[opencms-dev] Release plan and roadmap for OpenCms 7

[Joe Desbonnet]

Alex,

That's very exciting and look forward to it.

Are there any tasks which the community could help with? I think
documentation is one -- and there is some good work going on at
opencms-wiki.org. Anything else?

Regards,

Joe.


On 11/30/06, Alexander Kandzior <alex at opencms.org> wrote:
> By popular demand...
>
> OpenCms 7 is currently under heavy development. All development is done
> using the public OpenCms CVS in the "DEV_7_0" branch. The development is
> done by Alkacon Software with contributions from the OpenCms community.
>
> Preliminary list of features for OpenCms 7:
>
> * The internal link management will be greatly improved.
> * If files (or folders) are moved / renamed, all links to these files
>   will be kept intact.
> * Deleting a resource that is linked by other resources will display a
>   warning / confirmation dialog.
> * A permalink handler for resources will be available for external
>   references in case a resource is moved or renamed.
> * Link management support will be added in editors for standard HTML
>   tags 'area', 'object' & 'embed'.
> * The new "Content Relationship Engine" (CRE) will allow defining
>   arbitrary relations between OpenCms resources.
> * Native support for WebDAV access to the OpenCms VFS will be added.
> * The integrated Workflow will be greatly improved.
> * The new Workflow will ship with standard Workflows (e.g. 6-eye-
>   confirm) but will be easily extensible for more complex Workflows.
> * It will be possible to attach external Workflow engines (e.g. JBPM)
>   using a new Workflow API.
> * Publishing of resources will be done using a queue, so a user can
>   continue to work after publishing has started.
> * The concept of "Organization Units" (OUs) will be added to the
>   internal user management.
> * It will be possible to delegate management of users / groups in OUs
>   to Sub-Administrators.
> * A "switch user" (su) function for Administrators in the OpenCms
>   Workplace will be available.
> * Many usability improvements for the OpenCms Workplace will be made,
>   especially concerning the handling of other users locks.
> * Many dialogs in the OpenCms Workplace will be more responsive
>   because of the use of Ajax technologies.
> * The full text search will be greatly improved so that individual
>   resource properties or fields from an XML content can be searched
>   directly.
> * A "time warp" feature in the Workplace allows users to view
>   resources with date expired / date released settings.
> * Auto correction for structured XML contents will allow changes to
>   the XML schema of existing resources.
> * A search tool will be available for content managers in the
>   Workplace.
> * JSP 2.0 and Servlet 2.4 will be used by default.
> * The core database structure will be optimized.
> * Improved documentation will be provided.
>
> Please note that this preliminary feature list of OpenCms 7 is subject to
> change until we reach the "Release Candidate" stage (please see below). Keep
> in mind that most development on OpenCms 7 is sponsored by customers. That
> means some features may be dropped and other features may be added until the
> feature freeze.
>
>
> OpenCms 7 release plan:
>
> The Alpha and Beta releases of OpenCms 7 will be available in the public CVS
> only. These releases will not be feature complete, and the core API will be
> subject to further change. The Alpha releases will be tagged
> "build_7alpha_x". The Beta releases will be tagged "build_7beta_x". The
> first Alpha version should be available February 14, 2007. The Beta stage
> will be started March 21, 2007.
>
> The first public release for download from www.opencms.org will be OpenCms 7
> RC 1 (Release Candidate 1). This release will be available May 2, 2007. This
> date will also mark the beginning of the "feature freeze" period, which
> means no new features will be added to the core after the OpenCms 7 RC 1
> release. There will be no update wizard in this version. After the release
> of this version, we will concentrate on issues regarding backward
> compatibility with the version 6 releases.
>
> The second public release for download will be OpenCms 7 RC 2, available
> June 6, 2007. This version will contain bug fixes and the final and stable
> core API for version 7. It will also contain the first version of an update
> wizard for version 7. The goal is to be able to update all released stable
> OpenCms 6.0 and 6.2 versions to OpenCms 7 using this update wizard.
>
> OpenCms 7.0 final will be released July 4, 2007. Compared to the RC 2
> version, we expect no changes except fixes for bugs or other issues that
> have been found in the RC 2 release. This version will also contain the
> final and tested version of the update wizard.
>
> Please note that this feature list and release plan for OpenCms 7 comes
> without any warranty and it is subject to change without notice. Updates
> will be published on the OpenCms website and here on the opencms-dev mailing
> list.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Alex.
>
> -------------------
> Alexander Kandzior
>
> Alkacon Software GmbH  - The OpenCms Experts
>
> http://www.alkacon.com - http://www.opencms.org
>
>
>
>
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