Dev Chat Summary for June 1, 2016

BuddyPress 2.6.0 Beta 1

@dcavins packaged and released BuddyPress 2.6.0 Beta last Wednesday, June 1, 2016. Please help us test the exciting new features like the new API for Member/Group navigation, Activity embeds, Group Types API, and more!

BuddyPress 2.6.0 Schedule

• Release Candidate 1 (string freeze): June 15, 2016
• BuddyPress 2.6.0 release: June 22, 2016.
• As of this post, there are 101 tickets in queue (Closed: 98. Open: 3.).

Trac Tickets

Companion Stylesheet – Twentyten and Twentyeleven (#7000) Kept open for any revision in stylesheet.

Add a “data-timestamp” attribute to all templates requiring timestamps (#5757) @rayisme needs more time to address localization issue. Update: This has been punted to BP 2.7.0.

Need to clear user cache after running direct query to update user displayname (#7050) Update: @djpaulgibbs has committed fix to trunk.

Activity link moderation doesn’t output useful error message to end users (#6719) Positive reviews during dev chat. Update: @rayisme has committed fix to trunk.

Use WP page names for BP directory pages headings (#6765) @boonebgorges would like to spend more time on the migration routine. “I think we’d been waiting for rewrite rules, but actually, we could build the UI first,” noted @boonebgorges. Update: This has been punted to Future Release.

Extract & relocate core markup functions: Theme compat include functionality & search forms file (#6844) Needed OK from Lead Dev. Update: Ticket has been punted to BP 2.7.0.

Emails: real unsubscribe functionality (#6932) Update: Ticket has been punted to BP 2.7.0.

Add a global scope option to the BP taxonomy wrapper functions (#7077) Ticket was reopened. @boonebgorges will take a look at it during Beta. Update: He has committed fixes to trunk.

oembed activity review (#7104) @rayisme has been committing fixes per review. Update: All review items have been fixed in trunk.

Slack log: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/buddypress/p1464807686004763

#5757, #6719, #6765, #6844, #6932, #7000, #7050, #7077, #7104, #dev-chat

Dev Chat Summary for May 25, 2016

BuddyPress 2.5.3

@boonebgorges packaged and released BuddyPress 2.5.3 last Tuesday, May 24. This is a maintenance and security release, a recommended upgrade for all BuddyPress installations.

BuddyPress 2.5.4

• There are currently 2 tickets in queue.
• Release date: To be announced.

BuddyPress 2.6.0

@dcavins postponed Beta 1 release last week, along with the RC 1 and 2.6.0 releases. The schedule for this dev cycle is updated as follows:

• Beta 1: June 1, 2016
• Release Candidate 1 (string freeze): June 15, 2016
• 2.6.0 release date: June 22, 2016
• There are currently 98 tickets in queue (Closed: 88. Open: 10.).

Trac Tickets

Companion Stylesheet – Twentyten and Twentyeleven (#7000) @hnla has committed stylesheets to trunk.

Harmonize structure of radio and check box input groups (#7083) @dcavins requested comments on patch. @im4th mentioned some code changes. @rayisme gave thumbs up. Comments in ticket are welcome.

Autocomplete (#4824) Ticket has been punted for future release. Update: @boonebgorges has committed patch to trunk.

Add a “data-timestamp” attribute to all templates requiring timestamps (#5757) @rayisme has uploaded new patch. Needs polyglot help for time strings output by the JS library are not the same as we currently generate. This ticket has been punted to get localization on point.

`get_group_extras` function doesn’t “respect” the `user_id` variable from `groups_get_groups()` function (#6431) Ticket has not been updated for some time and has been punted to Future Release.

Blogs: Improvements to `bp_blogs_record_existing_blogs()` (#6370) Update: @rayisme has committed the improvements to trunk.

Activity replies posting as new items (#6683) @im4th has patch and requested feedback. Positive feedback from @boonebgorges, @im4th, @dcavins, and @djpaulgibbs. Update: @im4th has punted ticket to Future Release.

Activity link moderation doesn’t output useful error message to end users (#6719) @rayisme has patch. Comments welcome. @djpaul mentioned that patch was good to commit.

Escape HTML in RSS Feeds (#6990) @djpaulgibbs noted that this is a new issue but won’t block Beta 1 and left comments in ticket. Update: @djpaulgibbs has committed fix to trunk.

Can’t set ‘Text size’ in Email Customizer (#7041) Update: @dcavins has committed fix to trunk.

@mentions break instagram oembeds if same username exists on site as instagram (#7084) @djpaulgibbs and @johnjamesjacoby have comments in ticket. @boonebgorges is also looking into this. Update: @dcavins has moved this ticket to upcoming BP 2.5.4.

PHP Notice in Customizer (#7086) Issue when entering the email preview pane in the Customizer. Update: @djpaulgibbs has committed fix to trunk.

Groups: Replace `BP_Group_Member` static method DB queries with updated group membership functions (#7078) Update: @rayisme has committed this enhancement to trunk.

xprofile_updated_profile actions pass different args (#7049) @dcavins will review patch submitted by nickmomrik. Update: @dcavins has committed fix to trunk.

Administrator not able to delete user notifications (#7023) @rayisme has revised patch. Update: The fix has been committed to trunk.

“Full name” field setting doesn’t work on non-primary blog admin in multiblog mode (#7003) Ticket has been punted to Future Release.

Emails: real unsubscribe functionality (#6932) @djpaugibbs will review patch this weekend. Update: New patch uploaded.

BuddyPress Embeds for activity, user profiles, groups (#6772)@rayisme and @im4th have updated patches. Update: New feature has been committed to trunk.

Slack log: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/buddypress/p1464202837003779

#4824, #5757, #6370, #6431, #6683, #6719, #6772, #6932, #6990, #7000, #7003, #7023, #7041, #7049, #7078, #7083, #7084, #7086, #dev-chat