X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/9907281c5685058bc7dfa70a4c3e548113ee5653..7eb512205fba0efad301521bbd641848b4890b1d:/doc/roadmap.mdwn diff --git a/doc/roadmap.mdwn b/doc/roadmap.mdwn index 55b70a3bd..488e2dec8 100644 --- a/doc/roadmap.mdwn +++ b/doc/roadmap.mdwn @@ -1,19 +1,65 @@ -This is the roadmap for ikiwiki drevelopment. +This is the roadmap for ikiwiki development. # 1.0 -Generally usable release. - * No severe [[security]] bugs. -* All the [[features]] people would expect in a wiki. Needs to be a plausable promise of being a wiki that people can commit to [[using|ikiwikiusers]]. +* All the basic [[features]] people would expect in a wiki. + +Released 29 April 2006. -Estimated ETA for 1.0 is May 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. 1.x will stop being supported with +the release of 3.0. + +---- # 2.0 -* Plugin mechanism. See [[todo/PluggableRenderers]]. Should support things like [[todo/lists]] and [[todo/link_map]]. -* Should have fully working [[todo/utf8]] support. -* [[Optimised_rendering|todo/optimisations]] if possible. Deal with other scalability issues. -* improved [[todo/html]] stylesheets and templates -* A version of the logo in a different font, possibly with the dots on the i's highlighted in some other color. -* Support for at least one RCS aside from svn. Once it supports two, it should quickly grow to support them all.. \ No newline at end of file +* New improved URLs to pages via `usedirs`. +* [[plugins/OpenID]] support, enabled by default. +* 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]]. +* Optimisations, approximately 3.5 times as fast as version 1.0. +* Improved scalability to large numbers of pages. +* Improved scalable [[logo]]. +* Support for additional revision control systems besides svn: git, + tla, mercurial. +* Some support for other markup languages than markdown: rst, textile. +* Unit test suite, with more than 300 tests. + +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 +backwards compatability. + +---- + +# 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 + +* 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]], ...