For reference, full WordPress 5.3 release schedule is available here.
Trac tickets progress reports and next steps
For now, milestone 5.3 contains 63 accessibility focused tickets:
- 32 tickets are closed as fixed
- 31 tickets are still open, distributed as follows:
- 23 defects/bugs
- 8 blessed tasks/enhancement, reopened for iteration during Beta cycle
For easy reference, all admin interface CSS changes are now grouped under the “5-3-admin-css-changes” keyword.
Next steps
- Tuesday 1st, October:
- Extra bug scrub scheduled at 16:00 UTCStart to punt defects/bugs without enough progress or still waiting for patch/testing/feedback
- Friday 4, October: bug scrub and weekly meeting
- Thursday 10, October (5 days before release candidate 1):
- Milestone should be cleared
- All the approved changes should be ready for release
Any help on the remaining tickets is welcome, including testing current patches. Discussion about tickets/patches/current implementation can happens at any time on the #accessibility channel in Making WordPress Slack (requires registration).
Twenty Twenty accessibility focused issues
For now, Twenty Twenty has 20 accessibility focused issues:
Any help on the remaining issues is welcome.