The 1.x series changed a great deal over the more than 50 releases in its
lifetime. It is now in maintenance mode, only security issues or really bad
-bugs will be fixed in 1.x going forward.
+bugs will be fixed in 1.x going forward. 1.x will stop being supported with
+the release of 3.0.
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* Some support for other markup languages than markdown: rst, textile.
* Unit test suite, with more than 300 tests.
-Will be released 29 April 2007.
+Released 30 April 2007.
The 2.x series is expected to undergo continuing development for some time,
adding improvements and new features, but avoiding changes that break
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+# 3.0
+
+Version 3.0 will be an opportunity to make significant transitions.
+
+* Default to using `prefix_directives`.
+* Default to using `aggregateinternal`.
+* Remove deprecated prefs form settings for `allowed_attachments` and
+ `locked_pages`.
+* Finalise a new version of the plugin API, exporting additional commonly
+ used functions from IkiWiki.pm. See [[todo/firm_up_plugin_interface]]
+
+It will include a vast number of new features, bugfixes, and other
+improvements, far too many to list here.
+
+Release is planned for fall, 2008.
+
+----
+
# future goals
-* Improved [[todo/html]] stylesheets and templates.
- _(status: [[css_market]] exists; it could always provide more stylesheets. No alternate templates yet, though.)_
* Conversion support for existing other wikis.
(Being worked on for MoinMoin and TWiki by [[Josh_Triplett|JoshTriplett]]
and Jamey Sharp; support for other wikis should fit into the same
framework.)
-* [[TODO]], [[bugs]], [[soc]], ...
+* [[TODO]], [[bugs]], ...