JED Team Meeting - April 26th, 2019 - Extensions Directory Team

The Joomla! Extensions Directory (JED) team met on April 26th, 2019, at 4 pm GMT, via Glip to discuss our progress of current tasks.

In attendance: Anibal Sanchez, Jaz Parkyn, Hugh Douglas-Smith and Luca Marzo.
Absent: Dénes Székely, Daniel Dubois, Mark Lee, and Troy Hall.

Plans for 2019

JED Full-Text Search - Homepage Instant Search - COMPLETED 90%
Based on the positive feedback, we plan to release the final version on the next days.
New Ticketing System / Process reorganization
JED Checker Online (Based on RIPS / SonarQube)
JED4 Design Updates
- Recently Added, Top Rated, Most Viewed modules
- New scrolling widgets (similar to Google Play style)
JED4 (2019 Q4-2020)
GDPR Part2

We are processing the queue of new extensions and pending tickets within the seven days processing window. In the meeting, we have discussed several tough cases and reports.
We have discussed a case related to a reported developer.

We are planning a workflow reorganization and the implementation of a new ticketing system. For more information: Ticketing System 2019

The new support processes would be:

We now have a base component for JED4. It's ready for the logic to be put into place, and we have an initial list of tasks. To contribute to the project: https://extensions.joomla.org/support/knowledgebase/item/contributing-code-to-the-jed/

The board approved the proposal to make the new JED 4 code base and project information available publicly.
The Review Detective and Review Scores will be kept private to within the JED team.
This is the JED 4 Project Scope Summary. To simplify the project coordination, we have the JED - Developer Chat room in Glip for developers to work on JED4. Please, join the JED Dev Chat on Glip to discuss the scope and access the rest of the materials we are working on.
Project Timeline Update: we are assessing the timeline to keep it in sync with Joomla 4 release and the latest roadmap updates: https://developer.joomla.org/news/776-joomla-4-is-on-the-horizon-alpha-8.html

We are collaborating with the implementation of the process and coordinating tasks with the Joomla GDPR/Compliance Team.