BP Dev-Chat Agenda January 19, 2022

Hi!

!important: BuddyPress 10.0.0 won’t be released today, we first need to fix this « last minute » issue. We’ll decide about the new release date during this meeting.

Our development meeting will happen on January 19 at 19:30 UTC and of course in #BuddyPress. Here’s our agenda:

• #8617: find the best strategy to allow disabling avatar history
• 10.0.0 stable release last tasks.

If you have specific/additional points you need to discuss about, please share them into the comments area of this post.

👋

#10-0-0, #agenda, #dev-chat

BP Dev-Chat Summary : January 5, 2022.

• See previously BP Dev Chat summary (December 22, 2021)
• In attendance: @vapvarun @dcavins @johnjamesjacoby @im4th
• Slack archive.

Some complementary explanations about the 9.2.0 release

@im4th started the meeting saying some words about this minor version which was released on January 3rd. The download spike (~39K downloads) was reached on January 4th. He apologized about the fact he took the decision quite in a rush without discussing about it during a dev-chat. He explained he wanted to have the BP Search Block released in the WordPress.org directory the soonest so that he could focus on the BP Rewrites feature as a plugin for the coming 15 days. 9.2.0 is including a change needed by the BP Search Block (activity search redirection support).

About BP Rewrites, @johnjamesjacoby wants to dive deeper into the plugin. @im4th said it was ok to delay its release after BuddyPress 10.0.0, if needed, as it’s a BP plugin. He also shared his opinion about a BP Core potential merge.

I believe it needs to stay an add-on for at least 2 major BuddyPress releases, there are too many plugins we need to make sure they still behave right before thinking about merging it into BP Core.

imath

Finishing the 10.0.0 Hello BuddyPress screen

If you’ve started testing the RC1 release (if not, do it now!), you already saw it has been finished (See #8605). During the chat, we’ve decided about the 10.0.0 features we want to highlight into this screen:

• Site membership requests
• Richer logging activities
• Improved BuddyPress Administration experience
• The BuddyPress Add-ons tab added to the “Add new” Plugin Administration screen.
• The fact we’ve made sure to be compatible with Twenty Twenty-Two (and full site editing more globally)
• Inside the “under the hood section”: the performance improvements brought by @oztaser (#8296, #8591 & #8426), the Avatar Recycle view as well as BP Signups improvements (#8540).

We also decided to release RC1 as soon as we could (it happened 2 days later) as we already postponed twice our schedule.

Last 10.0.0 schedule

• 10.0.0-RC: January 7, 2022 🏁 ✅
• 10.0.0 stable: January 17, 2022 🎯

Open floor

@dcavins has been using the 10.0.0-beta2 release on some decent traffic sites and it seems to be working well 💪 😎

@vapvarun brought up to our attention this support forum topic. Our discussion about it lead to an important decision for our next major release : if ! is_buddypress() no more BP Template Pack CSS/JS. @imath also wishes we use a more modular approach for our JavaScript assets as well as less/no dependency to jQuery.

Next Dev-Chat

It will happen on January 19 at 19:30 UTC in #BuddyPress. We should be able to check the first feedbacks about 10.0.0 😉

#10-0-0, #dev-chat, #summary

BP Dev-Chat Agenda January 5, 2022

Hi!

Our development meeting will happen tomorrow on January 5 at 19:30 UTC and of course in #BuddyPress. Here’s our agenda:

• Hello BuddyPress Screen updates, see #8605
• 10.0.0 RC release preparation.
• 10.0.0 stable release tasks repartition.

If you have specific/additional points you need to discuss about, please share them into the comments area of this post.

👋

#10-0-0, #agenda, #dev-chat

BP Dev-Chat Summary : December 22, 2021.

• See previously BP Dev Chat summary (December 15, 2021)
• In attendance: @vapvarun @dcavins @im4th
• Slack archive.

A 10.0.0-beta2 before RC

In case you missed it 10.0.0-beta2 was released on December 23. We decided to package this new beta version because @dcavins found a regression about the way custom Group extensions were registered. In short: in case there were more than one Group extension into the loading queue, only the last one were actually registered. @dcavins did a great job identifying the issue, finding the root cause and fixing it. For more information: #8558.

If, as a Plugin author, you are using the Group Extension API, we strongly recommend you to test 10.0.0-beta2.

Other 10.0.0 tickets

• @vapvarun added a patch about #7540. @im4th reviewed it before committing it the day after the dev-chat. Members can now exit from a multi recipients Private Message thread.
• During the chat @im4th said #8474 would stay opened until WordPress 5.9 is released. We’re finding small issues with Full Site Editing the more we test BuddyPress with it. If you’re contributing to WordPress 5.9 beta tests, make sure to test BuddyPress with Twenty Twenty-Two: we need your contributions!
• About #8604 @vapvarun suggested to wait for the first feedbacks about the « richer » logging activities before eventually adapting them according to the context they’re displayed in.

10.0.0 stable release tasks repartition

We need the Hello BuddyPress screen updates to be accomplished before 10.0.0-RC is published. @dcavins already prepared the credit updates, he will write a few lines about Site Membership requests. @vapvarun will also write some lines about logging activities. See #8605.

New 10.0.0 schedule

We’ve postponed the stable release date by 10 days to leave enough time to polyglots contributors to update BuddyPress translations.

• 10.0.0-RC: January 3rd, 2022 👈
• 10.0.0 stable: January 15, 2022 🎯

Open floor

@dcavins & @vapvarun suggested we work on documentation updates for the time of a major release development cycle so that our codex can get some ❤️. Today, a lot of screenshots are outdated and latest improvements about BuddyPress are not necessarily explained there. We decided to give this huge task a 4 to 6 months time frame and why not try to gather some contributors into a BuddyPress documentation team. If you’re interested in being part of such a team: let us know!!!

We’ll also try to make our code reference available on developer.buddypress.org.

Next Dev-Chat

It will happen next year on January 5 at 19:30 UTC in #BuddyPress.

#10-0-0, #dev-chat, #summary

BP Dev-Chat Agenda December 22, 2021

Hi!

Our development meeting will happen today (December 22 at 19:30 UTC) and of course in #BuddyPress. Here’s our agenda:

• 10.0.0-beta2 or 10.0.0 RC release date.
• 10.0.0 stable release tasks repartition.

If you have specific/additional points you need to discuss about, please share them into the comments area of this post.

👋

#10-0-0, #agenda, #dev-chat

BP Dev-Chat Summary : December 15, 2021.

• See previously BP Dev Chat summary (December 8, 2021)
• In attendance: @hasanuzzamanshamim @dcavins @im4th
• Slack archive.

10.0.0-beta1 1st feedbacks

A theme related issue was posted into our support topic @dcavins gave some explanations of possible reasons for this issue and the reporter said he would ask the premium theme authors for support.

10.0.0 remaining tickets

• @vapvarun will soon post a patch about #7540.
• During the chat @im4th said he would work on #8088, #8589 and #8474. He fixed the 2 first and committed fixes about the third.
• About #8604 @dcavins agreed suggested changes were making sense. The patch still needs to be built.

10.0.0 stable release tasks repartition

@dcavins wrote a codex page about alternative registration workflows and volunteered to take in charge the credits list and part of the « Hello BuddyPress 10.0.0 » screen.

10.0.0 schedule

• 10.0.0-RC: TBD 👈
• 10.0.0 stable: January 5, 2022 🎯

Next Dev-Chat

It will happen next week on December 22 at 19:30 UTC in #BuddyPress.

#10-0-0, #dev-chat, #summary

BP Dev-Chat Agenda December 15, 2021

Hi!

Our development meeting will happen today (December 15 at 19:30 UTC) and of course in #BuddyPress. Here’s our agenda:

• 10.0.0-beta1 testing results.
• Decisions about keeping/bumping the 10.0.0 remaining tickets.
• 10.0.0 stable release tasks repartition.

If you have specific/additional points you need to discuss about, please share them into the comments area of this post.

👋

#10-0-0, #agenda, #dev-chat

BP Dev-Chat Summary : December 8, 2021.

• See previously BP Dev Chat summary (December 1st, 2021)
• In attendance: @dcavins @vapvarun @johnjamesjacoby @im4th
• Slack archive.

10.0.0 Progress

Updates about featured tickets

#8582 Add site membership requests

@dcavins fixed the multisite issues about the feature, @im4th confirmed the fixes made the feature works as expected on the WordPress multisite config. @dcavins decided to add complementary explanations about how the feature deals with multisite registration options. He committed the code yesterday and BuddyPress 10.0.0 is now offering a Site Membership Request feature 🙌. Congratulations to @dcavins 💪.

#8451 Extending no content activities with images and call of actions

@vapvarun brought some nice improvements about how we load activity types template part and also added some new layouts for “no-content” activities. @im4th still had to finish the Avatar Recycle UI so that users can reuse a previously uploaded avatar or permanently delete a previously uploaded avatar.

#8148 Extend WordPress Plugins screen to allow Admins to easily install features as a plugin

@johnjamesjacoby added the BP Beta Tester plugin to the BuddyPress WP.org user favorites so that we have a first BuddyPress Add-on into the new WP Admin “Add New” plugin screen. The ticket is now closed and we’ll soon be able to publish new add-ons like the BP Rewrites plugin to the WordPress.org Plugin directory. Here’s a preview of this new screen:

Other tickets needing attention

• @vapvarun will have a look to #7540 to try to have it fixed before the 10.0.0 stable release.

10.0.0 schedule

We’re adding the very final touches to the first 10.0.0 beta release… get ready for it!

• 10.0.0-beta1: in a few of hours 👈
• 10.0.0 stable: January 5, 2022 🎯

Next Dev-Chat

It will happen next week on December 15 at 19:30 UTC in #BuddyPress.

#10-0-0, #dev-chat, #summary

BP Dev-Chat Agenda December 8, 2021

Hi!

Our development meeting will happen today (December 8 at 19:30 UTC) and of course in #BuddyPress.

Let’s prepare the 10.0.0-beta1 release! We’ll look at our latest progress to decide whether to punt or keep the remaining tickets scheduled for the 10.0.0 milestone.

If you have specific/additional points you need to discuss about, please share them into the comments area of this post.

👋

#10-0-0, #agenda, #dev-chat

BP Dev-Chat Summary : December 1st, 2021.

• See previously BP Dev Chat summary (November 17, 2021)
• In attendance: @dcavins @vapvarun @espellcaste @im4th
• Slack archive.

10.0.0 Progress

Updates about featured tickets

#8582 Add site membership requests

@im4th tested the patch @dcavins updated lately and found some issues when BuddyPress is network activated on a WordPress Multisite configuration. In such a configuration, the site membership request feature is only available when the WordPress registration setting is “Logged in users may register new sites” (1) or “Registration is disabled” (2).

1. In the first case (1), the request membership form includes a checkbox to request a site at the same time, and once the form is submitted the user receives an email to activate their account instead of the awaiting moderation email.
2. In the second case (2), once the request membership form is submitted, an empty registration page is displayed and the site membership request is not created.

@dcavins is working on fixes about these two issues to have the feature ready for the BuddyPress 10.0.0-beta1 release.

#8451 Extending no content activities with images and call of actions

Great progress were made about this feature:

• The BP Attachments API will include a new method to add file revisions. This is needed by the feature to keep an history of the uploaded profile photos so that generated activities always display the profile photo that was set when the activity was published.
• The BP Template hierarchy will be improved so that it’s possible to override the layout of the activity content based on its activity type.
• @im4th will try to add the needed adaptations to the Avatar Backbone views so that they includes a new tab to recycle or delete previously uploaded profile photos from history.
• @vapvarun will work on the generated activity layouts to differentiate them according to the (no-content) activity types.

Other tickets/GitHub PR needing attention

• @espellcaste couldn’t stay long during the chat but reminded us about the BP REST plugin Pull Requests needing a review.
  • Paginating Thread messages/recipients
  • XProfile Data: changing value type to a string instead of an array
• to ease BP Rewrites testing @im4th wants to tackle #8148 during the 10.0.0 development cycle.
• A first step has been made about making BuddyPress more friendly with themes supporting the WordPress Full Site Editing feature, see this commit message for a detailed explanation. You’ll find below a screenshot of the Activity directory displayed into the next WordPress 5.9 default theme: Twenty Twenty-Two.

Updated 10.0.0 schedule

We’ve updated the 10.0.0 schedule for the last time 😅. @dcavins alerted us about the comments on the Tavern’s post about our initial released date which was December 24, 2021. To avoid causing some stress to site administrators (and to the team ☺) during the christmas period, we’ve decided to postpone the release date to January 5, 2022. We also took this opportunity to give us one last week to add the final touches to the first 10.0.0 beta release.

• 10.0.0-beta1: December 10, 2021 👈
• 10.0.0 stable: January 5, 2022 🎯

Next Dev-Chat

It will happen next week on December 8 at 19:30 UTC in #BuddyPress.

#10-0-0, #dev-chat, #summary