Oct 18, 2009
WordPress Release 2.9 Beta Testing
WordPress October,10th officialy release new 2.9 Beta Testing, after the long time after WordPress 2.8.4 released. In this season they offering to involved you to test the engine before 2.9 beta version released, ya they invite all of WordPress lover to get involved through it. In Getting involved with the 2.9 beta testing article you can see explaination about how to get involved to make better powerfull WP.
There are a number of different ways in which you can get involved in the testing process, and each way is suited for each persons skill set and comfort level. First of all, you can join the wp-testers mailing list to keep up to date with the testing progress and to discuss things with the other testers. Secondly, you can head over to the Trac ticketing system and either create tickets for bugs you find or use some of the useful searches to look for patches that need testing or that need someone to try and reproduce the issue.
During the beta phase we are going to focus on stabilizing the new features and removing existing bugs which are well-understood and have easily testable solutions. During this process we will not be adding any new enhancements so as to ensure that the focus is on making the 2.9 release as bug-free as possible. We will also try and have a few special bug hunt days where one or more experienced WordPress developers will be available to help people track down issues and get patches committed to fix bugs.
They are aiming to release the first beta version of 2.9 around the end of October, after they have put the finishing touches on the new features then they will switch to full on beta testing mode and your help and feedback will be very much appreciated. During the beta test program will push out new builds for automated upgrades regularly and if feel that a suitable level of stability has been achieved they will move into the release candidate phase.
They say the final release 2.9 build available in either late November or early December, and to make it easy to test by WP lovers, WP provide a plugin for WordPress Beta Tester, well just be a part of WordPress and prove how it works.
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