Dev Chat Summary for September 14, 2016

BuddyPress 2.7

• Beta 1 – September 21
• There are currently 110 tickets in queue (76 closed, 34 open)

Trac Tickets

Prevent BP from being updated when minimum requirements are not met (#7196) @boonebgorges: “If we’re going to drop PHP 5.2 support for 2.8, then something should happen for 2.7 to provide warnings. I’m bumping this so I remember to look at it in the next few days. if anyone has thoughts or wants to have it instead, let me know on the ticket.”

Display and filter by member type on Dashboard > Users (#6060) @dcavins has patch. @boonebgorges: “This is a cool enhancement, and it’d be great to get it in, especially since it appears to be close to being ready.”  @dcavins: “Yes, I’ll push this through along with the related group types ticket (#7175).”

Groups query overhaul (#5451) @boonebgorges will be posting about backward compatibility issues related to the group query refactoring.

Use WP 4.3 site icon feature to set a blog’s “profile photo” (#6544) @rayisme has patch which mirrors the site icon URL to blogmeta instead of making a direct copy of the image.

Update BP_buttons class to accept new arg param for $element_type (#7226) @rayisme has patch and requested feedback on the new, proposed class `BP_Core_HTML_Element`.

Improve group management members screen (#7105) @dcavins will be working on the changes this week.

Friends: Add caching to BP_Friends_Friendship class (#6978) @dcavins has patch. @boonebgorges: “It would be helpful to demonstrate the need (or lack thereof) by writing tests that count `$wpdb->num_queries` before and after removal. Maybe go ahead with the proposed changes first, and then worry about removing the redundant cache afterward when it’ll be simpler to write tests for.”

Slack log: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/buddypress/p1473879643000745

#5451, #6060, #6544, #6978, #7105, #7175, #7196, #7226, #dev-chat

Dev Chat Summary for September 7, 2016

BuddyPress 2.7

• Beta 1 – September 21, 2016
• There are currently 108 tickets in queue (65 closed, 43 open).

Trac Tickets

Groups query overhaul (#5451) @boonebgorges has patch to boost performance and object caching for the Groups component. He noted, “There will be some backward compatibility breaks for anyone using `bp_groups_get_(paged|total)_groups_sql` filters and has listed some plugins in ticket. Dev feedback requested –  especially @djpaulgibbs and @rayisme ( @dcavins has already voiced his support 🙂  )” @rayisme has posted support as well. Update: This is now in trunk.

Hierarchical groups (#3961) @dcavins is ready to commit the patch which has a cache invalidation scheme. @boonebgorges said patch looks good and mentioned testing the patch with thousands of groups. @dcavins is prepared to test with a group generator via WP-CLI.

Friends: Add caching to BP_Friends_Friendship class (#6978) @dcavins has refreshed patch which caches friendship objects separately from a users’ friendships.

Change bp_sort_by_key() to allow key preservation (#7238) @dcavins has patch, “If anyone has reservations about changing the underlying function call, please add a note on the ticket.”

Add action hook(s) outside the group admin form (#7249) @dcavins has patch. @boonebgorges, “seems fine to me.” @tw2113 “is fine to me too, it has its docs.” 😀 Update: This has been committed to trunk

No group members search in groupname/admin/manage-members/ (#6385) @dcavins has patch. Dev feedback needed.

Improve group management members screen (#7105) @dcavins has patch. @boonebgorges has posted comment in ticket. Update: This has been committed to trunk

Update BP_buttons class to accept new arg param for $element_type (#7226) @r-a-y requested feedback for current patch.

Group type frontend integration (#7210) @rayisme noted in ticket that he was going to commit patch soon. This has @boonebgorges‘ ♥ stamp.

Only load component action and screen code when we’re on the component’s page (#7218) @rayisme has patch. Dev feedback requested for relocating functions.

Screen notifications settings page (#6712) @rayisme has patches for a separate screen notifications panel as well as for a new merged notifications (email and screen) panel. @dcavins likes the “idea of a central place to manage communication.” @boonebgorges “I haven’t tested the patch, but I definitely like the idea of a central place for managing this stuff. I’ll check it out. What to do with 3rd-party settings doesn’t seem like a dealbreaker either way.”

Use WP page names for BP directory pages headings (#6765) @hnla requested dev feedback. @boonebgorges will look into this.

Display and filter by member type on Dashboard > Users (#6060) @dcavins has updated patch. Dev feedback requested – “a lookover would be great because this should easily apply to the groups wp-admin table with slight modification.” @boonebgorges will try to take a look.

Creation of developer.buddypress.org (#6812) @tw2113 has set up test site at https://trexthepirate.com/buddypress/

Slack log: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/buddypress/p1473274934000113

#3961, #5451, #6060, #6385, #6712, #6765, #6812, #6978, #7105, #7210, #7218, #7226, #7238, #7249, #dev-chat