Feature Proposals

See ReleaseProcess.

New feature proposals will by nature be for the first Foswiki release.

When you add a proposal you must create a new topic describing your proposal. You can use the form below.

For the community to accept a proposal you must propose something that you are prepared to implement yourself or by an already committed developer.

The 14-day clock does not start until

• There is a committed developer
• The date of commitment field has a date (so the application below can show it)

You are welcome to propose enhancements without a committed developer but then the community is only able to discuss the feature, not to accept it. But you may be lucky that a developer picks up the idea and decides to commit himself to implementing it.

• To track the last changed proposal topics with committed developer visit ChangedFeatureProposals
• To track the last changed proposal topics without a committed developer visit ChangedFeatureProposalsUncommitted

Submit Proposal

Submit new feature request

Please start a new topic for each feature request.

• Please scan over the existing feature requests to see if it has been requested already.
• NOTE: you might want to make yourself familiar with our Acceptance/Rejection Process of new features.
• If you are including code to implement features, thanks for contributing to Foswiki's development! Please see the PatchGuidelines to make your patch easier to apply.

Page name:		Example: SupportMySQL (use a WikiWord)
Page title:		Example: It would be really neat if you could store content in MySQL
Motivation:		Reasons why this feature is needed, and why it is suitable for adding to the next release of Foswiki
Description:		Enter a relatively short summary of the request
	Your request is submitted after you Create, Preview and Save the page.

Proposals

New Feature Proposals

Proposals that have a committed owner (the ones without a committed developer are not covered by the formal release process and 14-days rule.

Note that the 14-days rule clock start ticking when a proposal has a committed developer and it stops when anyone that are registered as a user on Foswiki.org raises any concern.

Proposals where 14-day rule applies

Topic	Summary	Committed	Developer	Concern
EngineContribsAsCoreExtensions	Ship FastCGIEngineContrib? and ModPerlEngineContrib? as core extensions	5 Aug 2010 28 days ago	GeorgeClark
InheritWikiLinksTopics	Allow a hierarchy of InterWikis topics	12 Jul 2010 52 days ago	AndrewJones
MoveCodeRepositoryToGit	migrate from Subversion to git	17 Jul 2010 47 days ago	SvenDowideit
			AndrewJones: 1 GeorgeClark: 1 SvenDowideit: 1: 1	: 1

Proposals with concern raised (14 day rule does not apply)

Topic	Summary	Committed	Developer	Concern
AddAContextVAR	Add a way to display the contexts that are set	25 Feb 2010 189 days ago	SvenDowideit	CrawfordCurrie
AddRemoveFileFeatureToManifest	Add the ability to add a "remove" status for files in the manifest	29 Mar 2010 157 days ago	GeorgeClark	KennethLavrsen
InstallNatSkinAndWidgetsSkinOnFoswikiDotOrg	foswiki.org to provide all commonly-installed skins	22 Mar 2010 164 days ago	WillNorris	KennethLavrsen, MichaelDaum, OliverKrueger
ShipCommonlyTailoredTopicsInConfigure	Configure should install commonly tailored topics so that new releases do not overlay customized topics.	29 Aug 2010 4 days ago	Foswiki:Main.GeorgeClark	SvenDowideit
SimplifyMasterTemplateDefinition	Stop forcing skin authors to remove the final new-lines from tmpl files	24 May 2010 101 days ago	SvenDowideit	KennethLavrsen
UpgradeSafeCustomisationsOfSystemTopics	Allow users to customise System topics (such as WebSearch) in an upgrade safe way	4 Mar 2010 182 days ago	AndrewJones	SvenDowideit, KennethLavrsen
			Foswiki:Main.GeorgeClark: 1 AndrewJones: 1 GeorgeClark: 1 SvenDowideit: 2 WillNorris: 1: 1	CrawfordCurrie: 1 KennethLavrsen: 4 MichaelDaum: 1 OliverKrueger: 1 SvenDowideit: 2: 1

Feature Proposals taken for Community Vote

A Feature proposal is ready for community vote per release process when

• Proposals that have a committed developer willing to drive the proposal to implementation. There is no requirement how soon and a developer is later allowed to uncommit if it later turns out that he does not have the time.
• Proposals have had at least one concern raised by any person with access to this wiki
• The community has had enough time to end the discussion, but could not reach full consensus
• It is normally a Customer Advocate that decides that a feature should be taken for a community vote.

Note that the 14-days rule clock stop ticking when anyone that are registered as a user on foswiki.org raises any concern and it does not ever start again! Then acceptance is in this situation either by consensus or by community vote.

Topic	Summary	Committed	Developer	Concern

Feature Proposals under Investigation

Proposals that are under investigation and don't yet fulfil the basic criteria in the release process mainly

• Proposals must have a developer that commits to drive the feature to completion (there is no demand on how soon)
• Proposals must have a date of commitment (to start the 14-day clock)

Topic	Summary	Tasks Item
AccessControlQuery	It should be easier to get a definitive overview of the Access Controls present on a given topic.
AddBeforeRenameHandler	Add beforeRenameHandler to the Plugin API
AddConfigurationWizard	Add a configuration wizard for authentication
AddFurtherControlsOnSudo	Enhancements to sudo login to improve security	Tasks.Item1551
AddHeaderShiftParameterToINCLUDE	Add a headershift parameter to adjusted included header levels
AddLogoutHandler	Add logout handlers for LoginManagers
AddNewWebHandlers	Add beforeNewWeb and afterNewWeb handlers to the Plugin API
AddOrRelationToFORMFIELD	Add "OR" relation to macro FORMFIELD
AddSortingBehaviourToSearch	Add different sorting behaviour(s) to search output
AddTimeFeaturesToAttachmentLinks	Add date formatting tokens to attachment links	Tasks.Item5935
AddWikiSnapshots	Add snapshot functionality, mading it possible to browse topics history consistently	Tasks.Item6090
AllowGuestsToUseRESTAsDefault	Remove rest from the default list of AuthScripts
AllowWebUsersTrashAccess	It would be really neat if users who belong to a web have the authority to move topics from a web to trash.
AvoidShootingSelfInFoot	Prevent Accidental Lockout of Topics
BetterPluginPackageDiagnostics	It is helpful to upgraders to know which package Foswiki uses for each plugin
BlurAuthCookieName	Blur auth-Cookie-Name with random string on installation
CategorizeExtensionsInFindExtensions	Group extensions by some indication of code quality
CertificatedStatisticsUpdate	Add certificated statistics update script
ChangeLoginName	Users should be able to change their login name
CleanerConfigurePluginsPane	The bin/configure Plugins pane should be more compacted and sorted by enabled state
ConfigureScript	Configure Extension autoinstaller should remove be able to uninstall
ConsolidateTablesWithData	Harmonize tables and data forms
ContentAccessSyntax	Discussions on accessing TopicObjectModel from TML
CopyingToExistingTopic	Copying the topic contents from one page to an already existing page
CreateStandardTopicUpdateNotes	Create standard topic update notes
CronWizardFunctionalityInEachRelavantPlugin	Better Crontab documentation in each plugin
DeKiAlikeWYSIWYG	DeKi-alike WYSIWYG
EasierNestedSearch	Reduce $dollar
EditChapterPluginChildSections	EditChapter should always show body of a chapter, not just a title.
EncryptDataInTopics	It would be great if users could add personal data to topics, viewed by their own only
ExportTableToCsv	Ability to export Foswiki table to cvs format
ExtendedVariableHandling	Extended handling of variables to improve wiki database use
FasterAccessToCreatorData	Store creator and create date in metadata to improve performance
FeatureRequestTopicTemplate
FinerControlOverPluginsOrder	Need better mechanisms than {PluginsOrder} to control plugin execution order
FixDelete	Fix brain-dead delete
FoswikiBookProposal	A community-written book
FoswikiOrgShouldUseSSL	foswiki.org should implement SSL
FoswikiSettingsWizard	Foswiki Settings Wizard
GeneralisedCHARTdefinition
ImproveAttachmentHandling
ImproveSearchResultsList	Improve the readability of search results
ImprovedRESTSupport	Enhanced REST Support
InGMTIMESupportTwoDigitWeek	Suggestion for true two-digit week format in GMTIME
InlineTopicContentAsMeta	Inline topic content should be addressable as metadata
InterfacingWithValidationMethods	Strikeone and friends need a cleaner API	Tasks.Item8323
LeadNewInstallersToConfigure	redirect to configure unless when there is no configuration
LinksInPreview	It would be useful to have links enabled in edit previews
MailerContribShouldOptionallyExcludeCertainAuthors	MailerContrib should not notify on changes by certain authors (incl. $MYSELF)
MakeWEBFORMSMoreUsable	WEBFORMS is a PITA
MergeWYSIWYGEditors	Integrate improvements from Rich Text Editor from VM in Standard (CVS)	Tasks.Item1600
MoveFoswikiCodeIntoCPAN	migrate foswiki into CPAN
NewLayoutForMoreScreen
OfficeConnector	Provide an Office Connector like in Confluence
OneTimeNotification	One Time Notification for Topic Creation
OpenLinkInNewWndow	I want to enforce the opening of an new browser window
OptionToAddServerTimeToEmailHeaders	Would be nice to have an option to have foswiki send email with local timezone headers instead of gmt
OptionToAvoidFlattenedSummaryInFormattedSearch	Option to avoid completely flattening text in FormattedSearch? 's $summary(nnn)
PermissionsChange	Changing Access Permission
RegistrationI18N	Changing the registration form for use in I18N
RenameFormField	Form fields need a mechanism to rename
ResourceBookingPlugin	A plugin for booking/scheduling resources
ReviewFileSystemPermissionsAndCheckFix	Review file permissions for consistency and implement checking/fixup
SMIMESupportInMail
SearchBySection	SEARCH should be able to search in a specified section
ShoutBox	Public IM-ing system bit like IRC
SimpleVarInclude	Additional section include ability
SimplifyTheFeatureProposalProcess	The feature proposal process is more complex than required
SmiliesPluginPictures	It would be nice if a SmiliesPlugin picture could come from other sources but the SmiliesPlugin topic
SupportBulkUpdates	Support Bulk Updates
SupportDITA	It would be really neat if Foswiki could fully support DITA publishing
SupportDeferredExecution	Support deferred execution or rendering of complex topics
SupportHorizontalMenusThroughRenderListPlugin	Define a horizontal menu with alt and title tags using a bulleted list
SupportSynchroEdit	It would be really neat to be able to edit pages synchronously, seeing edits by others in real time
SupportXMLGeneration	Support an XML schema for webs/topics
SuppressNonpublishedLinks	Suppress links to topics that are not in the published scope.
SyntaxHighlightingEditor	Syntax Highlighting Editor
SystemTopicsUpdateMethod	New update method for system topics
TopicDisplayName
TopicObjectModel	Topic Object Model (TOM)
TopicsShouldGetTypesFromFormsNotNames	Topics should get types from forms (or other method) not from names (Bogus forms and templates)
UseUTF8
VarFORMFIELDMissingThirdDefaultParameter	VarFORMFIELD is missing a default parameter option when the field is not instantiated in the topic	Tasks.Item1722
ViewfileHttpRangeHeader	Viewfile could usefully support the Http GET "Range" header
WysiwygFormFields	Making Formfields WYSIWYG capable	Tasks.Item8032

Accepted Feature Proposals

Proposals that have a committed owner and have been accepted according to the release process

Accepted proposals waiting to be implemented

Topic	Summary	Developer	Reason	Release
AddDefaultTopicParameterToINCLUDE	allow a list of topics to be specified so that we can use INCLUDE to allow customisation of shipped topic elements.	SvenDowideit	ConsensusReached
AddHideOptionToSTARTSECTION	Add a hide option to STARTSECTION	ArthurClemens	AcceptedBy14DayRule
AddNatEditToCore	Let's add NatEdit to the core	CrawfordCurrie, MichaelDaum	ConsensusReached
CaseInsensitiveUserMapping	Ignore differences in case between registration and login	SvenDowideit	ConsensusReached
CentralizeAndHideAdminInstructions	Add administrative instructions for TWikiRegistration tailoring	LynnwoodBrown	ConsensusReached
DirectInteractionWithAttachments	Direct interaction with attachments	ArthurClemens	AcceptedBy14DayRule
DisableWikiWordsWithNumbers	Provide option to disable numbers in WikiWords?	KennethLavrsen	AcceptedBy14DayRule	MajorRelease
DublinCoreMetaData	Publishing with Dublin Core meta data in head (scope 2.0)	DrakeDiedrich	AcceptedBy14DayRule
ExcelImportExportPluginNoFormsFeature	It would be an improvement if the ExcelImportExportPlugin handles excel tables without having a foswiki form defined	SvenHess	ConsensusReached
ExpertOptionForCookieDomainRealm	Make the login managers cookie (domain) realm configurable.	OliverKrueger	AcceptedBy14DayRule
FSAPluginHooks	Plugin hooks to take advantage of Foswiki Stand Alone	GilmarSantosJr	ConsensusReached
FallBackToTopicWhenTrailingSpaceAndNoSuchSubweb	Fallback To Topic When URL has Trailing Space And No Subweb exists but topic does	SvenDowideit	AcceptedBy14DayRule
FoswikiCache	A pluggable caching service and built-in HTML page cache	MichaelDaum	ConsensusReached
IntroduceForceDefaultUrlHostToggle	Sometimes its necessary to force the hostname set in {DefaultUrlHost}.	OliverKrueger	ConsensusReached
MakingVarVARTopicCapable	%VAR should be able to return variables at the topic level, not only at the web level.	MartinCleaver	AcceptedByReleaseMeeting	MajorRelease
ModPerlStartupScript	Distribute mod_perl_startup.pl suggested by ApacheConfigGenerator? to improve efficiency	JoshuaCharlesCampbell, WillNorris	AcceptedBy14DayRule
MoreAttractiveForm	Render form with more attraive appearance	ArthurClemens	ConsensusReached
MultiStoreRefactor	Refactor the Store to allow multiple plugable backends	SvenDowideit	ConsensusReached
NormaliseRegexSyntax	Agree on a minimum syntax for regexes	CrawfordCurrie?	AcceptedBy14DayRule
PluggableAccessControlImplementation	Pluggable Access Control Implementation	RafaelAlvarez	AcceptedBy14DayRule	MajorRelease
SandboxWebNameShouldBeMapped	The Sandbox Web name should be mapped through a config variable (2.0)	GeorgeClark	AcceptedBy14DayRule
SettingAndGettingVariablesUsingMacros	Setting And Getting Variables Using Macros	MichaelDaum	AcceptedBy14DayRule
ShipSubscribePluginWithFoswiki01x01	Ship the SubscribePlugin? with Foswiki 1.1	WillNorris	AcceptedBy14DayRule
ShorterUrlSupport	Support in TWiki.pm for Shorter URLs, ommiting HomeWeb? and WebHome	ColasNahaboo	AcceptedBy14DayRule
SupportBlockquoteAndIndenting	Support <blockquote> and paragraph indenting in TinyMCEPlugin	PaulHarvey	AcceptedBy14DayRule
SupportLineThroughFormatTag	Support underline and line-through text decorations	PaulHarvey	AcceptedBy14DayRule
TocFailsForIdenticalHeadingNames	Headings with same text generate same anchor, and TOC doesn't work	HaraldJoerg?	AcceptedByReleaseMeeting	MajorRelease
TopicCaseSensitivity	URL's that have correct spelling, irrespective of case will goto that topic.	SvenDowideit	AcceptedByReleaseMeeting	MajorRelease
TopicMovedMessageTooVisible	Topic moved message at the bottom of normal view is too visible. Move to diff page	LynnwoodBrown	ConsensusReached
		CrawfordCurrie? : 1 ArthurClemens: 3 ColasNahaboo: 1 CrawfordCurrie: 1 DrakeDiedrich: 1 GeorgeClark: 1 GilmarSantosJr: 1 HaraldJoerg? : 1 JoshuaCharlesCampbell: 1 KennethLavrsen: 1 LynnwoodBrown: 2 MartinCleaver: 1 MichaelDaum: 3 OliverKrueger: 2 PaulHarvey: 2 RafaelAlvarez: 1 SvenDowideit: 5 SvenHess: 1 WillNorris: 2: 1	AcceptedBy14DayRule: 15 AcceptedByReleaseMeeting: 3 ConsensusReached: 11: 1

Accepted proposals in progress of implementation

Topic	Summary	Tasks Item	Developer	Release
AddExtensionRepositoriesToFoswikiOrg	Add Testing and Archive repositories to Foswiki.org		GeorgeClark
AddFamFamFamContribToCore	Add FamFamFamContrib to the Core	Tasks/Item2456	SvenDowideit
AddReadonlyContext	Add a static context	Tasks.Item8575; Tasks.Item8656	GeorgeClark
AddUserToGroupsOnRegistration	Add User To Groups On Registration	Tasks.Item2172	SvenDowideit
ConfigureGuessedDirectoriesOnWin32	Foswiki guesses the paths and complains about backslashes on Win32		SvenDowideit
EnginesAsContribs	TWiki Engines distributed as Contribs		GilmarSantosJr	MajorRelease
ExtractAndCentralizeFormattingRefactor	Refactor format rendering to use FoswikiIterators (adds paging, consistency and speed)	Tasks.Item1339	SvenDowideit
MoveToJQuery	Enhance PatternSkin to use jQuery	Tasks.Item8623	MichaelDaum, ArthurClemens
ResultSets	Result Sets to abstract search results, lists, and GROUP definition	Tasks.Item2350	SvenDowideit
SearchResultsPagination	Search results pagination	Tasks.Item3931	ArthurClemens (spec), SvenDowideit (code)
SimplifySEARCHParameters	Simply SEARCH parameters		SvenDowideit
SoftAsserts	A soft-failure-mode for ASSERTs	Tasks.Item9161	MichaelTempest
			ArthurClemens: 1 ArthurClemens (spec): 1 GeorgeClark: 2 GilmarSantosJr: 1 MichaelDaum: 1 MichaelTempest: 1 SvenDowideit: 6 SvenDowideit (code): 1: 1

Completed Feature Proposals

Proposals that have been completed following the release process

Completed Proposals (Merged to core or to default plugin)

Topic	Summary	Tasks Item	Developer	Release
AddAltParamToICON	Add an alt parameter to ICON	Tasks.Item8552	CrawfordCurrie
AddAngleBracketsToFormatTokens	Add Angle Brackets (< and >) to format tokens	Tasks.Item1710	KennethLavrsen
AddAutoViewTemplatePlugintoFoswiki	AutoViewTemplatePlugin standardises the name of the skin page used for showing a topic with a form. We should merge it to core and install on FW.org	Tasks.Item2216	OliverKrueger
AddDataToRegistrationHandler	Add the registration data to the parameters of the registrationHandler	before foswiki and Task.Item2170	SvenDowideit
AddEXPANDMacro	EXPAND macro will enable cross-topic macro expansion		CrawfordCurrie
AddFinishHandler	Add a finishHandler() for plugins	Tasks.Item1328	CrawfordCurrie
AddFooterParameterToSEARCH	Add footer parameter to SEARCH to match the header	Tasks.Item886	KennethLavrsen
AddMatchOperatorToQueryLanguage	Add match operator to query language	Tasks.Item1975	MichaelDaum
AddNumberOfTopicsToFormattedSearch	Add number of topics to formatted search		KennethLavrsen
AllowJSCalendarContribToUseTimePicker	JSCalendarContrib shall be corrected to allow usage of the built-in Time-Picker	Tasks.Item8677	RaulFRodriguez
AllowLocalConfigurationForJSCalendarContrib	Allowing local JSCalendarContrib configuration	Foswikitask:Item8833	AntonioTerceiro
CleanUpNewUserTemplate	Clean Up NewUserTemplate	Tasks.Item8745	MichaelDaum
CleanUpWebPreferences	Clean up WebPreferences	Tasks.Item8746	MichaelDaum
CleanerSyntaxForMetaDataAccess	Support a cleaner syntax for quizzing meta-data	Tasks.Item8638	CrawfordCurrie
CloneTopicLinkUnderMore	Clone topic feature in More screen	http://foswiki.org/Tasks/Item1873	MartinCleaver
ControlOverVariableExpansion	Control over Variable Expansion		PeterThoeny
DebugPreferenceSettings	Add simple debugging feature for macro values	Tasks.Item1523	CrawfordCurrie
DelegateMoreProcessingToSearchAlgorithm	Delegate More Processing To SearchAlgorithm?	Tasks.Item1370	SvenDowideit
DeprecateAfterAttachmentSaveHandler	Deprecate afterAttachmentSaveHandler	Tasks.Item8749	MichaelDaum
DeprecateAllowInlineScript	Deprecate {AllowInlineScript} option in configure	Tasks.Item2305 Tasks.Item2429	CrawfordCurrie
DoWeNeedToShipClassicSkin	remove Classic skin, its 10 years old and no-one loves it.	Tasks.Item5000	ArthurClemens
ENCODEnlsToBR	ENCODE newlines in a string to BR	Tasks.Item8695	CrawfordCurrie
ExtraResponseHeaderFields	Adding the script and uri to the header on a reponse help a lot when using asyncron ajax calls		EugenMayer
FoswikiStandAloneFeature
GeneralSortingMechanism	Add Sort::Maker to distributed CPAN libs	Tasks.Item8834	ArthurClemens
ImproveAttachmentToTrashFlow	Improve attachment-to-Trash flow
ImproveExtensionBackupProcess	Extender.pl should create a backup archive for extensions.	Tasks.Item8640	GeorgeClark
ImprovePageLoadTime	Improve Page Load Time	Tasks.Item8502, Tasks.Item8521, Tasks.Item8571, Tasks.Item8566, Tasks.Item8696	MichaelDaum
ImproveWebSearchPages	Integrate WebSearch, WebSearchAdvanced, Alphabetical search and SearchHelp?	Tasks.Item8839	ArthurClemens
MakeSEARCHResultPartitioningByWebOptional	SEARCH rendering is always partitioned by web	Tasks.Item2276	SvenDowideit
MakeUserRegistrationAsLeanAsPossible	Make UserRegistration as lean as possible	Tasks.Item8796	ArthurClemens
MakeUserRegistrationCustomizable	Make UserRegistration customizable	Tasks.Item8701	ArthurClemens
MoveLogsToWorking	Move logs to 'working'	Tasks.Item2008	CrawfordCurrie
ParameterizedGroupsMacro	Add format and other stuff to the GROUPS macro	Tasks.Item2154, Tasks.Item2173, Tasks.Item8704	CrawfordCurrie
ParamsInSquabs	Allow params in a squab view Page?p=data	Tasks.Item1654	CrawfordCurrie
ProcessAddToHeadAdds	Process addToHEAD adds		ArthurClemens
RcsLite	write a pure perl replacement for rcs and use it as a Store impl.
RecodeSearchCgi	recode the search cgi to show view/System/WebSearch	Tasks.Item8761	SvenDowideit
RecursiveTMPLDefinitions	Enhance TMPL:DEF to allow recursive definition of template elements.	Tasks.Item2545	SvenDowideit, ChunHuang
RemoveClassicSkin	Let us remove Classic Skin		ArthurClemens
RemoveRedirectCGIQueryHandler	Remove the unused and dangerous redirectCGIQueryHandler	Tasks.Item8818	CrawfordCurrie
RenamingAttachments	Allow Renaming of Attachments
SaferURLPARAMasDefault	Safer URLPARAM as default	Tasks.Item375	KennethLavrsen
SearchNeedsAltParameter	SEARCH needs an alt parameter in case of zero results	Tasks.Item883	ArthurClemens or SvenDowideit
SearchSeparatorDefaultHeaderFooter	SEARCH separator as newline after header and before footer ONLY when separator is not specified	Tasks.Item1773	KennethLavrsen
ShipCompareRevisionsAddOnWithFoswiki01x01	Ship CompareRevisionsAddOn with Foswiki 1.1	Tasks.Item1858	WillNorris
ShipHistoryPluginWithFoswiki01x01	Ship HistoryPlugin with Foswiki 1.1	Tasks.Item1856	WillNorris
SimplifySearchTemplates	replace the SPLIT and REPEAT mess in the search templates	Tasks.Item8768	SvenDowideit
SpreadSheetPluginFourNewFunctions	New $EMPTY(), $LEFTSTRING(), $RIGHTSTRING(), SUBSTRING() functions to SpreadSheetPlugin		KennethLavrsen
SummaryBasedOnSearchTerms	Make topic summary optionally based on search terms		ArthurClemens
SupportCommaFormattingToken	Support $comma formatting token	Tasks.Item8695	CrawfordCurrie
SupportDollarPercent	Also allow token to be spelled percent you avoid a common error	Tasks.Item8624	CrawfordCurrie
TestLighttpdWebserver	a simple lighttpd configuration and laucher script for testing/development purposes		AntonioTerceiro, GilmarSantosJr
ThinPrefsProposal	Thin Prefs Mechanism	Tasks.Item1541	GilmarSantosJr
UseVariableForSignature	Make the signature format a variable		ArthurClemens
			PeterThoeny: 1 AntonioTerceiro: 2 ArthurClemens: 9 ArthurClemens or SvenDowideit: 1 ChunHuang: 1 CrawfordCurrie: 13 EugenMayer: 1 GeorgeClark: 1 GilmarSantosJr: 2 KennethLavrsen: 6 MartinCleaver: 1 MichaelDaum: 5 OliverKrueger: 1 RaulFRodriguez: 1 SvenDowideit: 6 WillNorris: 2: 1	: 55: 1

Proposals that were implemented as non-default Plugin

(these may be rejected proposals where the developer decided to implement the feature as plugin or other extension instead)

Topic	Summary	Tasks Item	Developer	Release
AddMetaSetActionToEditAndSave	Set any addressable topic element from save		SvenDowideit
DeprecateTinyMCEPluginInitPreference	Replace TINYMCEPLUGIN_INIT preference with topic section	Tasks.Item8416, Tasks.Item9210	PaulHarvey
EasierMirroringOfExtensionRepositories	Simplify building and using local extension repositories	Tasks.Item8804	GeorgeClark
GroupPermissionsForFilterPlugin	Extend FilterPlugin with group permissions
MacroForRetrievingFieldDefaultValues	We need to centralise into core the means to retrieve field default values
ParameterizedVariables	Discussion on implementing parameterized variables		SvenDowideit
SupportPermanentLinks	It would be nice if Foswiki provided invariant links, that work even if a topic is moved or renamed.		OliverKrueger
			GeorgeClark: 1 OliverKrueger: 1 PaulHarvey: 1 SvenDowideit: 2: 1	: 7: 1

Rejected Feature Proposals

Proposals that have been rejected following the release process

Proposals that have been rejected can be put back in UnderInvestigation if a committed developer alters the proposal or the mood has changed in the community.

Topic	Summary	Tasks Item	Developer	Reason
ActionTrackerDescendingSort	It would be more flexible to have the option for a descending table sort			None
AddFilterPlugin	FilterPlugin is such a useful thing, it should be part of the default package		CrawfordCurrie	None
AddSearchResultsPaginationToRelease01x00	add search results paging capabilities to Foswiki 1.0.x		WillNorris	None
AllowSectionalEditingAtTwikiDotOrg	Allow Sectional Editing At Community Website		RafaelAlvarez	None
AllowUnauthenticatedRESTHandlers	Some plugins would like REST handlers that do not require authentication.			None
CacheGetSkinCalculation	Introduce+Foswiki-%3E%7Bskin%7D		EugenMayer	None
EscapeQuotesOptionInICON	Escape quotes option in ICON			NoCommittedDeveloper
HowToDeleteUserAccount	User interface to delete accounts from TopicUserMapping	Tasks.Item4905		NoCommittedDeveloper
PreInstallNatEditContrib	Make NatEditContrib? a default extension starting from 4.2			NoCommittedDeveloper
PreloadContribs	Support loading handlers from contribs			None
ReplaceFoswikiTimeModule	Extract Foswiki::Time for CPAN			None
RulebasedViewTemplates	Add a rule-based strategy to AutoViewTemplatePlugin to derive an edit/view template		MichaelDaum	RejectedByCommunityVote
			CrawfordCurrie: 1 EugenMayer: 1 MichaelDaum: 1 RafaelAlvarez: 1 WillNorris: 1: 1	NoCommittedDeveloper: 3 None: 8 RejectedByCommunityVote: 1: 1

Parked Feature Proposals

Proposals that have been parked because they failed to fullfill the basic criteria in the release process mainly

• Proposals must have a developer that commits to drive the feature to completion (there is not demand on how soon).

Proposals may also be parked after acceptance because the developer realise that he cannot find time to implement the feature. Someone else are then welcome to pick it up.

Topic	Summary	Tasks Item	Developer	Reason
AccessRightsChange	Change Access control to avoid build in security issues			None
AddContainsComparitorForQuerySearch	Provide a new comparitor to aid queries against fields which contain list data			None
AddPARENTWEBMacro	Add PARENTWEB Macro		RafaelAlvarez	None
ChangeImageLinkBehaviour	A link that looks like an image should not become an inline image			NoCommittedDeveloper
CleanUpTopicParentage	Clean up the parentage of topics shipped with Foswiki	Tasks.Item2336, Tasks.Item2293		NoCommittedDeveloper
DeprecateContextlessURLConstructs	Deprecate Contextless URL Constructs			None
DeprecateInitUserHandler	Deprecate the initUserHandler plugin interface		MichaelTempest	NoCommittedDeveloper
EnableDisplayOfFilesInFormattedSearch	Add something like $attachment to the format params in %SEARCH{}%		CarloSchulz (spec), SvenDowideit	None
FormallySupportMultipleExtensionVersions	Formally support multiple versions of Extensions		GeorgeClark	None
ListFormatViewAndEditTemplate	List Format View And Edit Template		SvenDowideit	None
MoveMultipleAttachmentsAtOnce	Move Multiple Attachments At Once			NoCommittedDeveloper
RedesignManagingWebs	Redesign ManagingWebs	Tasks.Item310		NoCommittedDeveloper
RemoveHardcodedCssClassNames	Remove hardcoded CSS class names		StephaneLenclud	None
RemoveSearchDefaultType	Get rid of SEARCHDEFAULTTTYPE		OlivierRaginel, KennethLavrsen	None
TinyMCEPluginShouldBeMoreModular	Directory re-structure to separate upstream files AND make it easy to enable/develop TMCE plugins	Tasks.Item2297	PaulHarvey	None
UseSyntaxToChangeEvaluationOrder	Use a different assignment operator to delay macro evaluation inside parameters			None
			CarloSchulz (spec): 1 GeorgeClark: 1 KennethLavrsen: 1 MichaelTempest: 1 OlivierRaginel: 1 PaulHarvey: 1 RafaelAlvarez: 1 StephaneLenclud: 1 SvenDowideit: 2: 1	NoCommittedDeveloper: 5 None: 11: 1