{"id":275,"date":"2026-09-15T22:20:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T22:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flossed.uk\/blog\/?p=275"},"modified":"2026-09-15T22:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T22:23:21","slug":"ask-scott-and-marie-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flossed.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2026\/09\/15\/ask-scott-and-marie-anything\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Scott and Marie Anything"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Video is the first option here<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/moodle.org\/mod\/bigbluebuttonbn\/view.php?id=8596<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI Summary: (let me know of any errors, usual AI cautions apply)
Moodle Developer Meeting \u2014 Public Chat Summary
Source: BigBlueButton session, moodle.org (id=8596)
Captured: 2026-09-15, 11:26 AM \u2013 12:31 PM (session end)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Opening (11:26\u201311:38 AM)
    Attendees greeted each other from around world (Japan, Perth, Bavaria, Sabadell, Winterthur, etc.). Andrew Lyons opened as presenter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Code review \/ CLR queue discussion (11:40\u201311:53 AM)
    Main topic: delays in Moodle’s code review process.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    • Daniel Ziegenberg asked for stats split by “MoodleHQ Dev” vs “community dev” issues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Marina Glancy and Alexander Bias flagged CLR (code review queue stage) as where issues get stuck.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Philipp Memmel argued “average” is misleading \u2014 core team issues get reviewed almost instantly, community fixes can wait indefinitely.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Neill Magill: found issues waiting over a year for review.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Alexander Bias: wants visibility into queue position (“you are at position x”).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Marie Achour clarified there’s no formal queue, just work items tagged by status; acknowledged community devs experience it as a queue since they’re blocked waiting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Data point: average elapsed time ~66.9 days (Integration path) vs ~64.3 days (CLR path) \u2014 roughly similar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Philipp referenced a past comment by Tim Hunt (Zurich): problem isn’t prioritization, it’s having a queue at all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Side chatter (11:44\u201311:46 AM)
        Audio issue noted \u2014 Scott’s mic rubbing\/static.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Wrap-up topics (11:58 AM\u201312:02 PM)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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        • Don Hinkelman: supportive of folding R&D into HQ dev process rather than separate lab; sees growing role for national Moodle associations (access to government\/education funding) \u2014 cites Question Bank consortium as a model.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Luca B\u00f6sch: offered contact for Quiz\/Question Bank topics (luca.boesch@bfh.ch).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Adam Jenkins: expects “MAJ” to pick up leadership of a project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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          1. Communication tone discussion (12:04\u201312:16 PM)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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            • – Marcus Green raised the importance of positive tone, citing Mary Cooch (former HQ employee) as a model. Well received (9\u00d7 \ud83d\udc4d).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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              • Alexander Bias agreed but cautioned written communication loses emotional nuance, and community actors sound demanding\/snippy while just trying to get things done.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Gemma Lesterhuis added that non-native English speakers can be misread as negative\/harsh unintentionally.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Marie Achour agreed, noting many community members aren’t native English speakers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                1. Open Q&A with HQ (12:16\u201312:27 PM)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                  • Neill Magill: asked what’s the most important upcoming change devs should know about.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Travis Windsor: shared roadmap link (https:\/\/moodledev.io\/general\/community\/roadmap) and Technical PAG course link (https:\/\/moodle.org\/course\/view.php?id=17257).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Philipp Memmel: raised concern about AI agent activity in the tracker using Matt Porritt’s Jira tokens \u2014 how much AI is working independently on Moodle code.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Alexander Bias: asked if HQ is happy with how the Marketplace launch went, anything they’d do differently.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Gemma Lesterhuis: asked about a 5.3 course on Moodle Academy \u2014 Marie Achour confirmed yes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Mark Sharp: flagged that LTS releases only get 1 year of bug support despite institutions typically upgrading LTS-to-LTS; wants longer support window.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Daniel Ziegenberg: asked about getting AI to do first-pass peer review to catch sloppy AI community contributions; also asked about official cooperation with CAMP.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Nadav Kavalerchik: asked about fragmentation in the core AI subsystem and whether there’s a work group to make it more robust.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Neill Magill: explained their plugins aren’t on Marketplace yet \u2014 couldn’t get university sign-off on new terms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Alexander Bias: asked about perceived “brain drain” in HQ dev teams and erosion of unwritten Moodle development traditions\/integration standards \u2014 wanted clarity on who has a say in technical decisions going forward.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                    1. Closing (12:31 PM)
                      Multiple attendees (Alexander Bias, Christian Abila, Davo Smith, Adam Jenkins, Gemma Lesterhuis, Mark Sharp, Marcus Green, Neill Magill, Visvanath Ratnaweera) thanked the presenters. Adam Jenkins hoped the session becomes a regular occurrence. Session ended.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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