It Takes a Village to Make WordPress
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In this session, Drew will be sharing insight into how a WordPress release happens, including an overview of all the moving parts, teams, organization, and execution. A lot of people have this idea that the core team is solely responsible for new versions of WordPress getting released, which couldn’t be further from the truth – it’s an intricate ballet of multiple contributor teams coming together and executing a broad vision. He will talk about how a release cycle is structured, how and where the decision-making happens, as well as all of the various contributors and teams that play their own part in a successful release. It’s very much opening the black box of how a release works.
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It Takes a Village to Make WordPress
- 1. It Takes a Village to Make WordPress Drew Jaynes WordCamp Cape Town 2015
- 2. • Platform Engineer at 10up • Docs Committer for WordPress core • 4.2 Release Lead • Developing with WordPress since 2009 • Slides: http://drewf.us/wcct-village Hi, I’m Drew.
- 3. How WordPress is Made
- 5. How is it really made?
- 6. Who are these contributors?
- 7. • Developers, designers, UX experts, power users • People who work with/on WordPress full-time, part-time, paid, unpaid • WordPress every day Contributors
- 8. Vision
- 9. • Release vs Project vision • Advisors / backup lead(s) • Feature plugin proposals Vision
- 10. • Release date • April, August, Decemeber • Considerations: support availability, polyglots, holidays Vision
- 11. • Is the feature plugin finish-able? • Does it fit the release and project vision? • Does it satisfy the 80/20 rule? Vision
- 12. Kickoff
- 13. • Schedule • Community feedback • 5 + 6 + 2 weeks • Weekly meetings / scrubs Vision • Kickoff
- 14. • Beta • Release Candidate • Buffer Vision • Kickoff
- 15. Development
- 16. • Feature plugins • Bug fixing • Enhancements • Fourth Vision • Kickoff • Development
- 17. • Feature plugin merge • Core mentors • Beta triage Vision • Kickoff • Development
- 18. Testing: Beta(s)
- 19. • 2-4 Betas • Punting enhancements / triage • Triaging priorities • Beta tester plugin / trywpbeta.com Vision • Kickoff • Development • Testing (Beta)
- 20. Testing: Release Candidate(s)
- 21. • 2+ Release candidates • 0 tickets • Small changes • Two-committer policy Vision • Kickoff • Development • Testing (Release Candidate)
- 22. • Start: About page • Start: Version article • Start: Release video Vision • Kickoff • Development • Testing (Release Candidate)
- 23. Freeze
- 24. • “Soft” string freeze • Finish About page • “Hard” string freeze • Translating subtitles Vision • Kickoff • Development • Testing • Freeze
- 25. • Finish: Release video • OMGWTFBBQ post Vision • Kickoff • Development • Testing • Freeze
- 26. Launch
- 27. • Finish: Version article • Support heads-up • Publish: Video Vision • Kickoff • Development • Testing • Freeze • Launch
- 28. • Package / test the release • Release • Announcement post & tweet Vision • Kickoff • Development • Testing • Freeze • Launch
- 29. Post-Launch
- 30. • Retrospective • Documentation • Downtime • Post Launch
- 31. Resources
- 32. • Core Development Blog • Feature Plugins page • WordPress Slack • Core Trac Resources
- 33. Questions? Drew Jaynes | @DrewAPicture Slides: http://drewf.us/wcct-village