[xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Roadmap for XWiki 6.2

2 Jul 2014

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Thanks,
Marius

On Jul 2, 2014 3:35 PM, "vincent@massol.net" <vincent@massol.net> wrote:
>
> Hi devs,
>
> After brainstorming offline with several XWiki committers (devs from
XWiki SAS mostly) here’s a proposal for the 6.2 roadmap:
>
> Content
> =======
>
> * Guillaume with help from Caty: Make Flamingo production-ready and the
default skin in XE. Specifically this means;
> - Finish the AppBar implementation (with proper icons)
> - Polishing everywhere
> - Ensure it works fine on mobile devices
> - Finish Theme Editor
> - Investigation about UI standards (theme variables , css classes,
html/macros, js) (some thoughts there:
http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/UIStandards)
>
> * Thomas: Continue on improving page loading times and performances in
general as much as possible in the time frame.
>
> * Marius: Finish File Manager + javascript framework evaluation/proposal
(propose angularJS with LT in angular + treeview, etc)
>
> * Denis: Are you going to work on finishing signed scripts?
>
> * Edy: Investigate Activity Stream v2. Goal: take the occasion of the
rewrite to
> - Make it performant
> - Catch up and leap over the competition in term of features/usability ;)
> - Need find all use cases and gather feedback from everyone
>
> * Edy: Implement as many JIRA issues as possible from the list below,
starting with the top one and going down:
> - Support 2 roles for users for app within minutes: application creator
and data creator XWIKI-8757
> - Extension Manager add extension search should suggest only compatible
versions XWIKI-9920
> - New widget that extends the Suggest widget with the option to pick
multiple values XWIKI-8097
> - Welcome block is not easily editable XE-1389
> - Watchlist activity shouldn't add a version to the page XWIKI-10332
> - Wrong rendering of annotations for documents with sheets XWIKI-6328
> - Delete user removal from groups is not scalable and is a potential
security issue (for me the feature should be at least deactivatable)
XWIKI-9641
> - Importing documents with Office Importer will always generate pages in
syntax 2.0 XWIKI-9074
> - Unpublished blog posts are displayed in the Activity Stream XWIKI-10425
> - "Current wiki" wiki macros not available in the macros list in wysiwyg
in path based multiwiki XWIKI-7739
> - Add the possibility in AppWithinMinutes livetables settings to select a
default sort on a column XWIKI-9659
> - Add a reload button for changing the CAPTCHA message at registration
XWIKI-9879
> - Show date and time of the install and user who installed for an
installed extension XWIKI-10027
> - User Directory should be configurable globally XWIKI-9170
> - Creating wiki page containing / character XE-688
> - The default value of a date field should be empty or today, not the
date when the class has been created XWIKI-10296
> - The links to pages from the ToC of the watchlist notification message
don't work on Outlook XWIKI-10500
> - Hard to understand which is the default value for Profile's Preferences
entries (edit/view mode) XWIKI-7715
> - Add an explanation next to the fields in user profile XWIKI-6307
> - Add an event in the Activity Stream for when a subwiki is created or
deleted XWIKI-10280
> - Allow to force the installation of an extension even if dependencies
are not satisfied XWIKI-9827
> - Access all page information in one rest request XWIKI-9135
> - Allow to "send page by email" to a group (sold to AFCEN client) XE-1403
> - Allow a default space to be specified for a template provider, which
will automatically create the document in that space XWIKI-8759
> - Renaming a page changes the creation date XWIKI-9425
> - xwiki.cfg & xwiki.properties merging XWIKI-9831
> - Empty groups can still have hidden rights applied, but not displayed in
the UI XWIKI-9681
> - Jump to a page using Ctrl+G doesn't work XWIKI-9787
> - Top Active Contributors has empty values when the current user is local
XWIKI-9991
> - The default value of a date field should be empty or today, not the
date when the class has been created XE-1388
> - The User Directory does not display html for TextArea properties
XWIKI-10149
> - Page Blog.CategorySheet missing translation keys XWIKI-6540
> - The "Username" and "Password" input fields don't have the same size
XWIKI-10192
> - Cannot restore document translations from recycle bin XWIKI-9567
>
> Note that others can also help Edy on this :)
>
> * Caty: Usability recording analysis and conclusions (Caty made some
interviews with newcomers to XWiki with some scenarios to see what we
should improve) + new icon set (vectorial) investigation (needed for
AppBar) + UI standards (see above) + maybe help Edy (time permitting) on
the AS investigation
>
> * Lyes: Implement sending of mail invitations in Meeting Manager using
the new Mail Sender API + Publish the Hierarchy Macro he’s been working on
+ work on Collaborative Apps
>
> Dates
> =====
>
> (Taking into account the XWiki SAS seminar in July)
>
> - 6.2M1: 4th Aug
> - 6.2M2: 18th Aug
> - 6.2RC1: 1 sep
> - 6.2Final: 15 sep
>
> Please add the stuff you wish to work on if you’re not in the list above
and with to commit to working on something for the 6.2 release! :)
>
> WDYT?
>
> Thanks
> -Vincent
>
>
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