X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/8bedf14f338b96250758ab4c58a7d2ef0cf7a2af..b79e993d8654f0197f6d28a0eb4c0566c61ebf8b:/doc/roadmap.mdwn diff --git a/doc/roadmap.mdwn b/doc/roadmap.mdwn index 488e2dec8..134ebcb7b 100644 --- a/doc/roadmap.mdwn +++ b/doc/roadmap.mdwn @@ -7,10 +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. 1.x will stop being supported with -the release of 3.0. +The 1.X series is no longer supported. ---- @@ -32,30 +29,66 @@ the release of 3.0. 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. +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 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. +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?]]) +* YADA format setup files per default? +* 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. +* Use yaml formatted setup files by default. (Not too compatability breaking + really.) + +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.