Release Plan

Community Decision

The Community decided to restart with new release series.

The community voted on ReleaseNumberingDecisionVote and decided that the project starts it release series at 1.0.0 and follow a major.minor.patch release number scheme (e.g 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 2.0.0 etc)

It has been decided by the community that we will release a patch release 1.0.0 where the main release focus is rebranding, compatibility with TWiki plugins, and fixing major bugs. A lot of terms will change in 1.0.0 because we cannot use the TWiki word anymore. See the RebrandingPlan for details.

Release 1.0.0

• Has been released on 09 Jan 2009, see FoswikiRelease01x00x00
• Purpose: The natural first step for all customers to move to the new project.
• SVN branch: trunk in the period November will around 10 Dec, Then we branch out in a Release01x00 branch.

Also see the release 1.0.0 frequently asked questions.

Release 1.0.1

• Has been built 23 Feb 2009 for release 24 Feb 2009
• Plain patch release

Release 1.0.4

• Released 19 March 2009

Release 1.0.5

• Released 25 March 2009
• security enhancement
• general bug fixes
• SpreadSheetPlugin new functions

Release 1.0.6

• Released 21 June 2009
• Major enhancement in cross-site scripting prevention
• Many new bugfixes
• Major EditTablePlugin update to fix how it works with SpreadSheetPlugin

Release 1.0.7

• Released 20 September 2009
• Wysiwyg editor has been upgraded to using Tiny MCE editor version 3.2.2
• Several bugs fixed related to the Cross-Site Request Forgery feature
• "Managing webs" feature redesigned for better usability

Release 1.0.8

• Released 29 November 2009
• Minor bug-fix release
• Wysiwyg editor upgraded to Tiny MCE editor - 3.2.7

Release 1.0.9

• Released on 17 January 2010
• Another minor patch release to fix some bugs from the 1.0.8 release

Release 1.1

• Feature Freeze: 31 Mar 2010 (extended to midnight GMT between 5th-6th April to allow developers to take advantage of Easter holidays to finish last accepted features)
• Code Freeze and branch to Release01x01 branch: 30 Apr 2010
• String Freeze: 31 May 2010
• Beta release: Mid-September 2010
• Target release date: End of 2010
• Purpose: Introduce features that enhance usability and interaction with updates in skins and included plugins.
• SVN branch: trunk
• Major Features:
  • Updates Wysiwyg editor using the newer version of TinyMCE. For the enduser this is the major feature of 1.1. The major selling point. - DONE in 1.0.7
  • FoswikiCache
  • User and groups API updates to cater for - SD
    • Major overhaul of the WikiGroups topic enabling adding and removing users via web UI,
    • AddUserToGroupsOnRegistration,
    • enable topic based UI for user management (proof of UI concept in HTTPDUserAdminContrib? )
  • revamped SEARCH system to prepare for full refactor in 2.0
    • FOREACH macro (extract format, header and footer from SEARCH) - SD
    • initial non-named ResultSets (internal to code only) - SD
    • pass more SEARCH params to SearchAlgor? 's to enable faster query backends (also will enable other SEARCH types registration) - SD
    • paging for SEARCH&FORMAT - AC, SD, WN
    • (maybe - add universal format support to built in macros and Func (like USERINFO, GROUPS etc)) - SD
  • work from Security Audit currently underway - RM, CD, KL
  • ThinPrefsProposal - GSJ
  • Updated SlideShowPlugin - AC

Release 2.0

• Target date: 2010
• Purpose: Main focus is usability, scalability and performance. This release will ensure that our users can safely grow their installation into the next decade.
• SVN branch: trunk
• Major Features:
  • Full UTF8 support
  • New Skin focused on usability
    • Improved topic interactions and workflows (see first design drafts and wireframes: RethinkingTopicInteraction, WireframesForNewReleaseSkin)
    • PatternSkin included for upgraders that prefer minimal changes in UI but with the usability and interaction improvements from the new skin.
  • ImportPlugin? to simplify upgrading from older TWiki and Foswiki
  • ...

Release 2.1

Not yet defined.

---

We will soon put references to the topics from AcceptedFeatureProposals under each release. And why not as a formatted search. -- KJL