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title: Community Call - 23-09-19
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## Repos

We're done with our planning sprint!

### Astro Core - (Matthew)

#### Latest version(s): 3.1.0

[Astro CHANGELOG](https://github.com/withastro/astro/blob/refs/heads/main/packages/astro/CHANGELOG.md)

#### New RFC's

*Matthew will talk about the RFC's*

- Incremental build
- <Picture /> component
- i18n routing
- built-in SVG support
- partials
- Container APIs

The full list of RFC's and their details can be found on [our Roadmap repository](https://github.com/withastro/roadmap/issues?q=is:issue+is:open+sort:updated-desc)

### Maintainers and Core had a hackathon last week!

Theme was around GitHub maintenance.

*Ask people who wants to showcase their submission*

- Hideoo has built an amazing i18n VSCode extension ([demo video](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1150662388773826631/1152227211894587392/demo.mp4) - *note: looks like it auto download the video*) - Preview available on the [Visual Studio Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=hideoo.starlight-i18n) and the [Open VSC Registry](https://open-vsx.org/extension/hideoo/starlight-i18n)
- Nate is working on `@astrojs/upgrade`
- Erika worked on a11y linting with our LSP
- Tony worked on a social feed theme
- Otterlord worked on a `/ask` command to help support squad out
- Otterlord and Fred have worked on Astro & Docs SEO
- Bjorn worked on an Astro based slidedeck system

#### Upcoming/roadmap stuff

[Roadmap discussions](https://github.com/withastro/roadmap/discussions/)

### Starlight 0.10

*Hideo will speak on Starlight*

- [Starlight CHANGELOG](https://github.com/withastro/starlight/blob/main/packages/starlight/CHANGELOG.md)

- Coming soon — so much! https://github.com/withastro/starlight/pulls

### Docs

*Sarah not speaking today, Elian will pick it up*

- Hacktober fest is coming soon :wink:
- Talking and Doc'ing... see the Astro Community calendar and Discord Events

- [Issues labelled "help wanted"](https://github.com/withastro/docs/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc+label%3A%22help+wanted%22)

- [Contributor guides](https://docs.astro.build/en/contribute/)

## Around the Community

### Astro Peeps

(People on streams, conferences etc.)

- Elian won't do call 26th September - Elian speaking in Lille

### Tips and Tools

(libraries, tools, themes, templates that people can use in their Astro projects; look in `#showcase` and social media for posts)

- **[Darkmatter](https://getdarkmatter.dev) launched!**

### Personal/Professional/Project Sites

(Websites built with Astro from community members/individual peeps)

- https://www.noobscience.rocks/
- https://gantoreno.com/
- https://certs.msfthub.wiki/ - a knowledge hub for Microsoft Certifications (Starlight)
- https://docs.corsace.io/en/ - Documentation for services to run osu! tournaments (Starlight)
- https://aoi.js.org/ - Discord library docs to easily create Discord bots (Starlight)

## OUTSIDE the community! In the world!

(Less community, more huge "Look At who's using, talking or blogging about Astro!" - streams, blog posts, big name sites etc.)

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# WIP: This week in Astro! (announcement post)

Hey Astronauts! We're experimenting with a new concept of "**this week in Astro**" (and no, it's not Fuzzy's TWIA!). 

So, what happened this week in Astro?

## RFC's for Astro 4.0

- Incremental build
- <Picture /> component
- i18n routing
- built-in SVG support
- partials
- Container APIs

The full list of RFC's and their details can be found on [our Roadmap repository](https://github.com/withastro/roadmap/issues?q=is:issue+is:open+sort:updated-desc)

## Maintainer & Core's hackathon

Last week was next to Core's planning, a hackathon week. The hackathon had "GitHub and open-source maintenance" as a theme.

Here's a list of what our participants came up with:

https://www.figma.com/file/CXAoKz6CtRIOUCM0c7j5D3/Q3-2023-Hackathon?type=whiteboard&node-id=0%3A1&t=y3ChL0SP7P82tzj4-1

**🥇 Winner: `@astro/upgrade` by Nate**
🥈 Starlog Changelog Template by Mark
🥈 Volii Slides Framework by Bjorn
🥈 i18n VS Code Extension by Hideoo
🥉 Social Feed Template by Tony


- **Otterlord & Fred**: SEO improvements on astro.build and Astro Docs
- **Nate**: Worked on a new package called `@astrojs/upgrade`
- **Mark**: Automatisation and design of changelog releases
- **Hideoo**: i18n VSCode extension for Starlight

## Starlight

Starlight `v0.10` was released, which features:

- Pagefind upgrade to v1
- Russian language support
- Some patches and bugfixes

## Showcase

- Darkmatter launched today: https://getdarkmatter.dev/
- https://www.noobscience.rocks/
- https://gantoreno.com/
- https://certs.msfthub.wiki/ - a knowledge hub for Microsoft Certifications (Starlight)
- https://docs.corsace.io/en/ - Documentation for services to run osu! tournaments (Starlight)
- https://aoi.js.org/ - Discord library docs to easily create Discord bots (Starlight)

*Want to be in this list next week? Make sure you post your Astro websites in #showcase!*