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
AddAContextVAR	Add a way to display the contexts that are set		SvenDowideit	None
AddAReadOnlyMetaClass	improve internal cachebility of TopicObjects by differentiating writeable Meta objects.			None
AddCPANModulesIPCRunAndFileWhich	Add IPC::Run and File::Which to avoid re-inventing the wheel	Tasks.Item11835 Tasks.Item11612	GeorgeClark	None
AddCreateTopicToFunc	Add a new function createTopic to Func			None
AddFilterPlugin	FilterPlugin is such a useful thing, it should be part of the default package		CrawfordCurrie	None
AddFurtherControlsOnSudo	Enhancements to sudo login to improve security	Tasks.Item1551		None
AddMarkupToExcludeContentFromRendering	Add markup to exclude content from Rendering		GeorgeClark	ConsensusReached
AddOrRelationToFORMFIELD	Add "OR" relation to macro FORMFIELD			None
AddRemoveFileFeatureToManifest	Add the ability to add a "remove" status for files in the manifest			ConsensusReached
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
AllowWebUsersTrashAccess	It would be really neat if users who belong to a web have the authority to move topics from a web to trash.			None
AttachmentVaults	Abstract stores to distinguish between handling attachments and their META		JulianLevens	NoCommittedDeveloper
BlurAuthCookieName	Blur auth-Cookie-Name with random string on installation		GeorgeClark	ConsensusReached
CacheGetSkinCalculation	Introduce+Foswiki-%3E%7Bskin%7D		EugenMayer	None
CustomizeDisplayedFieldTitle	Allow for displayed field title			ConsensusReached
DependenciesFreedom	Foswiki dependencies and installation simplicity.	Tasks.Item14203	VadimBelman	NoCommittedDeveloper
DeprecateEachEventSince	Deprecate Logger::eachEventSince and Func::eachEventSince		GeorgeClark	ConsensusReached
DeprecateErrorPm	Deprecate Error.pm			NoCommittedDeveloper
DeprecateSlashAsRef	Deprecate the use of / for REF in queries, and replace with @		CrawfordCurrie	None
DeprecateUndocumentedSqBracketLinkFormat	Deprecate the undocumented space delimited Square Bracket link format	Tasks.Item10905	GeorgeClark	ConsensusReached
DirectInteractionWithAttachments	Direct interaction with attachments		ArthurClemens	NoCommittedDeveloper
DisableWikiWordsWithNumbers	Provide option to disable numbers in WikiWords		KennethLavrsen	AcceptedBy14DayRule
DynamicallyUpdatingDataFormProperties				None
EscapeQuotesOptionInICON	Escape quotes option in ICON			NoCommittedDeveloper
ExportTableToCsv	Ability to export Foswiki table to cvs format			ConsensusReached
FeatureSets	Fine-granular control over supported features		VadimBelman	NoCommittedDeveloper
Foswiki3CodeChanges	Foswiki 3.0 Coding Guide			NoCommittedDeveloper
HowToDeleteUserAccount	User interface to delete accounts from TopicUserMapping	Tasks.Item4905		NoCommittedDeveloper
ImproveOOModel	Foswiki OO model need to be more comprehensive and unified.		VadimBelman	NoCommittedDeveloper
ImproveSupportForDatabaseSearches	Next steps in improving the data store abstraction and search support	Tasks.Item9715		None
InstallNatSkinAndWidgetsSkinOnFoswikiDotOrg	foswiki.org to provide all commonly-installed skins		WillNorris	None
ListFormatViewAndEditTemplate	Implement dynamic views for topic lists	Tasks.Item11266		None
MakeOfficialFoswikiBlogOnFoswiki	Foswiki ought to blog about itself using Foswiki software but...	Tasks.Item11285		NoCommittedDeveloper
MergeWYSIWYGEditors	Integrate improvements from Rich Text Editor from VM in Standard (CVS)	Tasks.Item1600		ConsensusReached
MooFoswikiPm	Foswiki.pm is to be split and session object is to be reconsidered.			NoCommittedDeveloper
MooStoreImplementationClasses	Current implementation is hacky and not Moo-compatible			NoCommittedDeveloper
NewOODesignPlan	Time to plan the new Foswiki core design.			None
OOConfigSpecsFormat	Utilizing pure Perl for config specs.		VadimBelman	NoCommittedDeveloper
OONewPluginModel	The new OO foswiki needs new OO plugins.		VadimBelman	NoCommittedDeveloper
PatchBinaryAsConfigureOption	Which 'patch' Foswiki uses should be a config option			ConsensusReached
PreInstallNatEditContrib	Make NatEditContrib a default extension starting from 4.2			NoCommittedDeveloper
PreloadContribs	Support loading handlers from contribs			None
ProcessAddToBodyStart				None
ProtectConfigureUsingHtigestByDefault	Improve default protection of configure script	Tasks.Item11936	GeorgeClark	AcceptedBy14DayRule
RemoveDuplicationInTheStore	Once and for all, get rid of insane duplication in meta-data			NoCommittedDeveloper
ReplaceFoswikiTimeModule	Extract Foswiki::Time for CPAN			None
RulebasedViewTemplates	Add a rule-based strategy to AutoViewTemplatePlugin to derive an edit/view template		MichaelDaum	RejectedByCommunityVote
ShipCommonlyTailoredTopicsInConfigure	Configure should install commonly tailored topics so that new releases do not overlay customized topics.		Foswiki:Main.GeorgeClark	None
ShoutBox	Public IM-ing system bit like IRC			ConsensusReached
SimplifyTheDefaultInstall	Simplify default configuration		SvenDowideit	None
SkinTemplateOverideForBatchUpload	The batchupload plugin require amendment to three system templates. It would bebetter to have the changes in a skin or template override.			None
SmartGroups	Implement "Smart Groups" that know who their members are	Tasks.Item12809		ConsensusReached
SortOrderTagForTopicsAndWebs	It would be usefull if you have a fixed list location for a topic			None
StoreAs1stClassExtension	Allow creation of XyzStore as an extension			ConsensusReached
UntangleStorePubDirectory	Separate out storage of files that are not managed by Store APIs			NoCommittedDeveloper
WhatTheFunc	Collection of problems with TWiki::Func that we should address	Tasks.Item1331 Tasks.Item1333 Tasks.Item1441		None