On Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 04:30 PM GMT+5:30, <test-chat> started in #core-test facilitated by @webtechpooja Agenda can be found here.
Attendees: @krupajnanda, @huzaifaalmesbah, @hage, @rahulharkhani, @ankit-k-gupta, @shiponkarmakar, @oglekler, @mujuonly, @semnaveen, @sumitsingh, @hitendra-chopda.
1. Looking for Volunteer
- Next meeting Note Taker – @ankit-k-gupta
- Next meeting facilitator – @sumitsingh
2. Announcements 📣
- WordPress 6.5 “Regina” was released on April 2. Thank you to everyone who worked on, tested, and supported this release.
- Now we are officially in the WordPress 6.6 release cycle. This WordPress 6.6 Planning Proposal & Call for Volunteers post published last week to collect interest.
- Hallway Hangout: Let’s chat about what’s next in Gutenberg : If you’re interested in joining, the Hallway Hangout will happen on Thursday, 25 April 2024 at 04:30 GMT+5:30. A Zoom link will be shared in the #core Slack channel before starting and all are welcome to join.
- Dropping support for PHP 7.0 and 7.1 : Support for PHP 7.0 and 7.1 will be dropped in WordPress 6.6, scheduled for release in July 2024. The new minimum supported version of PHP will be 7.2.24. The recommended version of PHP remains at 7.4 or greater.
3. Test Team Updates
- Week in Test Post: Wondering where you can contribute and learn? The Test Team’s got you covered. Check out this post and pick any issue mentioned in it.
- Test Team Update: Metrics for overall team progress
4. Focal Group Updates
- Test Team Profile Badge! – We have almost finalized the criteria for awarding badges. Thanks to @ironprogrammer and @oglekler for their valuable feedback. Thanks to @ankit-k-gupta for working on this.
- Use a spider to crawl the test website. @nagpai worked on a draft of this at WordCamp Asia. He will be working on pending things during this week.
5. Questions/Blockers
Nothing discussed.
6. Call for testers/visibility
- Understanding and Testing Font Library Feature with block editor theme.
- The next Gutenberg release will be 18.1, scheduled for release on April 10, and will include these issues.
7. Open Floor
- It was a Hindu New Year and people across India celebrated this day.
Next Meeting 🗓
The next scheduled meeting is on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 04:30 PM GMT+5:30 for <test-triage> in #core-test.
Are you interested in helping write Test chat summaries like this one? Volunteer at the start of the next <test-chat> and earn some props!
Thank you, @webtechpooja, for the peer review and for helping me write this post.