Release Plan

Release 2.1.3

The next patch/bugfix release of Foswiki will be 2.1.3

• Development target: 15 Aug 2016
• Release Candidate: TBD (Install onto Foswiki.org)
• General Availability: TBD
• Released from: Release02x00 branch

Release 2.2

The next minor release of Foswiki will be 2.2

• Feature Freeze: 1 Sep 2016
• Release from: master
• Beta start: TBD
• Release target: TBD

Topic	Summary	Developer	CurrentState
AddBacklinksToQuery	Make faster Backlinks possible	JulianLevens	AcceptedProposal Item9289
AddDefaultWebName	Add configuration parameter {HomeWebName}	MichaelDaum	AcceptedProposal
AddFormatControlToSearchChanges	Add some formatting control to the $changes() search token.	GeorgeClark	AcceptedProposal Tasks.Item1390 Tasks.Item9464 Tasks.Item13995
AddNoProxyFeature	Add a 'NoProxy' configuration option to Foswiki::Net	MichaelDaum	AcceptedProposal
AddPasswordManagementFunctions	Add way to disable and expire passwords, and expire accounts.	GeorgeClark	AcceptedProposal
AddRegistrationTokenToUserinfo	Add $registration token to USERINFO	MichaelDaum	AcceptedProposal
AddTakeOutPutBackBlocksToFunc	Add takeOut / putBack calls to Func	GeorgeClark	AcceptedProposal
ConfigurableURLIncludes	It would be really helpful if URL includes could be enabled for only certain domains.	MichaelDaum	AcceptedProposal Tasks.Item12344
SplitArgumentsinMAKETEXT	Allow passing MAKETEXT's placeholder arguments separately	JanKrueger	MergedToCore Tasks.Item14080
SupportAllMacrosInTemplateTopics	Support all macros in template topics	CrawfordCurrie	UnderConstruction Tasks.Item13909
TopicDisplayName	Let topics have a display title	MichaelDaum	AcceptedProposal Tasks.Item12830
UseRelativeLinksByDefault	Templates and Topics should use SCRIPTURLPATH	GeorgeClark	AcceptedProposal Tasks.Item13948

Candidates for 2.2 need further investigation / consideration

Topic	Summary	Developer	CurrentState	Concerns
AddValidationsToURLPARAMMacro	URLPARAM should be able to validate the browser input	GeorgeClark	UnderInvestigation Tasks.Item13859	GeorgeClark
ContinueCanonicalSCRIPTURLDev	Continue extending the canonical form of the SCRIPT / PUB URL macros	GeorgeClark	UnderInvestigation Tasks.Item13795
MoveQueryPathParsingIntoFoswikiRequest	Make Foswiki::Request responsible for parsing the query path and identifying the Web, Topic & Attachment.	GeorgeClark	UnderInvestigation Tasks.Item14033
PreventRedundantFileReadsInStore	Prevent redundant file reads in store	MichaelDaum	UnderInvestigation Tasks.Item13525	GeorgeClark

Future Release

The following proposals have been accepted but are slotted for some future release - to be determined.

Topic	Summary	Developer	CurrentState
AddADDWORKINGDAYSToSSP	Add ADDWORKINGDAYS to SpreadSheetPlugin	KennethLavrsen	AcceptedProposal
EasyDevelopment	Fast VM developer environment with Vagrant provisioning	JulianLevens, OlivierRaginel	AcceptedProposal
NumbersAsUpperCase	Allow numbers to be treated as uppercase instead of lowercase in WikiWords	KennethLavrsen	AcceptedProposal
PreferenceValuesInDifferentContexts	Retrieve preference values in different contexts	CrawfordCurrie	AcceptedProposal Tasks.Item11789