Source: Make WordPress: Core

Another reminder that escaping rules for options and transients changed a bit in 3.0. #3-0, #dev-notes

Check out register_nav_menu(), register_nav_menus(), and the theme_location argument to wp_nav_menu() for a means of associating custom navigation menus with particular “locations” in your theme. The Twenty Ten theme offers an example. #3-0, #dev-notes

During 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…

We have a better phpDoc page. It is regularly updated for trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running “trunk”, then you are on the latest revision., the latest branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest…

Progress to Plan -Peter Blockerblocker A bug which is so severe that it blocks a release. Review – Peter MU upgrade notification, distro, automatic upgrade, etc. – Ron Last minute string changes – demetris PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website.…

Kind of. I’ve re-tooled https://core.trac.wordpress.org/report/26 so we can now track some stuff we keep in the theme and plugin repositories. Tickets in the “WordPress.org site” milestone are shown, and are then grouped by component — Themes (for Kubrick, Classic, and also Twenty Ten when 3.0 is out), Import (for the importers), and WordPress.org (the original…

Suggest agenda items for May 27th 2010 dev chat #agenda

New IRCIRC Internet Relay Chat, a network where users can have conversations online. IRC channels are used widely by open source projects, and by WordPress. The primary WordPress channels are #wordpress and #wordpress-dev, on irc.freenode.net. policy suggestion. Whenever the folks at #wordpress send someone over into #wordpress-dev, we send them back, and one or more…

Updated the schedule per today’s dev chat.

General RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). Readiness – All Blockerblocker A bug which is so severe that it blocks a release. review including memory usage on upgrade resolution – All Meeting…