X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/69d27a2ecdcc149b971d5d945d9cc041730809b9..116f206aea1203f426d074151ea6a73a13c0155b:/doc/roadmap.mdwn diff --git a/doc/roadmap.mdwn b/doc/roadmap.mdwn index e19df1553..f2ff5802e 100644 --- a/doc/roadmap.mdwn +++ b/doc/roadmap.mdwn @@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ This is the roadmap for ikiwiki development. Released 29 April 2006. -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. +The 1.X series is no longer supported. ---- @@ -17,7 +15,7 @@ bugs will be fixed in 1.x going forward. * New improved URLs to pages via `usedirs`. * [[plugins/OpenID]] support, enabled by default. -* [[plugins/write||interface]] added, with some 60 [[plugins]] available, +* Plugin [[interface|plugins/write]] added, with some 60 [[plugins]] available, greatly expanding the capabilities of ikiwiki. * [[Tags]], atom feeds, and generally full-fledged blogging support. * Fully working [[todo/utf8]]. @@ -29,20 +27,66 @@ bugs will be fixed in 1.x going forward. * 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, +The 2.x series is now in maintenance mode. Only security fixes and fixes for +really bad bugs will be applied going forward. + +---- + +# 3.0 + +Version 3.0 is an opportunity to make significant transitions. +Read [[tips/upgrade_to_3.0]] for the steps you will need to +follow when upgrading your wiki to this version. + +The highlights of the changes in version 3.0 include: + +* Support for uploading [[attachments|plugins/attachment]]. +* Can [[plugins/rename]] and [[plugins/remove]] pages and files via the web. +* [[Web_based_setup|plugins/websetup]]. +* Blog-style [[plugins/comments]] as an alternative to Discussion pages. +* Many other new plugins including [[plugins/htmlbalance]], [[plugins/format]], + [[plugins/progress]], [[plugins/color]], [[plugins/autoindex]], + [[plugins/cutpaste]], [[plugins/hnb]], [[plugins/creole]], [[plugins/txt]], + [[plugins/amazon_s3]], [[plugins/pinger]], [[plugins/pingee]], + [[plugins/edittemplate]] +* The RecentChanges page is compiled statically, not generated from the CGI. +* Support for additional revision control systems: [[rcs/bzr]], + [[rcs/monotone]] +* Support for [[tips/untrusted_git_push]]. +* A new version (3.00) of the plugin API, exporting additional + commonly used functions from `IkiWiki.pm`. +* Nearly everything in ikiwiki is now a plugin, from WikiLinks to page + editing, to RecentChanges. +* Far too many bug fixes, features, and enhancements to list here. + +Released 31 December, 2008. + +The 3.x series is expected to undergo continuing development for some time, adding improvements and new features, but avoiding changes that break backwards compatability. ---- +# compatability breaking changes + +Probably incomplete list: + +* Drop old `--getctime` option. +* Remove compatability code in `loadindex` to handle old index data layouts. +* Make pagespecs match relative by default? (see [[discussion]]) +* Flip wikilinks? (see [[todo/link_plugin_perhaps_too_general?]] and [[todo/do_not_make_links_backwards]]) +* Enable tagbase by default (so that tag autocreation will work by default). + Note that this is already done for wikis created by `auto-blog.setup`. +* [[tips/html5]] on by default (some day..) +* Remove support for old `.ikiwiki/comments_pending` from comment plugin. + +In general, we try to use [[ikiwiki-transition]] or forced rebuilds on +upgrade to deal with changes that break compatability. Some things that +can't help with. + # 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]], ... +* Conversion support for existing other wikis. See [[convert]]. +* [[TODO]], [[bugs]], ...