WordPress 6.8: Release Squad, Timeline, and Focus

Thank you to all who volunteered as interested in serving on the WordPress 6.8 release squad! After collecting all of the volunteers, reviewing active initiatives and tickets currently in the milestone, contributor availability in various areas, and planned events or holidays the following squad, timeline, and focus has been assembled.

Release Squad

This squad continues the experiment that started in 6.7 of merging the MarComms (Marketing and Communications) Lead with Release Coordination in order to gather more feedback on that experiment. This can change during the process for future releases if needed.  The squad is also a bit smaller than