6.5 Dev Note Tracking Issue

[Leonardus-Nugraha]

Tracking all Dev Notes from Gutenberg plugin releases 16.8 - 17.7

Please read the information below carefully. If you have questions, connect with @Leonardus-Nugraha via Slack or comment here.

• 🗓 Deadline March 4th, 2024

Not all developer-related information needs to be in a separate DevNote on the Make Core blog for the field guide. We can group related information. We can already make decisions on some features if it warrants a stand-alone blog post or if the information will be part of a group post.

Stand-alone post

To streamline the process and eliminate bottlenecks, all writers of stand-alone dev notes will write the dev notes on the Make Core Blog.

Instructions

• Create your note in a new post,
• Save as Draft
• Enable public preview
• Share the link to the public preview in a comment below, as "ready for review"
• "For dev notes, each one must have at least two reviewers" (Handbook)

Part of a group post

If the information related to your PR will be part of a group post, please write the dev note in a comment on the PR, so it can be reviewed and, if necessary commented on, by the release docs team or a reviewer.

Before you start writing 📣 please read the handbook pages:

• ⭐️ Writing developer notes
• ⭐️ Style & Substance section of the Post & Comment Guidelines for Make Blog
• ⭐️ Documentation Style Guide - Good for reference, when in doubt, especially when English is not your native language.

The list is incomplete. We are in the process of reviewing plugin release changelogs and add them as we progress on the task.

There are two labels:
needs dev note and has dev note

If you worked on a feature/module/component that definitely needs a dev note, please assign the label needs dev note If you already added the Dev Note to the make blog on draft or as a comment on the PR, please label it has dev note

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To Do

• Removing Reakit Composite implementation #58620 @andrewhayward
• Add: Footnotes support for other CPT's. #57353 @jorgefilipecosta
• Fix broken list markup in navigation block when 3rd party blocks are used as decendants of navigation block #55551 @fabiankaegy
• [Create Block] Introduce the transformer property. #55423 @ryanwelcher
• Editor: Introduce PluginPostExcerpt slot #55200 @retrofox
• Deprecating isPressed in Button component #54740 @andrewhayward

viewScriptModule: dev note preview - Published

• Blocks: Add handling for block.json viewScriptModule #58731 @sirreal
• WP Scripts: Build block.json viewModule #57461 @sirreal
• Blocks: Add handling for block.json viewModule #57437 @sirreal

Site editor and page editor unification: dev note preview

• Editor: Move and unify the inserter and list view states #57158 @youknowriad
• Editor: Move the panel visibility state from the edit-post to the editor package #57012 @youknowriad
• Site Editor: use EditorProvider instead of custom logic #56000 @youknowriad

Deprecate outer margins: dev note draft

• FontSizePicker: Hard deprecate bottom margin #58702 @mirka
• GradientPicker: Hard deprecate outer margins #58701 @mirka
• AnglePickerControl: Hard deprecate bottom margin #58700 @mirka
• CustomGradientPicker: Hard deprecate outer margins #58699 @mirka 👈 Dev Note for all 4 PRs consolidated here
• CustomSelectControl: Hard deprecate constrained width #58974 @mirka
• Components: Remove deprecation warnings for __next36pxDefaultSize #58703 @mirka

Font Library: dev note draft

• Font Library: disable font library UI using a PHP filter #57818 @matiasbenedetto
• Font Library: singularize install font families endpoint #57569 @matiasbenedetto
• Font Library: unregister font collection #54701 @matiasbenedetto

Misc Dev Notes: post draft

• Background image: Add backgroundSize and repeat features #57005 @andrewserong
• Dimensions: Add Aspect Ratio block support #56897 @andrewserong
• Add block gap support to Quote block. #56064
• Search Block: Remove unused buttonBehavior attribute #53467 @t-hamano
• Pullquote Block: Add padding and margin support #45731 @t-hamano
• DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin: Drop webpack4 and node<18 #57303 @sirreal
• Enable Block Renaming support for (almost) all blocks #54426
• Block editor: Stabilise RecursionProvider and useHasRecursion APIs #58120 @mcsf
• Add allowedBlocks field to block.json to specify allowed children #58262 @jsnajdr
• Revisions: add new selectors to fetch entity revisions #54046 @ramonjd
• Add useSettings hook for reading multiple settings at once #55337 @jsnajdr

Block Hooks - Published

• https://make.wordpress.org/core/?p=111613&preview=1&_ppp=a72624fc45

Block Bindings - Published

• https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/03/06/new-feature-the-block-bindings-api/

[t-hamano]

This is a dev note for #53467. Perhaps it would be good to include it as part of the miscellaneous dev note.

#53467 (comment)

[andrewserong]

I've added dev notes as comments to the following PRs:

• Background image: Add backgroundSize and repeat features #57005 (comment)
• Dimensions: Add Aspect Ratio block support #56897 (comment)
• Add block gap support to Quote block. #56064 (comment)

These features don't require a separate dev note, so can also be added as part of the miscellaneous dev note.

[t-hamano]

I added a new #45731 to the list and wrote a dev note. I think it's fine as part of the miscellaneous dev note.

• Pullquote Block: Add padding and margin support #45731 (comment)

[sirreal]

The dev note for #57303 was submitted in this comment: #57303 (comment)

[sirreal]

I've added a link to the viewScriptModule dev note preview.

[Leonardus-Nugraha]

Reminder for PR owners to draft the dev notes by the end of this week if possible

#58620 @andrewhayward
#58262 @jsnajdr
#58120 @mcsf
#57353 @jorgefilipecosta
#57158 @youknowriad
#57012 @youknowriad
#56000 @youknowriad
#55551 @fabiankaegy
#55423 @ryanwelcher
#55337 @jsnajdr
#55200 @retrofox
#54740 @andrewhayward
#54494 @youknowriad
#54426 @getdave
#57818 @matiasbenedetto
#57569 @matiasbenedetto
#54701 @matiasbenedetto

[mikachan]

Noting that the Font Library items listed above should be covered in a dev note that's being drafted here.

[ockham]

The Block Hooks in 6.5 Dev Note now has a draft available in make/core.

[mcsf]

Dev note for #58120:

• Block editor: Stabilise RecursionProvider and useHasRecursion APIs #58120 (comment)

[cbravobernal]

The Interactivity API in 6.5 Dev Note has a draft available in make/core.

[jsnajdr]

Dev note for #58262 (allowedBlocks in block.json):

• Add allowedBlocks field to block.json to specify allowed children #58262 (comment)

[youknowriad]

A draft of the "unification of post and site editors" dev note is available on make/core.

This addresses the three following PRs:

#57158
#57012
#56000

[youknowriad]

#54494 doesn't seem worth a dev note to me.

[jsnajdr]

Dev note for #55337 (useSettings):

• Add useSettings hook for reading multiple settings at once #55337 (comment)

[sirreal]

Dev note draft for the Script Modules API

[getdave]

Dev note for block renaming for (almost) all blocks

[Leonardus-Nugraha]

I've added a link to the viewScriptModule dev note preview.

@sirreal this one has been reviewed

[retrofox]

Dev note for "Editor: Introduce PluginPostExcerpt slot #55200"

[sirreal]

I've added a link to the viewScriptModule dev note preview.

@sirreal this one has been reviewed

Thanks! Does that mean it's OK to publish now?

Edit: I've confirmed yes 🙂

[andrewhayward]

Dev note for #54740 (Misc Dev Notes):

• Deprecating isPressed in Button component #54740 (comment)

Dev note for #58620 (Misc Dev Notes):

• Removing Reakit Composite implementation #58620 (comment)

[carolinan]

Is there no plans for a dev note for the pattern overrides?

[Leonardus-Nugraha]

@carolinan I didn't find PRs related to pattern overrides labelled 'needs dev note'. Could you help me point to that if any?

[mcsf]

I didn't find PRs related to pattern overrides labelled 'needs dev note'. Could you help me point to that if any?

• Tracking issue: Pattern Overrides epic (WordPress 6.5) #53705
• Recent change: Pattern overrides: Update overrides attribute data structure and rename it to content #58596

There is an active discussion going on on aspects of the feature and its API which needs to be settled before the appropriate dev note can be finalised.

[jorgefilipecosta]

Dev note for footnote support in all CPTs available at #57353 (comment).

[artemiomorales]

Dev note for the Block Bindings API