Announcements
- “We are officially ending support for Internet Explorer versions 8, 9, and 10, starting with WordPress 4.8.”
- Registration for WordCamp EU 2017‘s Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/ is open. Please register if you are attending WCEU this year and are available on June 15.
WordPress 4.7.4
We have nothing new to add to the known issues for 4.7 this week.
Auto-Closing Old Topics
We have been noticing an increase in “me too” replies on very old topics, and remembered that topics used to auto-close after a year prior to our move to bbPressbbPress Free, open source software built on top of WordPress for easily creating forums on sites. https://bbpress.org 2. Work is underway to restore that functionality in Meta Ticket 2265.
We may consider decreasing the threshold to something like 6 months, but we’re going to see if things improve with the old functionality restored first.
Checkin with International Support Liaisons
Attendance
@macmanx @clorith @vishalmukadam @liamdempsey @bcworkz @pr0v4 @erricgunawan @lasacco @jdembowski @cristianozanca @bdbrown @keesiemeijer @geoffreyshilling @sterndata @danhgilmore @lujeffcoat @t-p @stephencottontail @numeeja @francescodicandia @alchymyth @glorialchemica @sergeybiryukov @abletec @anevins @hardeepasrani @zoonini @bethannon1 @kenshino attended
Read the meeting transcript in the Slack archives. (A Slack account is required)