[wp-hackers] wp-hackers Digest, Vol 81, Issue 21

[Fong Li Heng]

Hi sam,

You can get information about the timeline and development progress at the
WordPress development blog.
http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:26 PM, sam auciello <info at samauciello.com> wrote:

> Thanks Mike,
>
> I actually got a couple of smaller patches in this past week myself.
>
> The class is actually self designed so it's pretty open ended.  My hope is
> to make a significant contribution of some sort to a collaborative effort,
> so a plugin would be less interesting to me.  The class is a semester long
> so it ends in December.  What is the timeline for 3.3, is there a place I
> can find that in trac?  It doesn't matter much if my contributions don't
> come into effect until the next release.  I'll start looking in {32} for
> now
> but if anyone has any ideas, I have a good deal of PHP/CSS/JavaScript
> experience so please feel free to send me ideas.
>
> Peace
> ~Sam
>
> Sam,
> > I'm new to the WordPress project myself, but managed to squeeze a few
> > patches in before the 3.3 cutoff.
> >
> > The WP Trac statuses seem to be managed by consensus, so patches may need
> > review before the status is updated. Also any tasks slated for the
> upcoming
> > release are typically assigned or at least actively managed by the core
> > team. So tasks listed as needing patches but having patches attached
> > sometimes are just waiting on those people to review them.
> >
> > What's the timeline for your class project? If it's longer than a few
> weeks
> > you can pick a feature request task. If it's shorter then the timing of
> 3.3
> > hitting beta means many tasks to be included with this rev are near-done
> or
> > going to get punter to the next release. ...which means you'll need to
> > figure if your class just wants you to contribute, or if you actually
> need
> > to get code included in a release.
> >
> > Another valid option is to write a plugin or theme for WP. These are all
> > tied to WP and thus GPLed too. They're also a part of the WordPress
> > ecosystem and essential to make the core successful. Plus, you can
> control
> > the timeline and size of these better than core tasks too. If your class
> > requires you to do something collaborative you could always start one of
> > these and then ask this hacker's list for someone with time to
> > co-contribute.
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> >
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