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This is the agenda for the weekly <dev chat> meeting on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 20:00 UTC in #core.
4.9.9 Planning
- When asked if we had 4.9.9 agenda items Tuesday at 3:39 p.m. CT, @antpb said, “Working on it now!” So I figuratively 👏cannot wait 👏to see what he and @schlessera have in store.
- UPDATE: We have topics!
- Tentative Release Schedule
- 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.
- 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).
- Release Date
- Bug Scrubs
- 4.9.9 Engineering Focus & End Goals
- Tentative Release Schedule
Focus Lead and Component Maintainer Updates
- Here are the JS chat summary notes from today.
- What’s new in 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/ this week? A WHOLE LOT. - What else?
Open Floor / General Announcements
Open Floor tickets
Pssst. You can send these my way and I’ll add them to the list.
- #12563 New action on body open – Might need to include Theme Review team.
- #25280 wp_localize_script unexpectedly converts numbers to strings
- #43657 Custom HTML widget editor content not updating after save
- #16828 Add filter on initial_meta_boxes for nav menu
- #32326: Improve Support for Structured Data
General Announcements:
- Update on potential second <dev chat> 😱
If you have anything to propose to add to the agenda or specific information related to the above, then please leave a comment below. Either way, we look forward to seeing you at the dev chat this week!