XWiki Enterprise Roadmap Archives for the 3.x Release Cycle

Last modified by Vincent Massol on 2018/02/05

This page contains the roadmap for past releases that were part of the 3.x Release Cycle. Latest roadmaps can be found on the XWiki Enterprise Roadmap page.

XWiki Enterprise 3.x Cycle

  • Theme 1: "Building Apps and Distributing them" (This means for example that the Extension Manager in progress is a key element of XE 3.x. It also means making it easier to create applications in XE.)
  • Theme 2: "Polishing"

Release dates for the 3.x Cycle:

  • 3.0: March 2011 (released)
  • 3.1: June 2011 (released)
  • 3.2: October 2011 (released)
  • 3.3: December 2011 (released)
  • 3.4: January 2012 (released)
  • 3.5: February 2012 (released)

XWiki Enterprise 3.5

See what was done in the release notes.
Check the complete list of issues fixed for 3.5.

Targeted features/Improvements/Bugs

TaskWhoStatus
Finish UI for extension manager:
  • Polishing and bug fixing:
  • Support for XAR merges and conflicts (will probably require some backed work too)
Sergiuwrench
Fix bugs and continue improving Extension Manager backend and the XWiki Repository application (XR):
  • XR:
  • EM:
Thomaswrench
Finish and polish App with Minutes:
Mariuswrench
LDAP Admin UIJeromecancel
Reduce document id collision:
Deniswrench

Nice to have

If anyone is interested in working on one of those please let us know (you don't have to be a committer, you can be a contributor and create a github pull request for merging it).

Backend stuff

Frontend stuff

Proposed dates

  • 3.5 M1: 6 February 17 February
  • 3.5 RC1: 13 February Cancelled
  • 3.5 Final : 20 February  21 February

XWiki Enterprise 3.4

See what was done in the release notes. You can also check the complete list of issues fixed for 3.4.

Targeted features/Improvements/Bugs

TaskWhoStatus
Finish UI for extension manager:

Polishing and bug fixing:

Support for XAR merges and conflicts (will probably require some backed work too)
Browse extensions and categories:

Localization:

Sergiuwrench
Fix bugs and continue improving Extension Manager backend and the XWiki Repository application (XR):
  • XR:
  • EM:
Thomaswrench
Finish and polish App with Minutes:
Mariuswrench
LDAP Admin UIJeromecancel
Small skin improvements:
Catyaccept
Reduce document id collision:
Deniswrench
Improve data migration:
Denisaccept

Nice to have

If anyone is interested in working on one of those please let us know (you don't have to be a committer, you can be a contributor and create a github pull request for merging it).

Backend stuff

Frontend stuff

Proposed dates

  • 3.4M1: 6 January 12 January 2012
  • 3.4RC1: 12 January 20 January 2012
  • 3.4Final: 19 January  24 January 2012

XWiki Enterprise 3.3

See what was done in the release notes. You can also check the complete list of issues fixed for 3.3.

Targeted features/Improvements/Bugs

TaskWhoStatus
UI for extension managerSergiu (with help from Thomas on EM backend to fix bugs/issues/improvements)accept Working version committed, will need improvements
XWiki Repository Application & Convert extensions.xwiki.org to a XWiki RepositoryThomasaccept Repository ready, individual extensions will need to be validated
App Within minutes UIMariusaccept Working version committed, will need improvements
New auto title/page name feature (prerequisite for App Within Minute)Mariuscancel Pushed for next version
XEM and Workspaces as extensions of XEEduard (w/ Thomas help)accept Documentation still needs to be improved
Stats module improvements (could be committed as an extension on extensions.xwiki.org in a first instance)Fabiocancel Dropped from roadmap
LDAP Admin UIJeromecancel Not started yet (issue on a multi wiki setup)
Immutable referencesDenisaccept Done...
Reduce document id collisionDeniswrench In progress but moved to 3.4M1 to be on the safe side
Improve data migrationDeniswrench In progress but moved to 3.4M1 to be on the safe side

Nice to have

If anyone is interested in working on one of those please let us know (you don't have to be a committer, you can be a contributor and create a github pull request for merging it).

Backend stuff

Frontend stuff

Investigations

  • Solr  (to be continued from 3.2 with more details) - Fabio
  • XWiki in 5 minutes (to be continued from 3.2) - Caty
  • New Stats UI (to be continued from 3.2 with more details) - Caty

Proposed dates

  • XE 3.3M1 (2 weeks) - 31 October (released 31 October)
  • XE 3.3M2 (2 weeks) - 14 November  (released 24 November)
  • XE 3.3RC1 (1 week) - 21 November (released 8 December)
  • XE 3.3 Final (1 week) - 28 November (released 17 December)

XWiki Enterprise 3.2

Targeted features/Bugs

See what was done in the release notes. You can also check the complete list of issues fixed for 3.2.

Priority 1:

TaskWhoStatus
UI for extension managerJean-Vincent cancel Dropped for 3.2, pushed to 3.3
Backend extension manager (continued, especially nice XAR upgrades)Thomasaccept
Search improvements and especially scoring, French support and wildcard issues (continued from 3.1)Sergiuaccept Multi-lingual support postponed to 3.3
App Within Minutes ApplicationMariuscancel Dropped for 3.2, pushed to 3.3
New sheet management system (prerequisite for App Within Minute)Mariusaccept
New auto title/page name feature (prerequisite for App Within Minute)Mariuscancel Dropped for 3.2, pushed to 3.3
XE-923: Implement user dashboardAncaaccept
XWIKI-6504: Convert Panels application into syntax 2.0Sergiuaccept
XWIKI-6676 (UI does not report failed delete actions of attachments) and XWIKI-6623 (Attachment upload failure gives no feedback to user)Sergiuaccept
XWIKI-6682: Message Stream malfunction on Oracle based wikiVincent + Sergiu + Sorincancel Can't reproduce
XWIKI-6683: Slow Activity Stream on Oracle based wikisVincent + Sergiu + Sorincancel Can't reproduce
Fixes for HTTPS support. Specifically XWIKI-6690, XWIKI-4489 and XWIKI-5771.Sergiu to helpaccept
XWIKI-6687 Be able to delete a space from the UI.Mariuscancel Dropped for 3.2, Marius being busy on App within Minute

Priority 2:

TaskWhoStatus
Stats module improvements (Commit code from client projects without changes)Mariuscancel
LDAP Admin UI (commit Jerome work without changes)Jeromecancel
XWIKI-5037: Clustering bug preventing a node from restartingVincent + Thomasaccept
XWIKI-6684 Use a predefined Space Template like Dashboard, Livetable when creating a new spaceAncacancel
XWIKI-6073 Change stylesheet and javascript extension filename when a modification is done on thosehelphelp
Rest improvements (Restlet upgrade + re-organization of the rest module - already started)Jeromecancel
Suggest widget improvements and bug fixes (better highlighting, better performance, new options - already started as well)Jeromeaccept
Cache improvements, namely: XWIKI-6170, XWIKI-6173 and XWIKI-6169Calebcancel
Fix functional tests to work with CSRF protection: XWIKI-5465Alexaccept
Performance testsMariuscancel
Selenium 1 to Selenium 2 move for the WYSIWYG functional testsMariuscancel
Integrate Wiki 3.0 Workspace features into XWiki PlatformEduardaccept XAR still in open question

Investigations

  • accept Solr. Fabio
  • accept Browser support (IE6, IE7, Safari). Ludovic + Sorin
  • help XWiki in 5min. Caty + Ludovic

Proposed dates

  • 3.2M1: 18 July 2011
  • 3.2M2: 15 August 2011
  • 3.2M3: 12 Sep 2011 28 Sep 2011
  • 3.2RC1: 26 Sep 2011 3 Oct 2011
  • 3.2 Final: 10 Oct 2011 11 Oct 2011

XWiki Enterprise 3.1

See what was done in the release notes. You can also check the complete list of issues fixed for 3.1.

Targeted features

  • Extension Manager: Thomas, Jerome (UI impl) and Cati (Mockups)
  • Performance Improvements: Marius
  • New backend implementation of Rights: Sergiu
  • Search improvements and especially scoring, French support and wildcard issues: Sergiu
  • Friends and Status polishing: Sergiu
  • Dashboard/Gadgets polishing: Anca
  • Stabilization of the new Filesystem storage implementation for attachments (bugfixing, performance, etc): Caleb

Nice to have:

  • Statistics polishing: help
  • More modules moved out of xwiki-core. Candidates: xwiki-url, xwiki-action, xwiki-localization, new xwiki-resources: Vincent
  • More modules moved out of platform/core to commons: Vincent

Investigations

  • "Application Within Minutes": continue investigation (Ludovic), committers to review the Design page and since it's a large feature we need to break it down into individual tasks and start implementing some of them in 3.1. Sergiu volunteered for implementing some of them. Ludovic volunteered to do the breakdown.

Nice to have:

  • XE/XEM Home Page investigation and mockups: Ludovic & Caty
  • XEM Workspaces investigation/review: help

Proposed dates

  • XE 3.1M1: 25 april 3 May
  • XE 3.1M2: 16 May 24 May
  • XE 3.1RC1: 30 May 7 June
  • XE 3.1 final: 13 June 21 June

XWiki Enterprise 3.0

See what was done in the release notes. You can also check the complete list of issues fixed for 3.0.

First release of the 3.x Cycle.

Initial Plan

Targeted features

Investigations

Other features are in the investigations phase to study what needs to be done and then become candidates for implementations in future versions. The investigations are:

- App within minute - (Thibaut, Ludovic)
- Improved page loading - (Ludovic)
- XEM HomePage & Workspace - (Fabio/Eduard)
- IE6 support drop - Investigation help - dropped
- Icon theme editor - Investigation help - dropped
- LDAP admin section - Investigation help - dropped as minimal implementation has been done

Proposed dates

  • 3.0M1: 17 Jan 2011
  • 3.0M2: 7 Feb 2011
  • 3.0M3: 28 Feb 2011  7 March 2011
  • 3.0RC1: 14 March 2011 21 March 2011
  • 3.0 Final: 28 March 2011
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