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10/05/11--08:58: 3.3 Pre-Beta User Feedback (aka Testing Results) (chan 2285047)

Last week I did a bunch of testing, 20 participants (and had done some in Portland as well during WCPDX). I ran people through the new stuff, some screenshots, and watched them using their current sites as well. Did a combination of using my test site (or their site if they had beta tester plugin [...]


jane

10/05/11--10:32: We’re getting 3.3 ready for beta Here’s the… (chan 2285047)

We’re getting 3.3 ready for beta. Here’s the gist of how things stand: We’re doing daily (almost) bug scrubs in #wordpress-dev to drive down the ticket count. Nacin is finishing up WP_Screen and the media button merge. Koopersmith is finishing up tabbed help and flyout menu styling. Pointers need some styling fixes to be called [...]


Administrator

10/13/11--15:11: DNS issues on WordPress.org (chan 2285047)

Hi folks, there’s a known issue with the DNS for WordPress.org. Things may go haywire while we work to bring things back to normal. Update, 6:23 PM ET — Proper DNS has been restored for WordPress.org. This was the mistake of an upstream provider, not the result of any hack. No, we didn’t undergo a [...]


nacin

10/17/11--13:43: Google Code-in (chan 2285047)

We need to decide if we want to apply to be a mentoring organization for Google Code-in this year. Pros: Encourages students aged 13-17 to get involved with open source projects (including us if we participate). Google’s sponsorship means participants that didn’t seek us out on their own. Good PR. Possibly good output from student [...]


jane

10/17/11--15:17: Activity since beta 1 The blue theme is… (chan 2285047)

Activity since beta 1: The blue theme is looking much better thanks to @ocean90. @azaozz fixed IE7 and RTL support. Flyout menu styling is more spiffy and less glitchy. Pointers are pretty much done thanks to @dkoopersmith. WP_Screen and contextual help improvements from @nacin. Various bug and styling fixes from everyone. The “blog front menu” [...]


Administrator

10/19/11--09:31: Yoav usually helps with RTL issues around this… (chan 2285047)

Yoav usually helps with RTL issues around this time in the dev cycle, but he’s not around for a few weeks, as he is a proud new father. (Congrats, Yoav!) If anyone is able to look in on, test, help refine, etc the remaining RTL tickets for 3.3 (we could especially use help from Arabic [...]


jane

10/19/11--22:41: Beta 2 is out There are currently more… (chan 2285047)

Beta 2 is out. There are currently more than 150 open tickets. Many need patches, many have patches that need testing. If you want to help, head over to http://core.trac.wordpress.org/report/6 and look for a ticket (or several) that you think you can help with. Many of them are not overly complicated, they just need people [...]


jane

11/09/11--09:06: Weekly project meeting changed to 21:00 UTC starting Nov. 16 (chan 2285047)

Normally the timing of the weekly project meeting IRC chat will not change with daylight savings changes, as it is anchored to 16:00 UTC. However, it also becomes an opportune time to adjust the time to better fit schedules for the core team and our most active contributors. We’re going return to 21:00 UTC time. [...]


nacin

11/15/11--16:33: I cleared out all tickets in Awaiting Review… (chan 2285047)

I cleared out all tickets in Awaiting Review with a reported version of 3.3. They would normally show up at the top of report 40. If anyone wants to help triage the next group — “Defects Awaiting Review, reported against no version” (59 tickets) — here’s some ways to triage a ticket: — If it’s [...]


nacin

11/16/11--07:39: Time to shoot for beta 4 hopefully last… (chan 2285047)

Time to shoot for beta 4, hopefully last beta on 3.3 cycle. Shooting for beta 4 to happen tomorrow, so today should be full-on milestone scrub day. Dev chat today at 21:00 UTC can be quick status check so as not to derail work. Plan on check-ins tomorrow morning/lunchtime/afternoon/evening depending on timezone to get things [...]


jane

11/20/11--07:24: Still shooting for Beta 4 widgets bug last… (chan 2285047)

Still shooting for Beta 4; widgets bug last week threw us for a loop. Sounds like it’s about fixed, so hopefully we can shoot for beta 4 on Monday. If no unexpected blockers crop up, could potentially RC a couple of days later? It seems not very likely that we’ll release by the original target [...]


jane

11/20/11--08:06: Also daily ticket counts time 55 tickets (chan 2285047)

Also, daily ticket counts time. 55 tickets.


jane

11/21/11--04:45: 45 tickets (chan 2285047)

45 tickets.


jane

11/21/11--15:27: https twitter com # wordpress status 138759385747947520 The… (chan 2285047)




jane

11/22/11--08:13: It’s that time again in the release cycle… (chan 2285047)

It’s that time again in the release cycle where we have to be bad guys to be good guys. We’re past deadline, we’re hitting the holidays, and if we don’t start cutting the cord, 3.3 will hang on until next year. Say it with me: Not again! For the people working on the release, most [...]


jane

11/22/11--17:03: 14 tickets (chan 2285047)

14 tickets.


jane

11/23/11--07:06: 15 10 6 tickets between us and launch… (chan 2285047)

15 10 6 tickets between us and launch. Still need a beta 4 and an RC. The tickets: Needs Dev / Bug Wrangler Feedback #19338 Welcome Panel and no JS don’t mix well — Not sure how we missed putting in a no-js version, but we did. Need one. @dkoopersmith was owner of feature, @azaozz has [...]


jane

11/29/11--12:09: 3.3 Status Update (chan 2285047)

Nothing too major has come up since beta 4 last week. Looking at pushing RC1 tomorrow by dev chat time. There are a few bugs and such; check http://core.trac.wordpress.org/report/6 to keep up and help test incoming patches. A bunch of Help tab patches came in, so I’ll be reviewing all the committed text today and [...]


jane

12/03/11--01:38: Shortcodes were added to text widgets early in… (chan 2285047)

Shortcodes were added to text widgets early in the cycle, but this has been reverted for 3.3 due to a number of problems discovered. See r19547, #10457, and #19411. Since I imagine a number of people probably knew about this enhancement already and would assume it is in 3.3 final, I am posting here.


nacin

12/06/11--15:33: Help and screen API changes in 3.3 (chan 2285047)

WordPress 3.3 introduces a new API for working with administration screen help content. add_contextual_help( $screen, $content ) is deprecated. There are now tabs inside the help tab: The way to add these are to attach a function to an existing hook such as the load-{$pagenow} hook, then using the add_help_tab() method of the current screen [...]


nacin

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