On Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 04:30 PM GMT+5:30, <test-chat> started in #core-test facilitated by @webtechpooja Agenda can be found here.
Attendees: @webtechpooja, @huzaifaalmesbah, @freewebmentor, @oglekler, @hage, @krupajnanda, @devmuhib, @mainetenance
1. Announcements 📣
- WordPress 6.5 Release Candidate 1 was released last week on March 5. RC2 was also released on March 12.
- Highlights from WordCamp Asia 2024 – WordCamp Asia was in Taipei, Taiwan. Here, you can check the quick summary, including Matt’s Q&A.
- Recap of Core Test team at Contributors Day WCAsia – The Test team had a great contributors’ day at WordCamp Asia. @webtechpooja has shared about WordCamp Asia that it was a great & successful contributor day. The core-Test team worked on the following tasks:
- Tested WP 6.5 RC1 across different environments(10 contributors tested).
- Test report submitted for 2 tickets of the WP 6.5 release.
- We found 2 new Gutenberg related issues that are submitted on Github.
- We worked on 1 handbook page related to how to use wget to crawl pages for new testers, which is under review. We will soon add it to the handbook.
- We had a nice discussion on how we can continue user testing calls for the #outreach program with @bph
- Josepha shared about Unblocking WP6.5 – Font Library and Synced Pattern Overrides. give it a read.
- Gutenberg 17.9 is scheduled for release on March 13 and will include these issues.
Test Team Announcements
- Week in Test Post: Wondering where you can contribute and learn? The Test Team’s got you covered.
- Test Team Update: Metrics for overall team progress.
2. Focal Group Updates
This part checks on any specific areas of the test, such as manual testing, unit testing, E2E, the handbook, etc. Does anyone have an update pertaining to any of these items?
The Test team is working on criteria for providing Test Team Profile Badge – Your Feedback Needed! Please check out the post and provide your valuable feedback.
At WordCamp Asia Contributor Day, the Test team has worked on creating a draft that will be useful for our new contributors. Please have a look and provide your feedback. Here is the Draft of using wget to crawl pages for new testers.
@webtechpooja asked if anyone knows about any specific plugin that makes this work easy and fast, and @costdev has suggested Broken Link Checker plugin.
3. Call for testers/visibility:
- Help test WordPress 6.5 going to be released on March 26, 2024, please help test.
- Test with Playground – checkout the post and test upcoming version with the playground.
- Help test WordPress 6.5 Beta 3
- Early Opportunities to Test WordPress 6.5
- Bug scrub schedule for WordPress 6.5
- Gutenberg 17.9 is scheduled for release on March 13 and will include these issues.
4. Open Floor
@ankit-k-gupta has asked for suggestions about the Test Team Profile Badge – Your Feedback Needed!
We have included all the possible areas where Test Team contributions should be recognized via badge. However, we believe that if there are any additional areas where test contributions should be considered for earning a badge, we are open to suggestions. If you find any such areas, please feel free to suggest them.
Next Meeting 🗓
The next scheduled meeting is on Tuesday, 19 March 2024 at 16:30 GMT+5:30: <test-triage> in #core-test.
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