- See previously BP Dev Chat summary (December 4)
- In attendance: @mercime @dcavins & @im4th
- Slack archive
5.1.0 summary/feedbacks
The maintenance release has been published on December 9. The download spike happened on December 10 with 24125 downloads (a bit more than the amount we got when releasing 5.0.0).
This was the first time @im4th used the edited steps of our prelaunch checklist to deploy the release on WordPress.org. He confirmed these edits made sure the POT file (used to generate translations) has been updated the right way on GlotPress.
No specific support topics has been posted about this release so far.
The 6.0.0 development cycle’s schedule
- First beta at the end of march.
- Final release at the end of April.
Open floor
BuddyPress survey 2020
With @mercime ‘s help we’re going to organize a new survey early next year (#8153). Results will be published shortly before 6.0.0’s first beta. @dcavins thinks it would be great to include questions relative to the direction @johnjamesjacoby suggested to take about theme/templates (see previous dev chat summary for details). @im4th requested to find questions to help us figure out if #8148 is a good idea or an absolute no go.
Upgrade tasks
@dcavins shared his concerned about the reliability of our upgrade routines (See #8141). Instead of doing these upgrade tasks at first admin load, he suggested to move these tasks into the Tools Administration Screen where we already have some maintenance features in there. With @im4th they discussed about a possibility to run these tasks in smaller steps using JavaScrip and AJAX or REST requests.
Merry Christmas to the BuddyPress Community!
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