X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/914c839ceb02fdbb36a49aa6548dc95beaf59ea4..e5514251092fdca1b0ea8b97544ff2ad988b5c6d:/doc/roadmap.mdwn diff --git a/doc/roadmap.mdwn b/doc/roadmap.mdwn index 83c654b5e..d1b2191e2 100644 --- a/doc/roadmap.mdwn +++ b/doc/roadmap.mdwn @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This is the roadmap for ikiwiki development. Released 29 April 2006. -The 1.x series is no longer supported. +The 1.X series is no longer supported. ---- @@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ follow when upgrading your wiki to this version. The highlights of the changes in version 3.0 include: -* Blog-style [[plugins/comments]] as an alternative to Discussion pages. * Support for uploading [[attachments|plugins/attachment]]. * Can [[plugins/rename]] and [[plugins/remove]] pages and files via the web. * [[Web_based_setup|plugins/websetup]]. -* Many new plugins including [[plugins/htmlbalance]], [[plugins/format]], +* 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]], @@ -54,24 +54,42 @@ The highlights of the changes in version 3.0 include: * The RecentChanges page is compiled statically, not generated from the CGI. * Support for additional revision control systems: [[rcs/bzr]], [[rcs/monotone]] -* Support for [[tips/trusted_git_push]]. +* 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. + 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. -Release is planned for fall^Wlate, 2008. +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. +backwards compatibility. ---- +# compatibility breaking changes + +Probably incomplete list: + +* Drop old `--getctime` option. +* Remove compatibility 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` and for + pending comments located in the srcdir, rather than transient underlay, + from comment plugin. That support makes comment moderation slow as + it has to check all the old locations. + +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 -* 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.) +* Conversion support for existing other wikis. See [[convert]]. * [[TODO]], [[bugs]], ...