Yesterday, Donncha released WordPress MU version 2.9.2. 2.9.2 contains fixes for the major outstanding bugs in MU. Unless a security issue surfaces in either WordPress or WordPress MU, this is expected to be the last version of MU. Thanks Donncha  

BuddyPress reached Release Candidate status this week. Get BP rc-1 over here (zip). Also, the new 2010 default theme has just hit the repo. Scroll down on that page and you’ll get the zip of the theme.  

Over the weekend, there was yet another awesome WordCamp over in Boston. I am still bummed we were unable to go. But! We followed along at home, and there was some great news. WPcares was launched during the event to raise money for Haiti. The original goal was $1,000. Last I checked, it was over $3,000...

The bulk of the merge has been done in WordPress core. At least with regards to moving over the files. Now the fun part begins: bug gardening, testing and tweaking. Here’s what you can do to help not only the dev team and others, but also yourself: - set up a local install of WPMU - import some...

The trac for MU is now closed and all remaining tickets will be moved over to WP trac. source I know there’s a couple bugs in the latest release: people are working on it.  

Jane have given a summary over on the Wordress Dev blog for the general timeline of the next release. Which is, as you know, 3.0. And though it looks pretty straightforward, there’s tons of lines of code to sift through and a whole pile of trac tickets. You guys know the drill.  

It’s officially out: WPMU 2.9.1. As Donncha says, this will likely be the last release before 3.0 and the merge. PLEASE see the info about adding the new commentsmeta table. (Wow, what a crazy ride. )  

If you are interested in keeping up with how the merge of WordPress & WordPress MU is progressing here is a list of resources that you can follow: WordPress Contributors Twitter list Andrea on Twitter The WordPress merge trac ticket Patches submitted to trunk related to the merge Latest changes...

Ryan has posted a short notice in the developer blog that the merge of the WPMU codebase will be starting in WordPress trunk very soon. It’s likely to be a bit rocky, so fasten your seatbelts, put your tray in the upright position and secure all valuables. If you are playing along with the home...

Hope you guys all had a wonderful holiday. We took some much needed time off. Onward to the good stuff! Now that WordPress 2.9 is out the door, the dev team (Donncha, plus the regular WordPress team) can start working on 3.0, where the merge of wpmu will be rolled in. In case you missed it, Jane has...