[opencms-dev] OpenCms 7.0 roadmap?

[Sebastian Himberger]

Hi Alex,

thanks very much for this information! It really helps to have a rough 
plan (especially for small companies). Have a nice weekend.

best regards
Sebastian

Alexander Kandzior schrieb:

>Sebastian,
>
>the feature set for version 7.0 is not fixed so far. We have several
>customers who currently invest in core development, and we intend to publish
>all results as open source for version 7.
>
>Major areas where we have been working at include improved link mangement
>and workflow functions. Some improvements to XML contents (like auto
>correction after schema change) are already available in the CVS.
>
>Currently all development at Alkacon for the core is customer sponsored. The
>good part is that we can put around 50% of our development time in great
>features for the core product (not customer specific), and still get paid
>for it. The downside is that we lack time to work on items we find important
>(like JSR 170) but have no sponsor for. 
>
>If all goes as planned, a set of new features including improved
>linkmangement and workflow should be available sometimes in Q4. At this
>point we will start a version 7 "alpha release" cycle. The final version 7.0
>should then be available either around Q2 next year.
>
>Kind Regards,
>Alex.
>
>-------------------
>Alexander Kandzior
>                                                               
>Alkacon Software GmbH  - The OpenCms Experts                        
>http://www.alkacon.com - http://www.opencms.org               
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org 
>>[mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of 
>>Sebastian Himberger
>>Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 5:43 PM
>>To: The OpenCms mailing list
>>Subject: [opencms-dev] OpenCms 7.0 roadmap?
>>
>>Hi Alkacon,
>>
>>since OpenCms 7.0 is mentioned more often i really would be interested
>>in a roadmap? Or is there no fixed featureset for now? I've read
>>something about new workflow. A short (or long :D) answer would be
>>really great.
>>
>>best regards
>>Sebastian
>>
>>Alexander Kandzior schrieb:
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>>> 
>>>Currently we at Alkacon are not working on JSR 170 support 
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>>for OpenCms. I
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>>>find it unlikley that JSR 170 will be included in the 
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>>upcoming 7.0 release.
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>>>I belive JSR 170 support will be coming in the longer term. 
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>>I personally
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>>>find it important. Unfortunatly there is currently no 
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>>customer really
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>>>investing in this, as other feature requests seem to be of 
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>>more direct
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>>>importance. 
>>>
>>>Kind Regards,
>>>Alex.
>>>
>>>-------------------
>>>Alexander Kandzior
>>>                                                               
>>>Alkacon Software GmbH  - The OpenCms Experts                        
>>>http://www.alkacon.com - http://www.opencms.org               
>>>            
>>>
>>>
>>> 
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>>>
>>>________________________________
>>>
>>>	From: opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org
>>>[mailto:opencms-dev-bounces at opencms.org] On Behalf Of Adam Steidley
>>>	Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:40 AM
>>>	To: opencms-dev at opencms.org
>>>	Subject: [opencms-dev] JSR 170
>>>	
>>>	
>>>
>>>	Is there currently any plans to add JSR 170 integration 
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>>to OpenCMS?
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>>>I have searched the archives and it seems this question 
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>>gets asked every few
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>>>months with no definitive reply.
>>>
>>>	 
>>>
>>>	Adam
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