(community member, not affiliated with WP, WPE, or A8C)
I can confirm this has been escalated internally in the WP slack.
I can also provide this context which I found concerning, given the way this was taken over and rolled out on a Saturday afternoon, of which I have also been dragged into now as a fellow site maintainer.
- Matt Mullenweg
"in a few days we'll have a Github where people can get involved, and we can also set up proper build systems, etc"
So its all in flux obviously. I let them know the same thing, that I find this as a malicious supply chain attack that is affecting the community.
I can confirm this has been escalated internally in the WP slack.
I can also provide this context which I found concerning, given the way this was taken over and rolled out on a Saturday afternoon, of which I have also been dragged into now as a fellow site maintainer.
- Matt Mullenweg "in a few days we'll have a Github where people can get involved, and we can also set up proper build systems, etc"
So its all in flux obviously. I let them know the same thing, that I find this as a malicious supply chain attack that is affecting the community.