• See previously BP Dev Chat summary August 14 (2024)
• In attendance: @vapvarun @im4th @emaralive @espellcaste @johnjamesjacoby
• Slack archive

BuddyPress 14.1.0: Release Schedule

We set a date to release BuddyPress 14.1.0. September 4th, 2024. This is a minor release with two bug fixes and one enhancement.

New BuddyPress Standalone Theme – Upcoming Call

We have a day and time scheduled for a group call about the new BuddyPress standalone theme for buddypress.org. The last piece missing before the call was an agenda. @vapvarun suggested a pretty detailed one, of what we need to get out of the call with:

1. Theme Selection
   • Use an existing theme for quick implementation.
   • Consider creating a custom theme for a unique design.
2. Timeframe
   • Existing Theme: 2-3 weeks.
   • Custom Theme: 8-10 weeks.
3. Team Involvement: 1-2 people will work on design, development, and content.
4. Dependencies
   • Ensure compatibility with BuddyPress plugins and custom functionalities.
   • Check for shared resources that might impact bbPress.org.
5. Impact on bbPress.org
   • Evaluate if changes to BuddyPress.org will affect bbPress.org.
   • Coordinate updates if shared design/codebase exists.

15.0.0 Milestone Updates

1. V2 – REST API: ticket identified as a priority since it is blocking other REST API related tickets for this milestone.
   • Action:
     • @im4th will be reviewing Renato’s PR as soon as possible.
     • @espellcaste will prepare the BP REST plugin for 15.0.0.
   • Ticket: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9145
2. Import/Export of all BuddyPress user data: @vapvarun has made good progress. There was some discussion about what sort of export/import tool is being built.
   • Action: @vapvarun will update the ticket with his progress and share more details about the possible use cases this tool could/can support.
   • Ticket: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1058
3. Revamped Site (Wide) Notices
   • Action: @im4th to submit a PR before Sunday.
   • Ticket: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9098
4. Update WordPress and PHP Version Requirements: We are raising the minimum requirements to WordPress 6.4 and PHP 7.0.
   • Action: @espellcaste will write a developer note explaining the changes and why.
   • Ticket: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9225
5. WPCS Improvements: @espellcaste is going to try to fix WPCS styling issues in bulk. But asked for at least one code review for the pull request.
   • Ticket: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9174
6. Notification Cleanup: @espellcaste asked for a second opinion on a proposed approach for cleaning read notifications.
   • Ticket: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7534

Other Developments

• Varun created a new CLI extension for creating BuddyPress dataset. Very useful while trying to test things locally.
  • https://github.com/vapvarun/buddypress-playground-cli

📆 Next Dev-Chat Agenda

It will happen on Wednesday September 11, 2024 at 18:00 UTC in #BuddyPress.

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