Bump plugin version to 8.9.0-rc.1

changelog.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,151 @@
 == Changelog ==
 
+= 8.9.0-rc.1 =
+
+### Features
+
+- Add Post Comment Date block. ([24854](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24854))
+- Widgets: Remove experimental flag, enable for themes that have not opted out. ([24843](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24843)), ([24087](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24087))
+- Add "Post Comment Author" block. ([24824](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24824))
+- Add character count to info panel. ([24823](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24823))
+- Add option for adding link in featured image [ Latest Posts block ]. ([24548](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24548))
+- List block: Add color controls. ([21387](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/21387))
+
+### Enhancements
+
+- Disable tools while code editor mode is enable. ([24923](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24923))
+- Add picture keyword in Image block. ([24755](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24755))
+- Adding a maximum height to the preview of the long blocks. ([24493](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24493))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Fix Disabled component infinite loop for `a` elements. ([24935](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24935))
+- Fix wp-env start for non-english core sources. ([24884](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24884))
+- Fix invalid HTML structure on the widgets screen. ([24866](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24866))
+- Fix RadioGroup component example in its readme. ([24857](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24857))
+- Fix typo in removeNotice. ([24811](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24811))
+- Fix navigation block styles regression. ([24763](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24763))
+- Fixed style flickering caused by the border. ([24739](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24739))
+- Don't use an offset when dragging using draggable chip. ([24707](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24707))
+- Fix: Warning on text color formatter. ([24686](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24686))
+- Fix styling of  image alignment controls in Latest posts block. ([24655](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24655))
+- Make sure the template-part exists before using it. ([24648](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24648))
+- Navigation: Fix invalid textarea markup. ([24641](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24641))
+- Improve focus state of the form token remove button. ([24632](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24632))
+- Fix: Crash after undo with top toolbar on. ([24629](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24629))
+- Fix: Double border on metabox panel. ([24627](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24627))
+- fix: Inline text-color regex in edge-case when color slug ends with '-color'. ([24621](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24621))
+- Fix inserter z-index. ([24614](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24614))
+- Fix missing selected block highlighting in list view. ([24609](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24609))
+- Fix Pullquote text color after unsetting main color. ([24600](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24600))
+- Fix specificity for buttons with outline style and background colors. ([24599](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24599))
+- Allow local Prettier configuration to take precedence in recommended ESLint configuration. ([24590](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24590))
+- Remove references to `$default-font` from front-facing styles. ([24567](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24567))
+- Block Variations: Center-align the variation buttons. ([24547](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24547))
+- Fix regression bug for category select in QueryControls component. ([24516](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24516))
+- Fix: Image Block: Alt and caption written during image upload are discarded. ([24471](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24471))
+- Fix the unicode character used to represent the macOS Control key. ([24452](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24452))
+- Fixes PHP error in `lib/block-supports/align.php` & other undefined $block_type->supports instances. ([24411](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24411))
+- Try: Fix admin-theme colors in the canvas. ([24408](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24408))
+- Added a min length of 3 and per_page to 20 to avoid infinite query. ([23841](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/23841))
+- Inserting a tag with Apostrophe throws an error. ([21693](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/21693))
+- Fix trash alignment. ([24889](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24889))
+
+### Performance
+
+- Create unstable selectors for getting all controlled inner blocks. ([24835](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24835))
+- Core Data: Implement `_fields` data reuse for entities. ([19498](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/19498))
+
+### Experiments
+
+- Migrate existing theme supports to configure the editor to theme.json configs. ([24761](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24761))
+- [Feature] Alert when trying to leave the Site Editor with unsaved changes. ([24659](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24659))
+- Rename features.colors to features.color. ([24933](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24933))
+
+### Documentation
+
+- Add block inspector component readme. ([24929](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24929))
+- Add/block mover component readme. ([24851](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24851))
+- Add/block breadcrumb component readme. ([24827](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24827))
+- Docs: Update Creating a block-based theme. ([24736](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24736))
+- Correct BoxControl values in readme examples. ([24717](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24717))
+- Update readme.md. ([24695](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24695))
+- Inline docs: `$block_type` is an object, not an array. ([24650](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24650))
+- Add ToggleControl at related components section in FormToggle documentation. ([24636](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24636))
+- Grammar: Add comma to (1A). ([24628](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24628))
+- Improve native editor installing instructions. ([24553](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24553))
+
+### Code Quality
+
+- Keep the default CSS variables for npm consumers. ([24890](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24890))
+- Turn `WordCount` into a functional component. ([24850](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24850))
+- Refactor BlockMover to use React hooks. ([24774](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24774))
+- Unify UnsavedChangesWarning's isDirty check. ([24719](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24719))
+- Refactor and move drag and drop geometry code. ([24715](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24715))
+- Add unit tests for edit-navigation store. ([24681](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24681))
+- Only update state if we have a valid reference. ([24496](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24496))
+- Remove hardcoded colors from nav block. ([24462](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24462))
+- Add state for storing dragged block client ids to block-editor store. ([24782](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24782))
+
+### Build Tooling
+
+- Update package lock file. ([24815](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24815))
+- Update the minimum version and the tested up to flag of the Gutenberg plugin. ([24693](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24693))
+- Build: Make the watch rate slower to avoid using a lot of CPU while developing. ([23998](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/23998))
+- Fix Performance Tests on CI. ([24925](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24925))
+
+### Copy
+
+- Change font size label from Preset size. ([24619](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24619))
+
+### Various
+
+
+- Enable back dropCap for paragraph. ([24932](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24932))
+- [edit-widgets beta] Fix legacy widgets preview. ([24861](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24861))
+- Remove commented-out blank line. ([24858](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24858))
+- [edit-widgets beta] Preload widgets. ([24855](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24855))
+- Revert "Replace the widgets screen experiment with a theme support". ([24841](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24841))
+- [Experimental widgets screen] Remove "id" attribute of the legacy-widget block. ([24817](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24817))
+- Inserter: Add missing placeholder to Quick Inserter. ([24802](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24802))
+- Add "read more" keyword to the `more` block. ([24794](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24794))
+- [edit-widgets] Simplify gutenberg_widgets_init when $hook === 'widgets.php'. ([24793](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24793))
+- [Sidebars endpoint] Save function-based widgets. ([24792](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24792))
+- [edit-widgets] Improve the UX of wp_inactive_widgets on the experimental screen. ([24790](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24790))
+- [edit-widgets] Trim whitespace from rendered widgets. ([24789](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24789))
+- [edit-widgets] Fix isSavingWidgetAreas selector. ([24788](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24788))
+- Remove WP_Widget_Block from the legacy dropdown list. ([24787](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24787))
+- [Sitebars endpoint] Add tests for slashing behavior. ([24785](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24785))
+- [Sidebars endpoint] Add permissions PHPUnit tests. ([24784](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24784))
+- UnsavedChangesWarning: Turn into functional component. ([24783](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24783))
+- Add Post Comment block. ([24781](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24781))
+- Restore Site Title's Level toolbar and remove obsolete code. ([24758](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24758))
+- Update browserlist dependency. ([24756](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24756))
+- Make Site-Title a link. ([24725](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24725))
+- Block Directory: Explicitly close the inserter on block add. ([24709](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24709))
+- Update some comments for drag-and-drop of navigation submenus. ([24708](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24708))
+- Inserter: Update the search form placeholder text when changing tabs. ([24697](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24697))
+- Navigation: Add Post, Page, Category and Tag variations to Link. ([24670](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24670))
+- Add block inspector to nav screen. ([24669](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24669))
+- Refactor block drop event handlers into a single hook to support drag and drop in List View. ([24649](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24649))
+- Make strings translatables in block patterns. ([24647](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24647))
+- Avoid lossy html entities encoding by setting charset. ([24645](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24645))
+- Update Template Part Block Placeholder Button Styles. ([24633](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24633))
+- Move DOM utility functions from @wordpress/blocks to @wordpress/dom. ([24618](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24618))
+- Adds icons and descriptions to Post blocks. ([24603](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24603))
+- Content is in the `content` attr for the classic block (#24569). ([24602](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24602))
+- Embeds: Don't transform into specialized embed block variation if it's not registered. ([24559](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24559))
+- Convert all `px` values in front-facing styles to relative (`em`) units. ([24523](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24523))
+- Navigation screen: Add opt-in Navigation block rendering. ([24503](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24503))
+- Template Part block - add border states in editor. ([24498](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24498))
+- Support drag-and-drop for submenus of navigation blocks. ([24479](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24479))
+- useEditorFeature: Take block context into account. ([24416](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24416))
+- Post Hierarchical Terms Block. ([24091](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/24091))
+- CustomGradientPicker: Update Type and Angle controls. ([23802](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/23802))
+- Issue #13618 - only request three fields: Id, title and parent to populate the Parent page select list. ([23637](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/23637))
+- Adds suggestions for categories and formats to LinkControl. ([22600](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/22600))
+
 = 8.8.0 =
 
 ### Enhancements

gutenberg.php

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Description: Printing since 1440. This is the development plugin for the new block editor in core.
  * Requires at least: 5.3
  * Requires PHP: 5.6
- * Version: 8.8.0
+ * Version: 8.9.0-rc.1
  * Author: Gutenberg Team
  * Text Domain: gutenberg
  *

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "gutenberg",
-	"version": "8.8.0",
+	"version": "8.9.0-rc.1",
 	"private": true,
 	"description": "A new WordPress editor experience.",
 	"author": "The WordPress Contributors",

readme.txt

@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ View <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/principles/versions-i
 
 == Changelog ==
 
-To read the changelog for Gutenberg 8.8.0, please navigate to the <a href="https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/releases/tag/v8.8.0">release page</a>.
+To read the changelog for Gutenberg 8.9.0-rc.1, please navigate to the <a href="https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/releases/tag/v8.9.0-rc.1">release page</a>.