Core Dev Chat Summary for February 3, 2016

Trac Tickets

Autoload BP classes (#6853) @boonebgorges noted the performance benefits in chat and in ticket. Update: “Rough benchmarks are showing a pretty consistent memory savings of between 1.5 and 2MB, on a local dev installation that has about a zillion plugins running … And with some further rearrangement in the future (so that components are loaded in a sleeker way) we could get that number down even further.”

All classes should be in their own files (#6870) @boonebgorges indicated that “it’s possible that full autoload (#6853) will reduce BP’s memory footprint by 10 or 20%” with the moves for all components. Update: This has been committed to core.

Comment syncing between activity and post comments for Custom Post Types (#6482) @im4th mentioned that the feature was not completed yet. Update: This feature has been committed to core.

Screen notifications settings page (#6712) @rayisme will be working to get this in for 2.5.0. Update: Refreshed patch has been uploaded.

BP_Attachment::get_image_data() unit test is failing due to upstream change (#6868) @im4th has created ticket in WP Core because BP unit tests for `BP_Attachment::get_image_data()` were failing due to changes upstream. Update: The fix has been committed to core.

Use WP page names for BP directory pages headings (#6765) @hnla requested dev feedback.

Accessibility: Provide sufficient color contrast in stylesheets to meet WCAG 2.0 AA standards (#6838) @mercime Update: This enhancement has been committed to core.

Suspension of BP comment moderation functionality (#6822)  @hnla and @boonebgorges discussed the pros and cons of removing BP comment moderation.

BuddyPress 2.5.0

• Beta 1 is scheduled for today, February 8.
• There are now 86 tickets slated for this cycle. (Closed: 73. Active: 13.)
• From @boonebgorges: We’ll need to assemble a beta post by Monday. Traditionally, this has been a bullet-point list of big features, along with pointers to anything that needs special attention from users/developers testing the beta. I have outlined some of the new features already, but if people think of other things, they should speak up.

Slack log: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/buddypress/p1454530078000766

#6482, #6712, #6765, #6822, #6838, #6868, #6870, #dev-chat

Core Dev Chat Summary for January 20, 2016

This summary includes pertinent developer conversations in Slack before and right after the official chat time last week.

Trac Tickets

Email API and customisation features (#6592) Three hours before dev chat, @boonebgorges and @djpaulgibbs had a long and interesting discussion about the new Email API. Topics covered: standardizing verbs for method names, choosing taxonomy for Email Types to give admins the option of implementing multiple templates, among others. Latest: @djpaulgibbs has since updated the `amazing-emails` branch at https://github.com/paulgibbs/buddypress/

XProfile field database schema (#6350) @johnjamesjacoby will be writing down his vision for improving the xProfile tables.

Groups: Add Profile Fields and Profile Field Groups (#6783) From an enhancement for the Groups component, @im4th has proposed a change in direction to making this a generic component which would work for any object (Members, Groups, and Blogs) in ticket. @im4th consulted with @johnjamesjacoby about the best way forward.

Comment syncing between activity and post comments for Custom Post Types (#6482) @imath and @rayisme deliberated and agreed on adding `bp_activity_type_supports()` which works similar to WP’s `post_type_supports()` function. This would provide some flexibility if/when more features are added to BP activity types in the future.

General Administration

Messaging

A lively brainstorming session arose from a proposal by @johnjamesjacoby to replace the old “social network” association used for the past 8 years. There were slogans, taglines, and observations shared during and even after the chat:

• If we’re going to change it, can we think of it more as a strategic/goal/mission statement—more than just a tag line? ~@dcavins
• Social network” and “in a box” are both icky. Something having to do with “community” is better than “social network”. As for “in a box”, it glosses over the developer-focused flexibility of BP, which IMO is one of its strong points. ~ @boonebgorges
• It (“BP as a platform”) seems technically accurate, and speaks to the breadth of purpose, and I think it’s meaningful to a non-technical audience. I think we have two audiences – network builders and developers – so maybe our branding should have two parts too ~ @boonebgorges

• BuddyPress. Go Social. Build Communities. Create Networks. ~ @mercime
• Enabling Community Platforms ~ @hnla
• Building Blocks for your Community ~ @jjj
• Community toolbox ~ @karmatosed
• Community components you can put together in a very easy and funny way ~@im4th
• A suite of social components for building communities ~ @pollyplummer
• BuddyPress. A developer/professional platform that can scale up to millions of users. ~ @mercime
• BuddyPress: Create your own community space ~ @rayisme
• You have the users, BuddyPress (has) the building blocks to kit out your community to the fullest ~@netweb
• BuddyPress, an online community building kit ~ @robkk

• Fun & flexible software for online communities, teams, and groups.
BuddyPress helps you build any type of community website using WordPress, with member profiles, activity streams, user groups, messaging, and more.
~ @johnjamesjacoby

New BudddyPress.org Theme

@johnjamesjacoby noted that the “theme needs a complete revamp and redesign to make it more attractive. I would like for BuddyPress & bbPress to be powered by the same theme, so that they are effectively co-branded as such.” Someone’s going to be tapped to work on the new theme.

Slack log: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/buddypress/p1453320187003820

#dev-chat

#6350, #6482, #6592, #6783

Core Dev Chat Summary for January 13, 2016

BuddyPress 2.5.0

• Beta 1: February 8, 2016
• RC 1 (string freeze): February 22, 2016
• Target Release Date: March 2, 2016
• There are 113 tickets slated for this cycle to date. (Closed: 29. Active: 84)

Trac Tickets Mentioned

Comment syncing between activity and post comments for Custom Post Types (#6482) @imath Patch updated. Dev feedback needed.

Comment notification NOT notified (#6057) @imath Has patch. Ready to commit. Dev feedback needed.

Manage Signups on Network Admin dashboard returns Blog Admin URL, not Network Admin URL (#6371) @imath Has patch. Ready to commit. Dev feedback needed.

Deleted activity items remain favourited (#3794) @imath Wants to reactivate the discussion on this issue. Has patch. Dev feedback needed.

developer.buddypress.org (#6812) @tw2113 has gotten the parser to work on the codebase. He will focus next on the “Members based functions” and the theme.

Email API and customisation features  (#6592) @djpaulgibbs Has uploaded separate patches for any “drive-by code reviews”. Dev feedback needed.

Slack Log: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/buddypress/p1452715302003088

#3794, #6057, #6371, #6482, #6592, #6812, #dev-chat

Dev Chat Summary for January 6, 2016

The first dev chat of the year focused on the 2.5.0 release scope. There are currently 104 tickets slated for  this dev cycle: 22 closed and 82 active. The following were mentioned during dev chat (major features have asterisks).

API

*BuddyPress Embeds for activity, user profiles, groups (#6772) @rayisme and @im4th work on ensuring that nested embeds show up as well as preventing embeds from breaking layout, among others.

*Create New Invitations API (#6210) @dcavins has written a bunch of tests for this feature in the last two releases. He’s currently working on the actual code changes and it’s going pretty well. Ultimately, he mentioned he’d like nearly all of the  features of Boone’s Invite Anyone plugin to be rolled in.

*A new API to manage single items navigation (#6534) @boonebgorges

*Email API and customisation features (#6592) @djpaulgibbs will be ready for review in a week or so. He has done lots of work on it and has recently posted an extensive technical update in ticket.

*Group Types API (#6784) @boonebgorges

BLOGS

*Comment syncing between activity and post comments for Custom Post Types (#6482) @im4th has patch which ready for  review/testing.

CORE

Use WP page names for BP directory pages headings (#6765) @hnla

Hooks Documentation Continued @tw2113

GROUPS

Add function to send single invitation (#6025) @dcavins is working on this in relation to the main ticket (#6210) Invitations API above.

NOTIFICATIONS

Comment notification NOT notified (#6057) @im4th will refresh the patch next week.

Screen notifications settings page (#6712) @rayisme

TEMPLATE PARTS

*Companion Stylesheet – Twenty Twelve (#6766) @hnla has committed the first pass of the SASS and compiled CSS files.

BP Users front.php (#6769) @hnla

XPROFILES

*xProfile fielddata visibility should be stored in xprofilemeta (#6413) @boonebgorges has the patch written, “just some work to do on making the migration routine less insane.”

*xProfile fields used for signup should be configurable (#6347) @johnjamesjacoby

xProfile field database schema (#6350) @johnjamesjacoby

BUDDYPRESS.ORG

*developer.buddypress.org (#5129) @tw2113 is working on the parser

GENERAL – ADMIN/UI

Accessibility Upgrades Continued @mercime

FOR NEXT WEEK:

1. REST API
2. “Social Network” vs. “Community Software” marketing direction

#5129, #6025, #6057, #6347, #6350, #6413, #6482, #6534, #6592, #6712, #6765, #6766, #6769, #6772, #6784, #dev-chat

General Summary as of December 23, 2015

This is a compilation of dev chats held in December 2nd, 9th, and 16th. There was no official dev chat last Dec. 23, we just had some BP Holiday fun.

Minor Releases

• 2.4.3 – packaged and released by @im4th
• 2.4.2 – packaged and released by @johnjamesjacoby

BuddyPress 2.4.4

• There are currently two tickets in queue.
• Release date: January 2016

BuddyPress 2.5.0

• BP Beta 1: February 8, 2016
• BP RC 1 (string freeze): February 22, 2016
• BP 2.5.0 Target Release Date: March 2, 2016

Feature scope continued from last November 25:

Email API and customisation features (#6592) @djpaulgibbs reported Things are going well with the new feature.

Comment syncing between activity and post comments for Custom Post Types (#6482) @im4th will try to update patch and write unit tests.

Screen notifications settings page (#6712) @rayisme

Accessibility Improvements Part 2 (has tickets) @mercime

developer.buddypress.org @tw2113 has started work on the parser and fixing errors.

Navigation API tweaks for single items (#6534) @boonebgorges will be working on this for the next 2 weeks.

Create New Invitations API (#6210) @dcavins will update patches. @boonebgorges will be working on this for the next 2 weeks.

BuddyPress Embeds for activity, user profiles, groups (#6772) @rayisme has started working on this. @im4th has given feedback on the ticket.

Companion Stylesheet – Twentytwelve (#6766) @hnla has uploaded the stylesheets to trunk. Feedback welcome.

BP Users front.php (#6769) @hnla

xprofile fielddata visibility should be stored in xprofilemeta (#6413) @boonebgorges

BP JSON REST API @modemloooper. @marmaduka has volunteered to help. @djpaulgibbs and @boonebgorges were in agreement that the project would go through some documentation/vision phases before starting to write code. The BP JSON REST API would be introduced into core when the feature is “complete”, i.e.,  all read-only endpoints or an entire component, etc. This will be built as a plugin first. @djpaulgibbs also suggested that the eventual BP REST API plugin/module/eventual core integration require modern PHP.

#6210, #6482, #6534, #6592, #6712, #6766, #6769, #6772, #dev-chat

Dev Chat Summary for June 17, 2015

BuddyPress 2.3.2

• @boonebgorges packaged and released BuddyPress 2.3.2 yesterday. This is a security and maintenance release. https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress/

BuddyPress Deploy Script

• @boonebgorges has released the bash script for deploying BuddyPress 2.3.2 at https://github.com/buddypress/bpdeploy
• Caveat: “Not intended for general use. Could be very dangerous. Do not even look at it, or your eyeballs might turn to dust.”

BuddyPress @ WordPress London Meetup

• June 18 – @hnla and @DJPaulGibbs will be sharing information about the recent BuddyPress release and ideas for the future with the group.

BuddyPress @ WordCamp Europe Contributor Day

• June 28 – @DJPaulGibbs will be on hand for the BuddyPress team which already has 14 signups to date.
  

Comment syncing between activity and post comments for Custom Post Types

• #6482 – @im4th has posted a patch to fix comment syncing for activity stream and blog posts. Dev feedback welcome.

And if the Blogs component had Single items?

• #6026 – @im4th has just upload a new patch two days ago plus a demo video for this feature for multisite installations. “Blog single items is a way to improve blogs ‘discovery’: you can subscribe to it to get the blogs activities in your profile, the admin can add a profile photo for his blog, manage subscriptions, he’s notified of new subscribers. It’s also a new place to manage some specific BuddyPress settings e.g. improving the post type activities by letting each blog admin to control which post type can generate activities.”

BuddyPress @ WordCamp Lyon

• Parlez-vous français? @im4th’s presentation at WCLyon is now available at WordPress.tv.

Slack log: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/buddypress/p1434568426000169

#6026, #6482, #dev-chat