X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/9467b2176a31e6162ef76321278320eaeda0999c..ceb3dda3d84180c7b21fd3ee7239cae2eaa996a9:/doc/roadmap.mdwn diff --git a/doc/roadmap.mdwn b/doc/roadmap.mdwn index 134ebcb7b..d1b2191e2 100644 --- a/doc/roadmap.mdwn +++ b/doc/roadmap.mdwn @@ -65,25 +65,25 @@ 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. ---- -# compatability breaking changes +# compatibility breaking changes Probably incomplete list: * Drop old `--getctime` option. -* Remove compatability code in `loadindex` to handle old index data layouts. +* 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?]]) -* YADA format setup files per default? +* 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. -* Use yaml formatted setup files by default. (Not too compatability breaking - really.) +* 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 @@ -91,8 +91,5 @@ 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]], ...