline for this release is a walkthrough of the features, on April 5, 2022

Questions in dev chat:

  • is there a bugbug 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 schedule with 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. 1 a month away?
  • will there be a 6.0 release leads channel?
  • @priethor and @chaion07 any updates you can share in the comments?

b) Next minor: 5.9.2

Last week, it was reported that there were 20 tickets in the milestone.

@audrasjb plans a 5.9.2 bug scrub for March 3, 2022 at 21:00 UTC.

4. Open Floor

@craigfrancis: discussion on how to progress ticket 52506 to add escaping method for table names in SQL queries. More on the discussion in the core Slack.

Component Maintainers – if you think you would like to help manage a component, this refresher gives more information. More maintainers are needed.

Props to: @marybaum for the agenda and leading the meeting, to Mary and @audrasjb for reviewing the notes; and to @webcommsat for the summary of the meeting. Could you help with next week’s notes? Contact team reps @audrasjb and @marybaum

#dev-chat, #summary

Bethany Chobanian Lang 8:53 pm on March 1, 2022
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Performance team meeting summary 1 March 2022

Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack.

NOTE: The initial 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 release, 1.0.0-beta.1, will take place on Monday, March 7, 2022, at 19:00 UTC. We will hold a release party chat in the #performance SlackSlack 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 at that time and all are welcome! See the Infrastructure section below for more details on the release.

Focus group updates

Announcements

@shetheliving

  • Database optimization focus area
    • Want to reassess the interest for this as a focus group
    • Please re-vote on the focus group spreadsheet here by adding/removing your WP.org username from the groups that you want to work on in Column D, Contributors wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ username
    • Please only enter your name on two or fewer groups. If you’ve already voted and want to revise, remove your name from other areas.
    • We’ll reassess focus groups based on updated votes next week

Images

@adamsilverstein @mikeschroder

GitHub project

Feedback requested

Object Cache

@tillkruess @spacedmonkey

GitHub project

Feedback requested

Site Health

N/A

GitHub project

  • We’re seeking 1-2 POCs for this group; if you’re interested, please comment here or pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” in Slack
  • @flixos90: https://github.com/WordPress/performance/pull/136 could use additional reviews as it’s planned for the initial release. @furi3r planning to review feedback this week.

Feedback requested

Measurement

@wp-source @josephscott

GitHub project

Feedback requested

JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/.

@aristath @sergiomdgomes

GitHub project

  • No updates

Feedback requested

Infrastructure

@flixos90

GitHub project

Feedback requested

Open Floor

  • @flixos90: Had a conversation with @spacedmonkey about if we should have a rule that two people have to approve all PRs. Been assuming that we should be aiming for two people approving each PR, though not a hard and fast rule. Open to thoughts.
    • @gagan0123: Two pair of eyes are always better than one; speed impact is minimal but quality of code is significantly better
    • @spacedmonkey: If we can enforce this on GitHub, let’s go for it (with no self-reviews)
  • @shetheliving: Seeking feedback on new designs shared in Performance Lab: Branding #144

Help wanted

#core-js, #core-media, #performance-chat, #summary

Fabian Kägy 2:22 pm on February 28, 2022
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Editor chat summary: Wednesday, February 23 2022

This post summarizes the latest weekly Editor meeting (agenda, slack transcript), held in the #core-editor SlackSlack 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, on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, 14:00 UTC.

General Updates

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/ 12.7 RC1

Gutenberg 12.7 RC1 was released by @cbravobernal and is available to test.

WordPress 5.9.1

WordPress 5.9.1 was released yesterday. This maintenance release features 82 bugbug 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. fixes in both CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. and the blockBlock 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. editor.

Async key project updates

We used to exchange key project updates synchronously during the chat. However, many of the key Gutenberg projects sustain a regular cadence of updates on their tracking issues on GithubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/.

This week we tried async updates. The attendees are encouraged to read the latest updates directly from the following tracking issues at everyone’s leisure:

Task Coordination

@Mustaque Ahmed

@get_dave

Seeking more reviews on PRs that aim to make the Navigation block more internally consistent:

@Ciprian Popescu

Raised: Super broad selector for images max-width on WP 5.9.1 breaks image width to get some additional eyes on the issue.

@paaljoachim

  • Highlighted: Move post/page title to the top bar as a good issue that will help a lot of users on various levels. @vdwijngaert Koen worked on it but has not had the time to followup on it.
  • Is working on various issues that he gives design feedback to.

@kirtangajjar

Raised: Fixes pasting plaintext with HTML tags does not display them to get some feedback.

Note: Anyone reading this summary outside of the meeting, please drop a comment in the post summary, if you can/want to help with something.

Open Floor

@Zeb

Is looking for a final review of the work he has done on the Table of Contents block.

@mrwweb

Highlighted his Proposal to Standardized block markup, theme.json design tokens, and CSS classes to improve interoperability with the note:

There are a lot of people who work on custom themes who are struggling with some of the style and markup changes in 5.9 and don’t understand the roadmap for the future-compatible theme customization.I’m working on a proposal for one way to handle this that should be out later this week, but I want to just get it onto folks’ radar ASAP. In many ways, I don’t think there has to be a huge change in direction, but some new standards and an adjusted block approach to settings could go a really long way in supporting custom themes.

and later also added this follow up:

@luehrsen added to the above that any feedback on the discussion above would be very appreciated.

@bph

Raised awareness of the updates @get_dave has made to the GitHub releases of the Gutenberg 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 to highlight the contributed of each release.

@paaljoachim

Shared a discussion added by @jameskoster In relation to the Query LoopLoop The Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed on each post. https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop. block.

@bph

Shared the recording from the second Gutenberg Developer Hours and announced that the next Developer Hours will be on March 8th, 2022 at 11am ET 16:00 UTC

@mamaduka

Raised an issue report on Twitter that needs some more testing on Windows.

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Bethany Chobanian Lang 5:37 pm on February 22, 2022
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Performance team meeting summary 22 February 2022

Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack.

Focus group updates

Announcements

@shetheliving

  • Database optimization focus area
    • Want to reassess the interest for this as a focus group
    • Please re-vote on the focus group spreadsheet here by adding/removing your WP.org username from the groups that you want to work on in Column D, Contributors wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ username
    • Please only enter your name on two or fewer groups. If you’ve already voted and want to revise, remove your name from other areas.

Images

@adamsilverstein @mikeschroder

GitHub project

Feedback requested

Object Cache

@tillkruess @spacedmonkey

GitHub project

Feedback requested

Site Health

N/A

GitHub project

  • We’re seeking 1-2 POCs for this group; if you’re interested, please comment here or pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/.
  • No updates

Feedback requested

Measurement

@wp-source @josephscott

GitHub project

Feedback requested

JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/.

@aristath @sergiomdgomes

GitHub project

  • @sergiomdgomes: Continued discussion around embeds and how we could avoid the performance impact some of the larger ones, like YouTube, through façades or other approaches in the context of blocks; welcome thoughts and feedback

Feedback requested

Infrastructure

@flixos90

GitHub project

  • @eclarke1: Vote is still open for Prepare initial release #133 on whether we’re okay shipping the WebP module in its current version where it no longer generates JPEG images, or whether we only want to ship it once it generates both JPEG and WebP images as intended. Vote here and leave a comment on why you think we should/should not release as-is. Automate @since tags generation using the n.e.x.t placeholders #90 has been merged and @kirtan95 is working on Define default module activation (onboarding) #61 for the 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. release.
  • @mitogh: Should we introduce composer and namespacing before the release to prevent naming conflicts? We do use prefix but it seems like a workaround and not a long-term solution.
    • @flixos90: No because that’s not established in core.
    • @mitogh: Agreed, but the majority of the code will change when transitioned into core anyway.
    • @flixos90: Yes, but will be easier to migrate and review if we stick to core conventions as much as possible.
  • @kirtan95: Need review on #177 Run phpcbf and phpcs before commit; @dainemawer will take a look.

Feedback requested

Open Floor

  • @pbearne: Suggest that we work on taking care of some low-hanging fruit outside of the main focus areas
    • @tweetythierry: A prioritization exercise of those items would be helpful
    • @flixos90: Always okay to bring those up here and ask for feedback, but be sure that we’re paying the most attention to focus area items to keep them moving, since we decided that they were the most important. Let’s be conscious of the performance impact, especially.
    • @adamsilverstein: One idea would be to run a bugbug 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 for existing TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. issues tagged with performance as an ongoing effort

Help wanted

#core-js, #core-media, #performance, #performance-chat, #summary

Bethany Chobanian Lang 5:59 pm on February 15, 2022
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Performance team meeting summary 15 February 2022

Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack.

Focus group updates

Announcements

@shetheliving

  • Epic and Overview labels in GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/
    • Overview = Summary of the entire project, including epics, documentation, and other details
    • Epic = The “parent” issue for a broader task within a project, e.g. https://github.com/WordPress/performance/issues/22
    • @clarkeemily will work on setting up [Type] Overview issues for each focus area that POCs can update as needed

Images

@adamsilverstein @mikeschroder

GitHub project

Feedback requested

Object Cache

@tillkruess @spacedmonkey

GitHub project

Feedback requested

Site Health

@audrasjb

GitHub project

  • We’re seeking an additional POC for this group; if you’re interested, please comment here or pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/.
  • @audrasjb offline
  • @furi3r: Several issues still needing discussion/review (see below)

Feedback requested

Measurement

@wp-source @josephscott

GitHub project

Feedback requested

JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/.

@aristath @sergiomdgomes

GitHub project

Feedback requested

Infrastructure

@flixos90

GitHub project

  • @flixos90: Need to make a decision for Prepare initial release #133 on whether we’re okay shipping the WebP module in its current version where it no longer generates JPEG images, or whether we only want to ship it once it generates both JPEG and WebP images as intended. Vote here and leave a comment on why you think we should/should not release as-is.

Feedback requested

Open Floor

  • @wp-source: Feel a lack of alignment on the scope of the plugin. Is it the plugin’s role to measure things like other tools already do?
    • @flixos90: Don’t think we should build measurement tools ourselves where we can already use existing ones. Measurement is a bit decoupled from the plugin, but if there’s a certain measurement feature that makes sense in plugin form, it could definitely go into the plugin. A lot of features may be built in other forms though, e.g. CI workflow, Docker images, etc.
  • @kirtan95: Should we use husky to run phpcs/phpcbf on post commit hook?

Help wanted

#core-js, #core-media, #performance, #performance-chat, #summary