• Next Wednesday, June 10th, is the target date for the release of
  WordPress 2.8.  Tickets against the 2.8 milestone that are not
  blockers will be postponed to another release.
• WP 2.9 will require MySQL 4.1.2 or greater.  This is raised from the current requirement of 4.0.
• Checks will be added to the automatic upgrader that will prevent upgrading to 2.9 if  MySQL < 4.1.2 is being used.  The upgrader will also issue a notice that suggests asking the host to upgrade MySQL to meet the minimum requirement.
• In order to promote migration to PHP 5, the upgrader will suggest that those running
  PHP 4 switch to PHP 5. A link to a Codex page describing how to switch for various hosts should be provided.
• The new weekly IRC meetup time will be every Wednesday at 9pm UTC.

Good to see that a final date for WordPress 2.8 is planned!

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