X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/9907281c5685058bc7dfa70a4c3e548113ee5653..629ff41d919c1427f99fe95c5a02cbeea1243b26:/doc/roadmap.mdwn diff --git a/doc/roadmap.mdwn b/doc/roadmap.mdwn index 55b70a3bd..f924a1bc9 100644 --- a/doc/roadmap.mdwn +++ b/doc/roadmap.mdwn @@ -1,19 +1,81 @@ -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. + +The 1.x series is no longer supported. -Estimated ETA for 1.0 is May 2006. +---- # 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 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. + +---- + +# 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]], ... + + +Click the link to get additional information for research paper writing.