Release Plan

Release 2.1.7

The next patch/bugfix release of Foswiki will be 2.1.7

• Development target:
• Release Candidate:
• General Availability:
• Released from: Release02x01 branch
• Release Blockers: PatchReleaseBlocker

Release 2.2

The next minor release of Foswiki will be 2.2

• Feature Freeze: TBD
• Release from: master
• Beta start: TBD
• Release target: TBD

Topic	Summary	Developer	CurrentState	Bug Tracking
AddBacklinksToQuery	Make faster backlinks possible	JulianLevens	AcceptedProposal	Item9289
AddFormatControlToSearchChanges	Add some formatting control to the $changes() search token.	GeorgeClark	AcceptedProposal	Tasks.Item1390 Tasks.Item9464 Tasks.Item13995
AddOptionalDescriptionToAccessDeniedTemplate	Add some optional verbiage to the Access Denied message.	GeorgeClark	AcceptedProposal
ConfigurableURLIncludes	It would be really helpful if URL includes could be enabled for only certain domains.	MichaelDaum	AcceptedProposal	Tasks.Item12344
EnableFriendlyAttributeParser	Enable an old feature that has limited exposure.	GeorgeClark	AcceptedProposal
ModernizeICONMacro	Replace the old ICON macro with JQICON	GeorgeClark	AcceptedProposal
ReduceImpactOfCGIDotPMinFoswiki	Reduce impact of CGI.pm in Foswiki	MichaelDaum	AcceptedProposal
TopicDisplayName	Let topics have a display title	MichaelDaum	AcceptedProposal	Tasks.Item12830
AddGenerateRandomString	Add a function to generate a cryptographically secure random string	GeorgeClark	MergedToCore	Item14507
AddJsViews	Please consider adding JsViews library	MichaelDaum, ChrisHoefler	MergedToCore	Tasks.Item14454
AddNoProxyFeature	Add a 'NoProxy' configuration option to Foswiki::Net	MichaelDaum	MergedToCore	Tasks.Item14545
AddRegistrationTokenToUserinfo	Add $registration token to USERINFO	MichaelDaum	MergedToCore	Item14548
ConfigurableCookieNamesAndPaths	Make cookie path and names configurable	GeorgeClark	MergedToCore	Tasks.Item14301
ContinueCanonicalSCRIPTURLDev	Continue extending the canonical form of the SCRIPT / PUB URL macros	GeorgeClark	MergedToCore	Tasks.Item13795 Item14339
ImplementAdditiveTopicACLs	Implement "additive" Topic level ACLs	GeorgeClark	MergedToCore	Item14342
ImproveBulkRegistration	Make bulk registration a bit easier to set up and use	GeorgeClark	MergedToCore	Item9790
ImprovePasswordResetProcess	Improve security of password reset.	GeorgeClark	MergedToCore	Item14506
ImproveSupportForComments	Support comment syntax in topics and topic templates	CrawfordCurrie	MergedToCore	Tasks.Item13905
MoveQueryPathParsingIntoFoswikiRequest	Make Foswiki::Request responsible for parsing the query path and identifying the Web, Topic & Attachment.	GeorgeClark	MergedToCore	Tasks.Item14033
RemoveHomegrownFoswikiNetCode	Remove the homegrown Foswiki::Net code that	GeorgeClark	MergedToCore	Item14023
SplitArgumentsinMAKETEXT	Allow passing MAKETEXT's placeholder arguments separately	JanKrueger	MergedToCore	Tasks.Item14080
SupportAllMacrosInTemplateTopics	Support all macros in template topics	CrawfordCurrie	MergedToCore	Tasks.Item13909
UrlparamPreventNewlineSubstitution	URLPARAM: Don't encode newline parameter substition	GeorgeClark	MergedToCore	Item14604
UseRelativeLinksByDefault	Templates and Topics should use SCRIPTURLPATH	GeorgeClark	MergedToCore	Tasks.Item13948
UseXForwardedForHeader	Optionally get client IP from the X-Forwarded-For header.	GeorgeClark	MergedToCore	Item14380
EnableLowerCaseTopicNames	Optional remove restriction that first character of Web / Topic be upper case.	GeorgeClark	ReadyToMerge	Item14602

Candidates for 2.2 need further investigation / consideration

Future Release

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