Jerusalem Release - Work in Progress

Jerusalem, Israel

Introduction

Jerusalem Release is the code name for the TWiki-5.2 Release or TWiki-6.0 Release, and will be released in summer 2012. This release supersedes the IstanbulRelease (TWikiRelease05x01). The CodeName of the release after Jerusalem release has not been set yet.

Feature Proposal Summary

These are all feature proposals of JerusalemRelease.

Topic & Summary	Current State	Last Update
AutoDiscoverTWikiForms: Usability: Auto-discover TWiki forms, no need to set in WEBFORMS	AcceptedProposal	2011-10-04 - 05:22
BringViewPrintCloserToView: Make viewprint mode closer to view mode	AcceptedProposal	2011-08-23 - 20:52
CreateAnAllUsersGroup: Create an AllUsersGroup	AcceptedProposal	2012-04-13 - 04:20
DefaultsForAttachmentProperties: Preference for default attachment properties	AcceptedProposal	2011-08-23 - 20:43
EmptyTrash: Empty Trash	AcceptedProposal	2011-12-07 - 07:50
MakeClearAttachmentsAreVersioned: Making clear attachments are versioned	AcceptedProposal	2012-04-16 - 17:26
MakeUserModifiedTemplatesMoreUpgradeResilient: Make User Modified Templates More Upgrade Resilient	AcceptedProposal	2011-08-23 - 20:45
MoreIntuitiveMoveAndDeletionOfWeb: More intuitive move/deletion of web	AcceptedProposal	2012-02-18 - 01:01
MultiStoreRefactor: Refactor the Store to allow multiple plugable backends	AcceptedProposal	2012-02-09 - 18:22
NewAutoModeForTwisty: New auto mode for Twisty Plugin	AcceptedProposal	2012-01-02 - 06:45
PointAndClickAccessControl: Point and Click Access Control	AcceptedProposal	2011-10-16 - 06:04
RemoveInconsistencyRegardingCopyright: Remove inconsistency regarding copyright	AcceptedProposal	2011-08-23 - 20:45
RepositoryForSiteAndWebMetadata: Repository for site metadata, web metadata, and more	AcceptedProposal	2012-05-25 - 04:45
SummaryBasedOnSearchTerms: Make topic summary optionally based on search terms	AcceptedProposal	2011-08-23 - 20:40
TWikiStoreSaveTopicWithIgnorePermissions: Add ignorePermissions parameter to TWiki::Store::saveTopic	AcceptedProposal	2011-08-23 - 20:45
TildeForULwithoutBullets: Use of tilde for unordered list without bullets	AcceptedProposal	2011-08-23 - 20:41
TopicCreationShouldHonorTemplatePreferences: Topic Creation Should Honor Template Preferences	AcceptedProposal	2011-08-23 - 20:44
VarTOPICTITLE: New TOPICTITLE variable	AcceptedProposal	2012-05-13 - 04:43
ViewTemplateBreaksLeadingMarkup: View Template Breaks Leading Markup	AcceptedProposal	2011-08-23 - 20:46
FormfieldWithRevParameter: FORMFIELD With rev Parameter	MergedToCore	2012-01-05 - 06:06
HideTWikiFormIfAllFieldsHidden: Feature Proposal: Hide TWiki Form if all form fields are hidden	MergedToCore	2011-09-27 - 01:00
SearchWithDefaultParameter: SEARCH Variable with Default Parameter	MergedToCore	2011-10-25 - 22:37
CombineJumpBoxAndSearchBox: Combine Jump box and Search box	UnderConstruction	2011-08-23 - 20:31
MoveChangeFormFromEditToMoreScreen: Usability: Move change TWiki form from edit screen to "more" screen	UnderConstruction	2011-10-24 - 17:09
ControlledTopicPermissionInheritance: Control / Set permissions of child topics	UnderInvestigation	2012-03-02 - 07:12
DatabaseStore: DBIx (perl database) backed TWiki topic Store	UnderInvestigation	2011-08-23 - 20:35
DiffAttachments: a small patch that will show you the diffs of attachments	UnderInvestigation	2011-08-23 - 20:36
OverridePluginsOrder: Override PluginsOrder in individual topics	UnderInvestigation	2011-08-23 - 21:02
RollbackAttachmentVersion: Go back to a previous version of an attachment	UnderInvestigation	2012-02-09 - 18:45
SecureCookiesForLoginManager: LoginManager should be able to use secure cookies	UnderInvestigation	2011-08-23 - 20:39
TWikiAppInstaller: TWiki application packager and installer	UnderInvestigation	2011-09-27 - 22:57
TopicDisplayName: Topic display name	UnderInvestigation	2012-05-14 - 00:24

See all TWikiFeatureProposals

Jerusalem Release Meetings

Meetings are held in #twiki_release IRC channel.

Release Focus

The TWikiMission specifies the overall purpose of the project.

The release focus is aligned with our TWikiRoadMap, as is currently discussed at JerusalemReleaseFocus:

• Usability, usability, usability:
  • Web based admin functionality for users, groups, webs, topics
• Bring social features into TWiki:
  • Wall
  • Micro-blogging / activity streams: User generated and apps generated
  • Profile pictures in reports (recent changes, search, ...)
• TWiki application marketplace:
  • Packaging standard for TWiki apps
  • App repository on twiki.org

Overall TWikiRoadMap:

• Usability:
  • Seamless, quick, extensible WYSIWYG
  • Manage TML code via "sectional edit" widgets
  • Point and click permissions
  • Flow of manipulating content: File upload, more screen,... Drag and drop file attachments
  • Copy existing page to make new page
  • Clean up diff's presentation of page history
• Performance & scalability:
  • Fast structured queries
  • Fast text search including attachment content
  • SQL Storage back-end that scales to gazillions of pages with compatibility and audit trail
  • Address high traffic bottlenecks by e.g. implementing caching
  • Topic Object Model
  • Archive Data
• Application platform:
  • Easy ways to build & exchange applications & component
  • TWiki API for Java programmers
• Internationalization:
  • Full UTF-8 Support (including WikiWords),both LR and RL.
• Enterprise Social Networking (ESN) Features:
  • Ad-hoc creation of communities, invite to community, join/leave a community
  • ESN specific search
  • Definition of standard ESN fields and their relation to LDAP
• Mashups:
  • Easy ways to mash up different data sources & applications (XML/SOAP/JSON/OpenSocial toolkit)
  • Tight Integration with other related applications, such as Sharepoint, Google Search Appliance, SalesForce, Bugzilla, Nagios
• Skins:
  • Stable template baseline for skins
  • Easily customizable skin
• Administration:
  • Improved User, group and other management
  • Add site metrics, User page views, user page adds over time
  • Content converters to import content from other wiki platforms
• Documentation:
  • Reorganize and polish content of the TWiki distribution to be more accessible, not only for TWiki Administrators or developers
  • Refactor TWiki.org site navigation and presentation to be more accessible by evaluators and press/bloggers

Release Management

• Please follow our TWikiReleaseManagementProcess
• Release manager for Jerusalem Release is GeorgeTrubisky

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-- Contributors: PeterThoeny - 2011-08-16

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