[opencms-dev] OpenCms in the future?

[Wiesner, Daniel]

Alexander,

is the planed link management reduced to notification? Will it be 
possible tho move a file referenced from 1000 of pages without changing 
the 1000 links manually?
How will links in properties e.g. "navigation_image" managed?

best regards
Daniel



Alexander Kandzior wrote:
> Joe,
>
> regarding our development roadmap for OpenCms, there are 3 lists of
> features:
>
> 1. Stuff already finished (or to be finished soon)
>
> * Search index update automatially after publishing
> * Administration GUI for creating/managing search indexes (and index
> sources)
> * Improvement to static export
> * Notification of Authors by Email in case VFS content is unchanged some
> time
> * Improved Account Mgmt for Users/Groups (e.g. when deleting users)
> * Support for maxDB (contributed by Clovis Wichoski and Fabiano Rech)
> * Likley: Support for DB/2 (to be contributed by an external party)
>
> 2. Stuff in the pipeline (requested by paying clients)
>
> * Multiple file selection in the OpenCms Explorer for delete, copy, move
> etc. operations
> * Improved support for creation of accessible content
> * Integration of other external editors (e.g. FCKeditor)
> * Lots of other, small improvements
>
> 3. Stuff we would like to work on in the future
>
> * Support for JSR 170
> * Support for JSR 168
> * Support for WebDAV
> * Improved internal Link management (e.g. notfication when deleting a linked
> file etc.)
>
> There will be a "upgrade/bugfix" release in the near future, either end of
> September of mid October. This will be a version 6.0.x. It will contain some
> items from 1) but not all.
>
> We are currently in the process of changing the development process to add
> new features in a different branch, not always using CVS HEAD. We are still
> trying out some things here. The plan is to have one "stable" branch (HEAD)
> and one development branch. The stable branch will see only bug fixes and
> minor improvements. All major development will be in the dev branch, using
> version numbers 6.1.x. Tags in the dev branch will not be officially
> released, but some will still be usable in live installations. There should
> be a bugfix release update all 2 months or so. These will be the 6.0.x
> versions.
>
> Once the dev branch has accumalated a set of features that have been tested
> ok, we will merge it to HEAD and release a new offical "major upgrade". The
> next major update will be 6.2.0. It's likley that 6.2 will be a version with
> all features listed in 1) and 2) above. It may be available end of Q1/06.
>
> Please note that there is still a lot of uncertainty since a client may
> cancel a feature or request another, or change the time plan of a project.
> You should know that most of the OpenCms development by Alkacon is client
> sponsored, and so certain things are beyond our control, that is why I can't
> give precise release dates or feature lists months in advance. 
>
> Best Regards,
> Alex.
>
> Alexander Kandzior
> Alkacon Software - The OpenCms Experts
> http://www.alkacon.com
>
>
>
>  
>
>
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> 	From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org
> [mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of Joe Desbonnet
> 	Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 9:43 PM
> 	To: The OpenCms mailing list
> 	Subject: [opencms-dev] OpenCms in the future?
> 	
> 	
> 	I wonder if those in the know can comment on the short and medium
> term plans for OpenCms? I understand that a new release (6.0.1  or 6.1?) is
> due before the end of September, but beyond that what's the plan? I see from
> the CVS that people are working hard behind the scenes, but the occasional
> posting on the development list from the core developers would be very
> reassuring. Things like what's planned for version 7, will it implement JSR
> 170 etc. Also in what areas do the developers welcome contributions?
> 	
> 	Please don't get me wrong -- I'm not complaining. The software is
> very much appreciated and I'm contributing the best I can by helping people
> on the email list. When I'm finished my first few OpenCms projects I hope to
> have some code to contribute ( eg the SVG image filter project at
> http://www.wombat.ie/software/OpenCmsImageFilter/ )
> 	
> 	Joe.
> 	
> 	
>
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