CMS Release Team Official
This team is responsible for coordinating all aspects of Joomla! CMS releases. Also, one main task is to test CMS release candidates extensively on complex testing environments.
- Department
- Production
- Date Started
- October 2016
| Joomler | Position | Role | Date Started |
|---|---|---|---|
 Stefan Wendhausen Germany |
Team Leader | 6.1 Release Manager | Dec 2025 |
 Benjamin Trenkle Unknown |
Member | Maintenance Liaison | Dec 2025 |
 Charvi Unknown |
Member | Jul 2026 | |
 Christiane Maier-Stadtherr Germany |
Member | Feb 2022 | |
 Claudia Weber-Lenck Germany |
Member | May 2021 | |
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David Jardin Unknown |
Contributor | Security Liaison | Jan 2020 |
 Emmanuel Lemor France |
Member | May 2024 | |
 Harald Leithner Austria |
Member | 6.1 Release Manager | Sep 2025 |
 Heiko Lübbe Germany |
Contributor | 5.4 Release Manager | Sep 2024 |
|
Jasper Walraven Unknown |
Member | Dec 2025 | |
 Jennifer Gress United States |
Member | Jun 2021 | |
 Martin Kopp Switzerland |
Member | 6.2 Release Manager | May 2026 |
 Olivier Buisard United States |
Member | Oct 2024 | |
 Philip Walton United Kingdom |
Member | Apr 2026 | |
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Member | Oct 2015 | |
 Rachel Walraven Netherlands |
Member | Dec 2020 | |
 Richard Fath Germany |
Contributor | 5.4 Release Manager | Sep 2024 |
 Rona Linke Germany |
Member | Mar 2026 | |
 Shirielle (SD) Williams United States |
Member | Oct 2023 | |
 Sigrid Gramlinger Austria |
Member | Aug 2023 | |
 Tom van der Laan Netherlands |
Contributor | Marketing Liaison | Nov 2025 |
 Torsten Hoppe Germany |
Member | Mar 2026 | |
 Viviana Menzel Germany |
Member | 6.2 Release Manager | Jul 2026 |
| Joomler | Position | Role | Date Started | Date Ended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Martina Scholz Germany |
Member | Oct 2024 | Jul 2026 | |
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Charvi Unknown |
Member | 6.2 Release Manager | May 2026 | Jul 2026 |
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Martin Kopp Switzerland |
Member | Oct 2025 | May 2026 | |
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Charvi Unknown |
Member | Feb 2026 | May 2026 | |
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Philip Walton United Kingdom |
Member | 6.0 Release Manager | Jun 2024 | Apr 2026 |
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Gary Barclay Unknown |
Member | 6.0 Release Manager | Jun 2024 | Apr 2026 |
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Carst Komdeur Unknown |
Member | Oct 2025 | Jan 2026 | |
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Member | Aug 2019 | Jan 2026 | |
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Stefan Wendhausen Germany |
Assistant Team Leader | 6.1 Release Manager | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 |
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Benjamin Trenkle Unknown |
Team Leader | Aug 2023 | Dec 2025 | |
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Martin Kopp Switzerland |
Member | Feb 2023 | Oct 2025 | |
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Stefan Wendhausen Germany |
Assistant Team Leader | Translations Coordinator | Nov 2020 | Aug 2025 |
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Harald Leithner Austria |
Member | Feb 2024 | Aug 2025 | |
 Peter Martin Netherlands |
Member | Feb 2024 | Apr 2025 | |
 Hannes Papenberg Germany |
Member | Jul 2024 | Apr 2025 | |
 Rolf Dautrich Germany |
Member | Sep 2024 | Jan 2025 | |
 Allon Moritz Switzerland |
Member | Feb 2023 | Jan 2025 | |
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Niko Winckel Germany |
Member | Oct 2024 | Jan 2025 | |
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Martina Scholz Germany |
Member | Sep 2023 | Oct 2024 | |
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Marc Dechèvre Belgium |
Member | Feb 2024 | Jul 2024 | |
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Philip Walton United Kingdom |
Member | Nov 2020 | Jun 2024 | |
 Luca Racchetti Italy |
Member | Sep 2023 | Feb 2024 | |
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Harald Leithner Austria |
Member | Dec 2021 | Feb 2024 | |
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Shirielle (SD) Williams United States |
Member | Jul 2022 | Oct 2023 | |
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Olivier Buisard United States |
Member | Jul 2022 | Oct 2023 | |
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Sigrid Gramlinger Austria |
Team Leader | Nov 2020 | Aug 2023 | |
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Benjamin Trenkle Unknown |
Member | Aug 2022 | Aug 2023 | |
 Tobias Zulauf Unknown |
Member | Mar 2020 | Aug 2023 | |
 Roland Dalmulder Netherlands |
Member | Dec 2021 | Jun 2023 | |
 Franciska Eichert Germany |
Member | Dec 2021 | Jun 2023 | |
 Niels Braczek Germany |
Member | Dec 2021 | May 2023 | |
|
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Contributor | Documentation Liaison | Aug 2019 | Jan 2023 |
 Hervé Boinnard Ireland |
Contributor | Dec 2020 | Oct 2022 | |
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Benjamin Trenkle Unknown |
Member | Jan 2021 | Aug 2022 | |
 George Wilson United Kingdom |
Member | Jan 2015 | Mar 2022 | |
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Harald Leithner Austria |
Member | Jan 2019 | Dec 2021 | |
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Private Profile aad5a808 Unknown |
Member | Jun 2020 | Jul 2021 | |
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Private Profile eae17cd4 Unknown |
Member | Aug 2016 | Jul 2021 | |
 Christiane Viatte Switzerland |
Member | Jul 2019 | Apr 2021 | |
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Martin H Germany |
Member | May 2020 | Jan 2021 | |
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Hervé Boinnard Ireland |
Member | Jun 2017 | Dec 2020 | |
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Stefan Wendhausen Germany |
Member | Jul 2019 | Nov 2020 | |
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Sigrid Gramlinger Austria |
Assistant Team Leader | May 2020 | Nov 2020 | |
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Philip Walton United Kingdom |
Team Leader | Aug 2016 | Nov 2020 | |
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Jennifer Gress United States |
Member | Apr 2020 | Jul 2020 | |
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Sigrid Gramlinger Austria |
Member | Apr 2019 | May 2020 | |
 Sandra Decoux France |
Member | Translations Coordinator | Jan 2019 | Apr 2020 |
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Roland Dalmulder Netherlands |
Member | May 2015 | Nov 2019 | |
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Private Profile 02493343 Unknown |
Member | Apr 2019 | Jun 2019 | |
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Private Profile 4055fd17 Unknown |
Member | Aug 2016 | May 2019 | |
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Private Profile c8ec2000 Unknown |
Member | Aug 2016 | Mar 2019 | |
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Private Profile 2acc0fde Unknown |
Contributor | Mar 2017 | Mar 2019 | |
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Ilagnayeru (MIG) Manickam Unknown |
Member | Translations Coordinator | Mar 2015 | Mar 2019 |
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Private Profile 8b8c997a Unknown |
Member | Nov 2015 | Feb 2019 | |
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Private Profile 54576609 Unknown |
Member | Aug 2016 | Apr 2017 | |
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Private Profile ab5176da Unknown |
Member | Aug 2016 | Apr 2017 | |
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Tobias Zulauf Unknown |
Member | Sep 2016 | Dec 2016 | |
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Private Profile b4ab780e Unknown |
Member | Feb 2015 | May 2015 | |
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Private Profile 5b78171a Unknown |
Member | Translations Coordinator | Sep 2012 | Feb 2015 |
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Private Profile 2acc0fde Unknown |
Team Leader | Sep 2012 | Dec 2014 | |
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Private Profile 4337ffe5 Unknown |
Member | Apr 2014 | Dec 2014 |
Joomla! CMS (Core) Language Team
The Joomla CMS Language Team is responsible for the translation of the Joomla CMS into different languages.
Anyone can help translate Joomla into their language via the CrowdIn account here.
If your language isn’t yet available, please let us know and we’ll get it set up ready for you to start translating.
Questions / Issues can be raised here:
https://github.com/joomla/core-translations
5.4 Release Manager
6.0 Release Manager
6.1 Release Manager
6.2 Release Manager
Documentation Liaison
Maintenance Liaison
Marketing Liaison
Security Liaison
Translations Coordinator
CMS Release Team Meeting July 8, 2026
By Stefan Wendhausen on 2026-07-08 18:48 in CMS Release Team
Participants: Jenn, Christiane, Martin, Sigrid, Heiko, Harald, Olivier, Benjamin, Martina, Stefan; We discussed the two releases, 5.4.7 and 6.1.2.
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting July 8, 2026
CMS Release Team Meeting June 17, 2026
By Stefan Wendhausen on 2026-06-17 18:15 in CMS Release Team
Participants: Stefan, Heiko, Martin, Richard, Torsten and Rachel; We discussed the upcoming releases on 7 July and finalised the testing schedule internally.
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting June 17, 2026
CMS Release Team Meeting May 20, 2026
By Stefan Wendhausen on 2026-05-20 18:48 in CMS Release Team
Participants: Stefan, Heiko, Martin, Rona, Torsten and SDDuring this testing session, the release candidates and final packages for next Tuesday’s release were tested.
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting May 20, 2026
CMS Release Team Meeting May 6, 2026
By Stefan Wendhausen on 2026-05-06 19:25 in CMS Release Team
Participants: Stefan, Richard, Jenn, Martin, Olivier, Christiane, Martina, Emmanuel, Harald, Rachel, Rona, Benjamin We discussed the upcoming release on 26 May. Versions 5.4.6, 6.1.1 and 6.2.0-alpha1 are due to be released on that date. There was a brief discussion about when the RC versions...
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting May 6, 2026
CMS Release Team Meeting November 27, 2024
By Benjamin Trenkle on 2024-11-27 19:00 in CMS Release Team
Participants: Jenn, Stefan, Benjamin, Phil, Olivier, Emmanuel, Peter, Christiane, Martin, Claudia, Martina, Rachel, Rolf, SD Release 5.2 Joomla! 5.2.2 released Release 5.3 Joomla! 5.3 Alpha 1 released Language We currently have 50 language packages for Joomla 5.x. 9 are...
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting November 27, 2024
CMS Release Team Meeting October 23, 2024
By Benjamin Trenkle on 2024-10-23 20:53 in CMS Release Team
Participants: Rachel Walraven, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Emmanuel Lemor, Jenn, Stefan Wendhausen, Claudia Weber-Lenck, Heiko Lübbe, SD Williams, Benjamin Trenkle Joomla! 4.4 4.4.9 released - end of bug fix releases for 4.x series Joomla! 5.2 5.2.0 released Language Team We have 100...
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting October 23, 2024
CMS Release Team Meeting October 02, 2024
By Benjamin Trenkle on 2024-10-02 20:49 in CMS Release Team
Participants: SD Williams, Emmanuel Lemor, Jenn Gress, Benjamin Trenkle, Rolf Dautrich, Heiko Lübbe, Claudia Weber-Lenck, Martina Scholz, Christiane, Martin Joomla! 5.2 Joomla! 5.2 RC 1 released Language Team All translators have been informed that Joomla! 5.2.0 and 4.4.9 will be released on...
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting October 02, 2024
CMS Release Team Meeting September 11, 2024
By Benjamin Trenkle on 2024-09-11 20:44 in CMS Release Team
Participants: Emmanuel, Sigrid, Rolf, Martin, Peter, Jenn, Martina, Richard, SD Sigrid was heading the meeting Joomla! 4.4 The next release will be the last regular one release together with 5.2. After that only security releases will be published. Joomla! 5.1 Final 5.1.4 released. Thank you...
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting September 11, 2024
CMS Release Team Meeting August 21, 2024
By Benjamin Trenkle on 2024-08-21 20:40 in CMS Release Team
Participants: Rachel Walraven; Jen Gress, Shirielle Williams, Emmanuel Lemor, Martin Kopp, Peter Martin, Phil Walton, Benjamin Trenkle, Robert Deutz Joomla! 4.4 Joomla! 4.4.7 released Joomla! 5.1 Joomla! 5.1.3 released Joomla! 5.2 Joomla! 5.2.0 Beta 1 released - Feature Freeze
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting August 21, 2024
CMS Release Team Meeting July 31, 2024
By Benjamin Trenkle on 2024-07-31 20:37 in CMS Release Team
Participants: Jenn, Benjamin Trenkle, Emmanuel Lemor, Christiane, Rachel Walraven, Martin Kopp, Martina Scholz Joomla! 5.2 Meeting scheduled for August 8th with the GT team to begin creating the What’s New Tour Other Business Guided Tours PR testing underway. Includes visual and functional...
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting July 31, 2024
CMS Release Team Meeting July 10, 2024
By Benjamin Trenkle on 2024-07-10 20:35 in CMS Release Team
Participants: Rachel Walraven, Peter Martin, Martin Kopp, Shirielle “SD” Williams, Benjamin Trenkle Emmanuel Lemor Joomla! 4.4 Successful 4.4.6 released Joomla! 5.1 Successful 5.1.2 released Other Business Guided Tours - the GT team plans to meet with release managers to demo the Autostart...
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting July 10, 2024
CMS Release Team Meeting June 19, 2024
By Benjamin Trenkle on 2024-06-19 11:48 in CMS Release Team
Participants: Martin Kopp, Benjamin Trenkle, Harald Leithner, Philip Walton, SD Williams, Martina Scholz, Marc Dechèvre, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr Nothing to report.
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting June 19, 2024
CMS Release Team Meeting May 08, 2024
By Benjamin Trenkle on 2024-05-08 11:44 in CMS Release Team
Participants: Rachel Walraven, Peter Martin, Martin Kopp, Phil Walton; Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Benjamin Trenkle Agenda Other Business We were between releases and everything was ok, so no points to discuss today
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting May 08, 2024
CMS Release Team Meeting April 17, 2024
By Benjamin Trenkle on 2024-04-17 23:30 in CMS Release Team
Participants: Martin Kopp, Benjamin Trenkle, Harald Leithner, Philip Walton, SD Williams, Martina Scholz, Marc Dechèvre, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr Agenda Release 4.4 4.4.4 successfully released Release 5.1 5.1.0 successfully released Other Business Release Manager 5.3, 5.4, 6.0 needed....
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting April 17, 2024
CMS Release Team Meeting April 03, 2024
By Benjamin Trenkle on 2024-04-03 22:22 in CMS Release Team
Participants: Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Jenn Gress, Martin Kopp, Benjamin Trenkle, Rachel Walraven, Sigrid Gramlinger, Peter Martin, Martina Scholz AGENDA Release 4.4 4.4.4 Release Candiate 1 released yesterday Release 5.1 5.1.0 RC 1 Released Release 5.2 Marc Dechèvre and Peter Martin...
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting April 03, 2024
CMS Release Team Meeting March 13, 2024
By Benjamin Trenkle on 2024-03-13 19:12 in CMS Release Team
Participants: Martin Kopp, Martina Scholz, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Shirielle “SD” Williams, Peter Martin, Rachel Walraven, Benjamin Trenkle Agenda Other business Tomorrow (14.03.2024) testing session for the upcoming 5.1 beta 2 release.
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting March 13, 2024
CMS Release Team Meeting December 20, 2023
By Benjamin Trenkle on 2023-12-20 08:37 in CMS Release Team
Participants:Benjamin Trenkle, Sigrid Gramlinger, Martina Scholz, Martin Kopp, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Shirielle Williams, Jennifer Gress, Luca Rachetti Agenda Release 5.1 Alpha 2 is coming at the 26th of December Other business Testing Server still in focus for the upcoming stable...
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting December 20, 2023
CMS Release Team Meeting November 29, 2023
By Benjamin Trenkle on 2023-11-29 22:28 in CMS Release Team
Participants:Benjamin Trenkle, Sigrid Gramlinger, Martina Scholz, Martin Kopp, Olivier Buisard, Harald Leithner, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Shirielle Williams, Jennifer Gress, Phil Walton, Rachel Walraven Agenda Release 4.4 4.4.1 released, no problems reported so far. Release 5.0 5.0.1...
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting November 29, 2023
CMS Release Team Meeting November 08, 2023
By Benjamin Trenkle on 2023-11-08 18:47 in CMS Release Team
Participants:Benjamin Trenkle, Stefan Wendhausen, Charvi Mehra, Sigrid Gramlinger, Martina Scholz, Martin Kopp, Olivier Buisard, Franciska Eichert, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Shirielle Williams, Jennifer Gress, Phil Walton Agenda Testing sheet Charvi presents current status of the...
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting November 08, 2023
CMS Release Team Meeting October 18, 2023
By Benjamin Trenkle on 2023-10-18 22:44 in CMS Release Team
ParticipantsChristiane Maier-Stadtherr, Jennifer Gress, Shrielle Williams, Martin Kopp, Harald Leithner, Olivier Buisard, Benjamin Trenkle, Sigrid Gramlinger, Martina Scholz, Luca Rachetti AGENDA Release Manager 4.4 Joomla 4.4.0 released Release Manager 5.0 Joomla 5.0.0 released Release...
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting October 18, 2023
CMS Release Team Meeting October 04, 2023
By Benjamin Trenkle on 2023-10-04 20:13 in CMS Release Team
Details Duration82 MinsParticipantsChristiane Maier-Stadtherr, Jennifer Gress, Martina Scholz, Shrielle Williams, Martin Kopp, Harald Leithner, Olivier Buisard, Benjamin Trenkle AGENDA Release 4.3 Thank you Shirielle Williams and Olivier Buisard for your service as release leads. Release...
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting October 04, 2023
CMS Release Team Meeting September 13, 2023
By Benjamin Trenkle on 2023-09-14 09:09 in CMS Release Team
DETAILS Duration: 56 Mins Participants: Rachel Walraven, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Philip Walton, Benjamin Trenkle, Jenn Gress,Olivier Buisard, Martin Kopp, Stefan Wendhausen, Shirielle Williams, Harald Leithner, Martin Kopp AGENDA Stefan Wendhausen will stay as Assistant Team Lead,...
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting September 13, 2023
CMS Release Team Meeting June 21, 2023
By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2023-07-06 12:53 in CMS Release Team
Wed, June, 21, 2023, UTC 18:00 DETAILSDuration: 20 Mins Participants:Rachel, Christiane, Olivier, SD, Allon, Sigrid NOTES EOS Plugin Status We will do some testing. So that it can be in J 4.4 Alpha 2 Release 4.3 Nothing to report Release 4.4 Generally there is...
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting June 21, 2023
CMS Release Team Meeting May 31, 2023
By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2023-06-13 17:03 in CMS Release Team
Wed, May, 31, 2023, UTC 18:00 DETAILSDuration: 50 Mins Participants:Olivier, Shirielle, Rachel, Martin, Allon, Sigrid, Christiane, Benjamin NOTES EOS Plugin Status Released in 4.4.0 Alpha 1 - as quickicon plugin - can be tested with manual patch of the hardcoded date in...
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting May 31, 2023
CMS Release Team Meeting May 10, 2023
By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2023-05-31 10:56 in CMS Release Team
Wed, May, 10, 2023, UTC 18:00 DETAILSDuration: 50 Mins Participants:Jenn, Rachel, Martin, Olivier, SD, Allon, Sigrid NOTES EOS Plugin We discussed the size of boxes and how to continue with the EOS Plugin for Joomla 4.4. Migration Documentation We will call the move from J4 to J5 an...
Read more: CMS Release Team Meeting May 10, 2023RSS Feed
You want to know, how to test? at this page you will find release dates and some tipps:
https://docs.joomla.org/Pre-Release_Testing
Here you can download the latest releases (including release candidates = RC):
https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/releases
And here you find the latest milestones on github for releases, so you can filter on merged PRs:
https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/milestones
If you find a bug or issue - please find details here - everything supports us!
https://docs.joomla.org/Filing_bugs_and_issues
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