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5 This page contains the roadmap for past releases that were part of the 5.x Release Cycle. Latest roadmaps can be found on the [[XWiki Enterprise Roadmap page>>Main.Roadmap]].
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Vincent Massol 6.1 7 = XWiki Enterprise 5.x [[Cycle>>dev:Community.VersioningAndReleasePractices]] =
Vincent Massol 1.1 8
Vincent Massol 6.1 9 * Theme: **Speed and Simplicity**
Vincent Massol 1.1 10
Vincent Massol 6.1 11 Mission: Improve XWiki's usage for new and regular users by improving Usability and Usage Speed in order to make XWiki simpler and faster both from a pure performance point of view and from are user interface point of view.
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13 Technical details:
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15 * Individual Feature Improvement from a Usability perspective including speed of access (real time updates, commenting in activity stream)
16 * General Usability Improvements on XE for simplicity
17 * Technical Rewrite of certain features (activity stream) for performance or architecture reasons
18 * General Performance Improvement of XWiki (page loading, rendering time)
19 * Bug Fixing in general
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21 Release dates for the 5.x Cycle:
22
23 * 5.0: --April-- May 2013 (/)
24 * 5.1: --June-- July 2013 (/)
25 * 5.2: --September-- October 2013 (/)
26 * 5.3: --November 2013-- December 2013 (/)
27 * 5.4: --January 2014-- February 2014 (/)
28
Vincent Massol 7.1 29 Here's the full list of what was achieved in the [[XWiki 5.x cycle>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=11607]].
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Vincent Massol 5.1 31 = XWiki Enterprise 5.4 =
32
Vincent Massol 6.1 33 {{velocity}}
34 #if ($xwiki.exists($services.model.createDocumentReference("xwiki", "ReleaseNotes", "ReleaseNotesXWiki54")))
35 See what was done in the [[release notes>>xwiki:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWiki54]].
36 #end
37 Check the [[complete list of issues fixed for 5.4>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=11990]].
38 {{/velocity}}
39
Vincent Massol 5.1 40 * SOLR Search improvements - Owner: Marius:(((
41 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee" source="jql"}}
42 labels in ("roadmap54") and component in (Search, "Search - Generic", "Search - Lucene", "Search - Solr")
43 {{/jira}}
44 )))
45 * Multiwiki improvements - Owner: GuillaumeD:(((
46 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee" source="jql"}}
47 labels in ("roadmap54") and component in ("Wiki", "{Unused} Workspaces", "{Unused} Wiki Manager")
48 {{/jira}}
49 )))
50 * DM/EM improvements - Owner: Thomas + Marius:(((
51 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee" source="jql"}}
52 labels in ("roadmap54") and component in (Extension, "Extension - Distribution")
53 {{/jira}}
54 )))
55 * Scalable import/export + Confluence import - Owner: Thomas:(((
56 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
57 XWIKI-9809
58 XWIKI-9614
59 XWIKI-9720
60 {{/jira}}
61 )))
62 * Signed script implementation - Owner: Denis:(((
63 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
64 XWIKI-9782
65 {{/jira}}
66 )))
67
68 Here are also some JIRA issues that were raised as important (in this order of importance):
69
70 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee, note"}}
71 XWIKI-9117
72 XWIKI-500|Scheduler / Watchlist activity shouldn't add a version to the page. Huge xwikircs table and terrible performances when reading it.
73 XWIKI-9292
74 XWIKI-8757
75 XWIKI-6348
76 XWIKI-9677
77 XWIKI-9831
78 XWIKI-9659
79 XE-1335
80 XWIKI-9544
81 XWIKI-7821
82 XWIKI-9712
83 {{/jira}}
84
85 + XWIKI-9156 which is confidential (security issue)
86
87 == Proposed dates ==
88
89 * 5.4M1: --6th of Jan 2014-- 8th of Jan 2014
90 * 5.4RC1: --20th of Jan 2014-- --27th of Jan 2014-- 30th of Jan 2014
91 * 5.4Final: --27th of Jan 2014-- --3rd of Feb 2014-- 5th of Feb 2014
92
Vincent Massol 4.1 93 = XWiki Enterprise 5.3 =
94
Vincent Massol 6.1 95 {{velocity}}
96 #if ($xwiki.exists($services.model.createDocumentReference("xwiki", "ReleaseNotes", "ReleaseNotesXWiki53")))
97 See what was done in the [[release notes>>xwiki:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWiki53]].
98 #end
99 Check the [[complete list of issues fixed for 5.3>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=11698]].
100 {{/velocity}}
101
Vincent Massol 4.1 102 * SOLR Search improvements - Owner: Marius:(((
103 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
104 XWIKI-9508
105 XWIKI-9417
106 XWIKI-9537
107 XWIKI-9547
108 XWIKI-9279
109 XWIKI-9309
110 XWIKI-9510
111 XWIKI-9509
112 XWIKI-9193
113 XWIKI-9310
114 XWIKI-9311
115 XWIKI-9512
116 XWIKI-9514
117 XWIKI-9528
118 XWIKI-9612
119 XWIKI-6787
120 {{/jira}}
121 )))
122 * Continue working on the **workspaces integration** by default in XWiki Enterprise - Owner: GuillaumeD:(((
123 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee" source="jql"}}
124 labels = roadmap53 AND component IN ("Wiki", "{Unused} Workspaces", "{Unused} Wiki Manager")
125 {{/jira}}
126 )))
127 * Finish scalable import/export (and make it the default) - Owner: ThomasM:(((
128 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
129 XWIKI-9476
130 {{/jira}}
131 )))
132 * Implement Confluence import using wikistream - Owner: ThomasM:(((
133 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
134 XWIKI-9529
135 XWIKI-9632
136 {{/jira}}
137 )))
138 * Improvements on EM/DW - Owner: ThomasM + Marius:(((
139 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
140 XWIKI-9199
141 XWIKI-9468
142 {{/jira}}
143 )))
144 * Signed script implementation - Owner: Denis:(((
145 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
146 XWIKI-9332
147 {{/jira}}
148 )))
149 * If time permits: AWM improvements - Owner: Marius:(((
150 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
151 XWIKI-7377
152 XWIKI-8763
153 XWIKI-8757
154 XWIKI-7376
155 {{/jira}}
156 )))
157
158 Here are also some JIRA issues that were raised as important (in this order of importance):
159
160 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
161 XWIKI-9117
162 XWIKI-9046
163 XWIKI-6700
164 XWIKI-5146
165 XWIKI-9227
166 XWIKI-9233
167 XWIKI-9479
168 {{/jira}}
169
170 + XWIKI-9156 which is confidential (security issue)
171
172 == Proposed dates ==
173
174 * 5.3M1: --21st of October-- 25th of October
175 * 5.3M2: --4th of November-- --11th of November-- --14th of November-- 19th of November
176 * 5.3RC1: --18th of November-- --20th of November-- --27th of November-- --4th of December-- Started 6th of December, finished 8th of December
177 * 5.3Final: --25th of November-- --27th of November-- --4th of December-- --10th of December-- Started 11th of December, finished 13th of December
178
Vincent Massol 3.1 179 = XWiki Enterprise 5.2 =
180
Vincent Massol 6.1 181 {{velocity}}
182 #if ($xwiki.exists($services.model.createDocumentReference("xwiki", "ReleaseNotes", "ReleaseNotesXWiki52")))
183 See what was done in the [[release notes>>xwiki:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWiki52]].
184 #end
185 Check the [[complete list of issues fixed for 5.2>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=11602]].
186 {{/velocity}}
187
Vincent Massol 3.1 188 * SOLR Search improvements/tuning + search suggest in SOLR - Thomas + Marius(((
189 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
190 XWIKI-9392
191 {{/jira}}
192 )))
193 * Have Workspace by default in XE + improved home page - Caty + Guillaume Delhumeau(((
194 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
195 XWIKI-9412
196 XWIKI-9414
197 XWIKI-9415
198 XWIKI-9405
199 XE-1325
200 XWIKI-9411
201 XWIKI-9429
202 {{/jira}}
203 )))
204 * Scalable import/export based on wiki stream - Thomas(((
205 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
206 XWIKI-8820
207 XWIKI-7952
208 XWIKI-9348
209 XWIKI-9349
210 XWIKI-9350
211 XWIKI-9351
212 XWIKI-9443
213 {{/jira}}
214 )))
215 * Improvements on EM (introduce "always" switch in the EM conflict UI, When uninstalling a XAR extension a question should be asked for various conflict use cases, various bugs, etc) - Thomas + Marius(((
216 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
217 XWIKI-8443
218 XWIKI-9112
219 {{/jira}}
220 )))
221 * Security issues - Thomas Delafosse(((
222 * [[XWIKI-9156>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-9156]]
223 * {{todo}}Add more jiras{{/todo}}
224 )))
225 * Add UI extension point in key places - Need someone!(((
226 {{todo}}
227 Add jiras
228 {{/todo}}
229 )))
230
231 Here are also some JIRA issues that were raised as important (in this order of importance):
232
233 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
234 XWIKI-8765
235 XWIKI-9046
236 XWIKI-6700
237 XWIKI-7377
238 XWIKI-5146
239 XWIKI-6275
240 XWIKI-7718
241 XWIKI-8763
242 XWIKI-9227
243 XWIKI-8757
244 XWIKI-9233
245 {{/jira}}
246
247 Last, here's a list of interesting investigations to do (for future implementation):
248
249 * Activity Stream UI + Notifications Investigations - Caty + GuillaumeD
250 * Easier automatic field validation (including UI for advanced user). Ajax or Not - Marius (if enough time)
251
252 == Proposed dates ==
253
254 * 5.2M1: --12 Aug-- 13 Aug
255 * 5.2M2: --9 Sep-- 13 Sep
256 * 5.2RC1: --23 Sep-- 27 Sep
257 * 5.2Final: --30 Sep-- 7 Oct
258
Vincent Massol 2.1 259 = XWiki Enterprise 5.1 =
260
Vincent Massol 6.1 261 {{velocity}}
262 #if ($xwiki.exists($services.model.createDocumentReference("xwiki", "ReleaseNotes", "ReleaseNotesXWiki51")))
263 See what was done in the [[release notes>>xwiki:ReleaseNotes.ReleaseNotesXWiki51]].
264 #end
265 Check the [[complete list of issues fixed for 5.1>>http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=11595]].
266 {{/velocity}}
267
Vincent Massol 2.1 268 * Security fixes and review/apply the ##feature-authorization-context## branch - Thomas Delafosse and Andreas(((
269 * [[XWiki-7879 : Refactor to confine delegation of programming rights>>http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-7879]] (only committers on the security list will be able to see this issue on JIRA)
270 )))
271 * First usable version of SOLR implementation - Thomas Mortagne for the back end, Caty for the UI design, Marius for the UI implementation and Sorin/Manuel for ensuring the quality of the new SOLR is at least as good as our current Lucene search so that we could switch to the SOLR version ASAP (would be great to be able to do that at the end of 5.1)(((
272 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
273 XWIKI-8689
274 XWIKI-9028
275 XWIKI-8911
276 XWIKI-8441
277 XWIKI-9174
278 XWIKI-8444
279 XWIKI-8819
280 XWIKI-8887
281 {{/jira}}
282 )))
283 * By order of priority and time permitting:
284 ** Horizontal menu - Marius(((
285 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
286 XWIKI-9148
287 {{/jira}}
288 )))
289 ** Home Page Improvements - Marius + Caty(((
290 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
291 XWIKI-7685
292 {{/jira}}
293 )))
294 ** AWM: Add the ability to publish an application as an extension - Marius(((
295 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
296 XWIKI-7376
297 XWIKI-7377
298 {{/jira}}
299 )))
300 ** Some specific JIRAs:(((
301 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
302 XWIKI-8495
303 XWIKI-7905
304 {{/jira}}
305 )))
306
307 == Proposed dates ==
308
309 * 5.1M1: --27 May 2013-- 31 May 2013
310 * 5.1M2: --10 June 2013-- 14 June 2013
311 * 5.1RC1: --24 June 2013-- 27 June 2013
312 * 5.1 final: --1st of July-- 9 July 2013
313
Vincent Massol 1.1 314 = XWiki Enterprise 5.0 =
315
316 == Targeted features/Improvements/Bugs ==
317
318 * Continue SOLR implementation(((
319 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
320 XWIKI-8689
321 XWIKI-8583
322 XWIKI-8581
323 {{/jira}}
324 )))
325 * EM upgrade of subwikis in farm mode + flavor concept (add Flavor type in EM/Repository) + leftover from 4.x for EM/DW:(((
326 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
327 XWIKI-8744
328 XWIKI-8748
329 XWIKI-8749
330 {{/jira}}
331 )))
332 * AppWithinMinutes work, ordered by priority:(((
333 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
334 XWIKI-7377
335 XWIKI-7376
336 XWIKI-8587
337 XWIKI-7370
338 XWIKI-8763
339 XWIKI-7795
340 XWIKI-8757
341 XWIKI-7374
342 {{/jira}}
343 )))
344 * Scalable import/export(((
345 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
346 XWIKI-8820
347 XWIKI-8821
348 {{/jira}}
349 )))
350 * Home page improvements (XE) and usability improvements in general(((
351 {{todo}}
352 JV to list jira issues and assign himselves to them + set fix for on them
353 {{/todo}}
354
355 {{velocity}}
356 #*
357 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
358 <add jira issue ids here>
359 {{/jira}}
360 *#
361 {{/velocity}}
362 )))
363 * Horizontal Menu management (add, remove pages)(((
364 {{todo}}
365 JV to list jira issues and assign himselves to them + set fix for on them
366 {{/todo}}
367
368 {{velocity}}
369 #*
370 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
371 <add jira issue ids here>
372 {{/jira}}
373 *#
374 {{/velocity}}
375 )))
376 * virtual=1 by default(((
377 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
378 XWIKI-8822
379 {{/jira}}
380 )))
381 * WYSIWYG Editor(((
382 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
383 XWIKI-8851
384 XWIKI-8852
385 {{/jira}}
386 )))
387 * Various important bugs to fix (ordered by priority - top is first priority):(((
388 {{jira url="http://jira.xwiki.org" fields="type, key, status, summary, assignee"}}
389 XWIKI-8495
390 XRENDERING-261
391 XWIKI-7905
392 XWIKI-8397
393 XWIKI-8465
394 XWIKI-8394
395 {{/jira}}
396 )))
397
398 == Investigations ==
399
400 * XEM Homepage / Portal - Caty
401 * Knowledge base Flavor - Caty/Ludovic
402 * New Activity Stream Investigation Part 1 - JV (he's agreed to become our AS champion :))
403 * General Flavours Investigation - Caty
404
405 == Proposed dates ==
406
407 * 5.0M1: --4 March 2013-- 6 March 2013
408 * 5.0M2: --25 March 2013-- 3 April 2013
409 * 5.0RC1: --8 April 2013-- --15 April 2013-- 21 April 2013
410 * 5.0Final: --15 April 2013-- --22 April 2013-- 26 April 2013

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