BP Dev-Chat summary: January 30, 2023

12.0.0: function signatures for hook callbacks

@espellcaste and I thought it was important to talk about the pull request he suggested about changing action callbacks returned value (from boolean to no returned value) See #GH55. During the discussion we had with @dcavins, we came to this conclusion as the change is a possible breaking one & targeted callbacks are in a bp-component-functions.php file we are not discouraging third party plugin authors from using them, these functions shouldn’t have their signature changed. Instead we should use hooks the right way inside a bp-component-hooks.php file.

12.0.0: first schedule & feature/fix ideas

We’ve decided the main focus of this release will be to merge BP Rewrites into Core (see #4954) and create a new plugin to provide backward compatibility users will be able to use in case one of their third party plugin is not compatible with BuddyPress Rewrites. We’ll also raise WordPress required version to above 5.8 and move legacy widgets into this plugin. We agreed a nice name for this plugin would be BP Classic!

Here’s 12.0.0 initial schedule

  • 12.0.0-beta1 : April 15,
  • 12.0.0 : May 31.

The BP Attachments Add-on is ready for beta testing!

@im4th plans to package a first beta version to submit it to the WordPress.org Plugin directory. @dcavins will use the next 2 weeks to test it as @im4th ask him to do so to feel more secure about it. To see the list of available features, you can have a look at the add-on’s GH readme.

Next Dev-Chat

It will happen on February 13 at 21:00 UTC in #BuddyPress. If you have specific points or ideas you want to discuss about, don’t hesitate to share them in comments.

#12-0-0, #dev-chat, #summary

BP Dev-Chat Agenda January 30, 2023

Hi!

Our next development meeting will happen on January 30 at 21:00 UTC in #BuddyPress. Here’s our agenda:

  • 12.0.0: code formatting, inline documentation improvements & function signatures for hooks callback
  • 12.0.0 first schedule & feature/fix ideas.
  • BP Attachments: last steps before the very first beta version.

Oh 😳 But wait it will happen a Monday and at a different time?

Yes, it was difficult for us to carry on meeting every other Wednesdays at 19:30 UTC, so we’re trying this new day/time to give most of us the opportunity to attend dev-chats.

If you have specific/additional points you need to discuss about, please share them into the comments area of this post.

🗓️ ⚠️

#12-0-0, #agenda, #dev-chat

BP Dev-Chat Agenda January 18, 2023

Hi!

Our next development meeting will happen on January 18 at 19:30 UTC (today) and of course in #BuddyPress. Here’s our agenda:

  • 11.0.0 first results and feedbacks.
  • BP Attachments: last steps before the very first beta version.
  • 12.0.0 first schedule & feature/fix ideas.

If you have specific/additional points you need to discuss about, please share them into the comments area of this post.

📯

#11-0-0, #12-0-0, #agenda, #dev-chat

BP Dev-Chat summary: January 4, 2023

Last 11.0.0 final release tasks

Before releasing 11.0.0 on January 5, we had another look to #8783. This is still a mysterious issue we haven’t manage to reproduce yet (Displaying The Opt-outs Administration page is not generating an error for us on multisite). We also decided @im4th would package the release & draft the announcement post & @dcavins would take care of the release changelog.

Focus on the BP Messages component

Specific needs about this component BP REST API endpoint were brought to @espellcaste‘s attention (see #8696). It made him think about this component more broadly. So far BP Messages is fetching all messages belonging to a thread and he thinks we can improve this behavior and performance using pagination. He shared the roadmap we all agreed on about it:

  • Remove the default behavior of loading all messages;
  • Set reasonable default for page and per_page ;
  • Update the BP Theme to support pagination (currently, it loads all messages);
  • Cache with bp_core_get_incremented_cache – The same approach used in the Activity component;
  • Apply the same suggestions to the recipients’ query.

How do you see BuddyPress at the end of 2023?

That’s the question we took a few minutes to try to reply to.

  • @espellcaste‘s priority is mostly dev-focused: a developer reference site, BP GraphQL Extension, PHPCS/PHPDoc Improvements, VSCode BP Extension,
  • @dcavins would like to see a simple “private site” option land in BP, he believes another big possibility is to make core BP template pieces “insertable” using the WP Site Editor.
  • @im4th‘s predictions are: “To me, at the end of 2023, BuddyPress Activities will use the Blocks API, the Post Form will be a block based one and we’ll have a brand new Block Templates based theme”.

We’ve also discussed about:

  • the opportunity to move the Site Wide Notices feature outside of the BP Messages one,
  • splitting optional components into plugins,
  • community media,
  • the ActivityPub protocol to make BuddyPress a bridge between WordPress sites.
  • the need to organize all the feedbacks we got from last year to take wise decisions.

Open floor

@espellcaste has a conflict of meeting, so he won’t be able to attend future meetings. @im4th & @dcavins are flexible about the meeting day and time (as long as it’s after 19:30 UTC for @im4th), let’s find asap a new day to “biweekly” meet!

Next Dev-Chat

It will happen on January 18 at 19:30 UTC in #BuddyPress. If you have specific points or ideas you want to discuss about, don’t hesitate to share them in comments.

#11-0-0, #dev-chat, #summary, #the-future

BuddyPress 11.0.0 is available

Thanks for welcoming “La Scala” into your WordPress sites: please upgrade!

🙌 🍕

#11-0-0, #release

BP Dev-Chat Agenda January 4, 2023

Hi!

Our next development meeting will happen on January 4 at 19:30 UTC (tomorrow) and of course in #BuddyPress. Here’s our agenda for this 1st meeting of the year:

  • Happy new year BuddyPress greetings, what do we wish to accomplish in 2023?
  • 11.0.0 Final Release: last checks before (scheduled to January 5) packaging tasks.
  • Focus on the BP Messages component (requested by @espellcaste)

If you have specific/additional points you need to discuss about, please share them into the comments area of this post.

🥂🍀🔮

#11-0-0, #agenda, #dev-chat

BP Dev-Chat Agenda December 21, 2022

Hi!

Our next development meeting will happen on December 21 at 19:30 UTC (tomorrow) and of course in #BuddyPress. Here’s our agenda:

Open floor!

For this last development meeting of the year, let’s chat about anything that comes to our mind! 🎄🎅 🎁

If you have specific/additional points you need to discuss about, please share them into the comments area of this post.

👋

#agenda, #askusanything, #dev-chat, #fun

BuddyPress 11.0.0-RC1 is ready for your tests

Thanks in advance for your help 😍

👋

#11-0-0, #release, #release-candidate

Here’s 11.0.0-beta3

Thanks in advance for beta testing this pre-release version. If you’re using the BP Default theme, we’d be even more thankful if you could give us some of your time to make sure everything is fine for you with this third beta release.

#11-0-0, #beta, #release

BP Dev-Chat summary: december 7, 2022

11.0.0: we’ll package another beta!

That’s the important decision we made during our meeting a few minutes ago. We prefer to delay 11.0.0 final release to early next year.

Why?

In 11.0.0 we’re making an important change about the way BuddyPress is loading deprecated code. Everything is fine with it when you use one of the BP bundled template packs (BP Nouveau or BP Legacy). Using a template pack to dynamically inject BuddyPress content into one of the templates of your active WordPress theme’s (most likely the page.php one) is the plugin’s default behavior since version 1.7. But we forgot there was still some BP Default old classic theme fans around 😱.

Since version 1.9, The BP Default theme is “hidden behind a filter” for new BuddyPress installs. In other words, you need to add some custom code to bring it back. That’s why we haven’t thought about it so far. Fortunately we were alerted into our Slack channel about issues when this theme was still used and active on the WordPress site (this can be the case if you regularly updated BuddyPress since version <= 1.8).

We’ve been working on it and we think we’ve fixed BP Default issues. Releasing a third beta version instead of directly making the release candidate available seems a wise move. Thanks in advance for your understanding.

11.0.0 updated schedule

  • Beta3: December 8, 2022
  • RC: December 1st, December 15, 2022
  • Release: January 5, 2023.

Next Dev-Chat

It will happen on December 21 at 19:30 UTC in #BuddyPress. If you have specific points or ideas you want to discuss about, don’t hesitate to share them in comments.

#11-0-0, #dev-chat, #summary