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Dakar Release (TWiki Release 4.0)
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- Introduction
- Major Enhancements and Release Notes
- Release Notes
- Release Advocacy and Party
- Dakar Release Schedule Meetings
- Change Proposals for DakarRelease still being worked on
- Change Proposals for DakarRelease Awaiting Merge
- Change Proposals for DakarRelease Merged to Main SVN Branch
- Release State Summary
- Discussion
Introduction
The current production TWikiRelease following CairoRelease is code named Dakar and has been released in early 2006. The release after that will be the EdinburghRelease. Lesser wanted features (i.e. feature requests where code changes are difficult and the requester has not contributed code) are less likely to be implemented in the near future. Moral: get someone to code your change and make it available in a way that is easily incorporated!
End-user information is being collected in DakarReleaseNotes; programming docs are in progress at DakarDesignPrinciples.
(Please add feedback at the end of the topic)
Major Enhancements and Release Notes
Major Enhancements:- Key features:
- Localization framework
- Localized to Chinese, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Portugese, Spanish
- WYSIWYG editor (alpha release)
- Enhanced security model, blocking remote command execution on the server
- scripted builds of the release packages (TWiki and plugins) - see BuildingARelease
- UnitTests? and TestCases?
- Important new features:
- mod_perl safe code for better performance
- Much simpler install and configuration
- Integrated session support
- Change edit conflict handling from page locking to conflict detection and resolution
- Useful new features:
- Hierarchical sub-webs (label as beta?)
- Registration with e-mail confirmation
- Fine grained change notification on page level and parent/child relationship
- REST interface for plugins.
- Enhanced application support with:
- Parameterized includes
- Sectional includes
- Direct save feature, which allows:
- One-click template-based topic creation
- Fill a twiki-form using an html form without editing the topic.
- ... (more)?
- (more)?
Release Notes
See DakarReleaseNotesRelease Advocacy and Party
Dakar Release Schedule Meetings
LynnwoodBrown initiated release schedule meetings for Dakar in#twiki_dakar IRC channel.
Change Proposals for DakarRelease still being worked on
Search for topics that still need work:Change Proposals for DakarRelease Awaiting Merge
Search for topics Proposed for DakarRelease that are waiting for merge to the MAIN branch:| Priority | Proposal | Summary | Outstanding Issues | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CallEarlyInitPlugin | earlyInitPlugin is never called | 0 | ||
| BetterPasswordGeneration | A 4-digit new automatically generated password is not strong enough | 0 | ||
| SortOutOopsTemplates | Rationalise Oops templates | 0 | ||
| TWikiPreferencesNeedsGardening | Remove unwanted settings from TWiki.TWikiPreferences | 0 | ||
| PatternSkinMissingVersionInfoForRawText | PatternSkin view template is missing the REVARG param in topicaction | 0 | ||
| HowToMakeATWikiLogoutPage | Ideas for a log out mechanism | 0 | ||
| ShowRevisionsAroundVersion | Show a window of revisions either side of the one being displayed | 0 | ||
| DeprecateExpensiveHandlers | Proposal for changes to the plugins handlers | Feedback required from developers - both core and plugins | 1 | |
| TestWebManagementInDakar | Manageing webs documentation may be wrong | 0 | ||
| AddSearchToFuncInterface | Publish a search method via the Func interface | 0 | ||
| RenameWeb | 0 | |||
| AddonAPI | Make more core functionality useable by add-ons | 0 | ||
| SimplifyPasswordHandling | Clean up password handling | 0 | ||
| SortNumerically | Support numerical sorting of field data in search results | 0 | ||
| CentraliseParsing | pull parsing into one place | 0 | ||
| ContextInTemplatesAndPlugins | Add context identifiers so plugins and template know where they are | 0 | ||
| ItalicsWrong | Adjacent underscores don't work | 0 | ||
| DiffsFunctionDoesNotAuthenticateProperly | Diffs function did not authenticate properly when ALLOWWEBVIEW is set | Incomplete implementation and DocsToDo | 1 | |
| InvalidHtmlInTOC | TOCs are rendered into invalid html | 0 | ||
| HideTWikiEditTextArea | add div section of class="twikiEditTextarea" | 0 | ||
| RenamePatternSkinClasses | 0 | |||
| RestructuringWebLeftBarProposal | Factor common web left bar stuff to a common topic | 0 | ||
| PluginApiForHandlingMetaData | Export meta-data to plugins | 0 | ||
| AddingToWindowsInstallCookbook | Adding some more ingredients to the windows install cookbook | 0 | ||
| UserListParserTooGreedy | The code that reads TWikiUsers.txt is wrong | 0 | ||
| HiddenTopicSpecificSettings | Allow hidden topic specific (and other) settings | 0 | ||
| AddContribMailerToCore | Plugins.MailerContrib should be added to the CorePackage | 0 | ||
| MakeLinkChangesSilent | Filter out renamed link changes from WebChanges | 0 | ||
| ImproveHeaderHandling | change the way headers are exposed to plugins | 0 | ||
| BetterHandlingForLabelsInForms | 0 | |||
| AddIconToTitle | update TWiki.TWikiVariables (?) docs for FAVICON | 1 | ||
| MovePluginsIntoSVN | Move TWikiStandardPackage plugins out of CVS and into subversion | 0 | ||
| AddJSCalendarToCore | 0 | |||
| CannotUseDollarNameInTopicText | Unexpected perl variable expansion in text | 0 | ||
| SecurityPatchBreaksSpacesInFilenames | spaces in topic names breaks with Florian's security patch. | 0 | ||
| TimeTravellingTopics | ci gets save times confused when repRev is used | 0 | ||
| AddEmailToFunc | 0 | |||
| SomeBrowsersLoseInitialNewlineInTextArea | Some browsers lose initial \n in textarea | 0 | ||
| TextAreaFieldInFormDoesNotFollowWidth | Text area field in form does not follow width setting (CSS error - fix found!) | 0 | ||
| GetRevisionAtTime | add a way to find out a rev at a date in the past | 0 | ||
| DakarAntiSpamMeasures | anti-spam features in Dakar | 0 | ||
| SearchShouldRespectAccessControlsOnWebs | Search should only search webs that the user is allowed to VIEW | 0 | ||
| PersistantGlobalVariablesInPlugins | Global variables values persist over SpeedyCGI runs | 0 | ||
| ErrorHandling | Adopt Error.pm exception handling. | 0 | ||
| ExportNormalizeWebTopicName | Publish normalizeWebTopicName via Func interface | 0 | ||
| TagParameterSpec | Clean up attribute parser | 0 | ||
| AllowFormTemplateWithTemplateTopic | Permit topictemplate and formtemplate in same save | 0 | ||
| ExportMoreRegexes | Export more existing REs via Func | 0 | ||
| TocDoesNotHonourPermissions | 0 | |||
| RefactorTimeHandling | Clean up time handling | Should we use a proper time parser module? | 1 | |
| WebFastIndex | %SEARCH causes internal server error | 0 | ||
| 001 | WhereAreDocsMasters | Need to know where the docs are supposed to go! | Waiting for Main.PeterThoeny to agree how we are going to do this | 1 |
| 001 | TWikiCodebaseSecurityAudit | TWiki codebase security audit | 0 | |
| 003 | UpgradeTWiki | Script that supports easy upgrades of TWiki data and site configurations | Testing | 1 |
| 003 | UpgradeTWikiDoesNotCopyAllPubFiles | Bug: UpgradeTWiki script only copies pub files from the default webs | Waiting for Main.SvenDowideit | 1 |
| 005 | SearchEngineIndexOnlyPlainView | Search Engines Should Index Only Plain View | 0 | |
| 005 | TWikiNonRootInstaller | TWikiNonRootInstaller | Integration, Improvements | 2 |
| 007 | SingleEntryPointForSystemCalls | Security: Single entry point for system calls | Waiting for Main.RichardDonkin | 1 |
| 008 | RcsLiteDoesNotWorkCorrectly | RcsLite does not work correctly | Needs opinions from the community to decide what to do | 1 |
| 010 | TWikiTestInfrastructure | Add a test infrastructure to TWiki | Not enough testcases! Get generating! | 1 |
| 015 | DakarMergeModel | Dakar merge model problems | 0 | |
| 020 | SaveContentWithoutEditContinued | Usage modes of save are not clear, or particularly usable | 0 | |
| 020 | LogoCopyright | Need to resolve the issues with logos | 0 | |
| 020 | MultiLevelWikiWebs | define and use webs inside webs (WebOne.Step1.Topic2....) | Waiting for Main.PeterNixon | 1 |
| 022 | FormFieldsNamedSameAsParameters | Form fields named the same as URL parameters cause mucho confusion | 0 | |
| 023 | AddSessionPluginToKernel | Proposal to add Plugins.SessionPlugin to the TWikiKernel. | Needs review and testing | 1 |
| 025 | LocationLocationLocation | Move methods into the right places within the core code, and adds documentation. Gives a small (5 AthensMarks) Performance boost. | 0 | |
| 025 | EditLosesSkin | Chosen skin parameter is lost through form changing cycle | Waiting for Main.CrawfordCurrie | 1 |
| 030 | ReleaseLocksOnSave | Get rid of the nasty lock timeouts, and handle releasing locks at save time. | 0 | |
| 037 | PluginConfigFiles | A standard config file per plugin | need to implement better in Plugins.BuildContrib | 1 |
| 040 | EncodingOfFormValuesBroken | Form values are incorrectly encoded | 0 | |
| 045 | BugBeforeSaveHandlerBroken | beforeSaveHandler doesn't handle meta-data correctly | 0 | |
| 050 | AcknowledgingTWikiContributors | Simplify and standardise file header notice and ensure all attributions are correct | Need Peter's agreement on the move to standard AUTHORS etc files; the text of the files; and the text of the source file header. | 1 |
| 050 | CleanApacheErrorLog | Removing warnings from Apache's error_log | 0 | |
| 070 | SupportFormsForSettingPreferences | More userfriendly way of setting preferences | 0 | |
| 075 | InconsistentHandlingOfPreferences | Inconsistent Handling of Preferences | 0 | |
| 075 | TopicAlwaysOverrideUserPref | Topic preferences should always override user preferences | 0 | |
| 080 | BacklinksSearchDoesNotWork | Backlinks search fails for several reasons. | 0 | |
| 080 | SidebarProblemWithBadDirectories | Sidebar is constructed erroneously when non-web directories are present | 0 | |
| 090 | IconSets | Make file type icons skin dependent | 0 | |
| 095 | UseCssInIndexHtml | Use Css to make index.html more professional looking | 0 | |
| 095 | AwfulWebHomes | The default webhomes are awful | need similiar updates to the _default web | 1 |
| 099 | ValidateTestenvAndUseCss | Validate testenv against w3c and use css for style | 0 | |
| 100 | AddNoEncodeParameterToSpacedTopic | SPACEOUT{} is a replacement for SPACEDTOPIC | 0 | |
| 100 | DakarUserListIssues | Issues realting to the UserList Form | 0 | |
| 100 | SplitUpTWikiDotPm | TWikiDotPm should has rarely-used stuff split out for faster compilation in the average case | Needs someone to try it out and give feedback | 1 |
| 100 | TheRightWayToRedirect | clean up url redirection calls | 0 | |
| 100 | OutdatedFormFieldsNotRemoved | Outdated form fields are not removed | 0 | |
| 100 | SettingLocalLibPath | Allow setting of lib path without having to change a distributed file | 0 | |
| 100 | BacklinksTemplate | Backlinks template | 0 | |
| 100 | AllowBlankTopics | Allow saving of empty topics (currently disallowed) | 0 | |
| 100 | SupportTopicSpecificTemplates | Support topic-specific templates | 0 | |
| 100 | MakeRawTextBoxSameSizeAsEditBox | The raw text box is tiny... | 0 | |
| 100 | DakarRevisionRelatedProblems | Various problems related to dealing with topic versions in Dakar | 0 | |
| 100 | ImproveSandboxWebHome | some small changes to make the sandbox front page easier to use | 0 | |
| 100 | NOFOLLOWNotExpandedInTemplates | The %NOFOLLOW% variable is not expanded in view templates | 0 | |
| 100 | DakarFormRelatedProblems | Various problems related to forms handling in Dakar | 0 | |
| 100 | UploadFilterIncorrect | Upload filter is wrong in TWiki.cfg. | 0 | |
| 100 | KernelBuildScriptDev | Kernel build script | 0 | |
| 100 | DakarSkinSimplification | 0 | ||
| 100 | RemoveNewTopicLinkStyleFromRenderDotPm | Remove the link style of the "new topic" link from Render.pm | 0 | |
| 100 | EndlessLoopIncludingPageInWebTopicList | DOS vulnerability in WEBTOPICLIST | Really need a testcase, in case this vulnerability is really something different to recursive includes (which are tested) | 2 |
| 100 | TWikiDotCfgNeedsGardening | TWiki.cfg needs a tidy-up | Should we move LocalLib.cfg and LocalSite.cfg to a "conf" directory? | 1 |
| 100 | PasswordsAreMangled | Password is mangled after user registration (DEVELOP) | 0 | |
| 100 | TocNotFoundNoError | eliminate %TOC% "error" messages; return blank/empty TOC instead | 0 | |
| 100 | ImproveChangeReporting | Improve information quality in WebChanges and change notification | 0 | |
| 100 | DifferencesBetweenRevisionsBroken | Strange behaviour showing revs | 0 | |
| 100 | HttpOneDotOneSupport | Take more care over HTTP 1.0 compliance when compiling headers | Could really do with a full audit of HTTP1.0 compliance. | 1 |
| 100 | RegistrationEntriesWronglyPlacedInTWikiUsers | The user entry is added at the bottom, not in the user list | 0 | |
| 100 | LockRemovalProblem | $cmd var is overloaded in RcsWrap::_ci, leading to lock problems (fixed) | 0 | |
| 100 | NTWikiTestCasesChangesBroken | ntwiki changes breaks on TestCases web | 0 | |
| 100 | PublishCodeUsingPdoc | install CPAN::Pdoc on ntwiki | 1 | |
| 100 | CantRenameLockedTopic | Rename of locked topic | Needs to be verified/ignored | 1 |
| 100 | CaseSensitiveFlagInSearchInconsistent | The "casesensitive" flag is handled inconsistently in search | 0 | |
| 100 | InvalidActionInRegister | The register script did not accept registrations created with the old form; it needed an action parameter. Now accepts old form too. | 0 | |
| 100 | SkinSearchPath | Support search paths for templates | 0 | |
| 100 | OopsMoreDoesntRenderNullParameters | Null parameters (param1=0) don't render correctly | 0 | |
| 100 | MechanismToAddContentToHEAD | Standard Mechanism to Add Content to the HEAD Section | 0 | |
| 100 | MissingTWikiGuestLeftBarInTWikiRelease01Sep2004 | Fix: Missing TWikiGuestLeftBar topic in TWiki Release 01-Sep-2004 | 0 | |
| 100 | TestenvRelockIgnoresPubTWiki | 0 | ||
| 100 | AddExcludeWebParamToSearch | Add excludeweb parameter to SEARCH | 0 | |
| 100 | ManyPluginsDoNotLoad | TablePlugin does not load | 0 | |
| 100 | RenamingProblems | 0 | ||
| 100 | SummaryLinesOnTablesFromSearches | Fully support summary lines on tables derived from searches | 0 | |
| 100 | TestsDoNotCompile | Tests don't compile | 0 | |
| 100 | WriteLogHasIncorrectWebName | Fix: Access log has incorrect Web name when Plugin calls TWiki::Func::saveTopicText() | 0 | |
| 100 | FormValuesPassedInURLRequireText | Cannot pass form values in URL to bin/edit without also passing text | REQUIRE TESTCASE(S) | 1 |
| 100 | FormattedSearchSummaryWithExpandVar | FormattedSearchSummaryWithExpandVar | DocsToDo | 1 |
| 100 | HeaderAnchorNameWrongWhenLinkInHeader | The header anchor name is wrong when a link occurs in the header | 0 | |
| 100 | TOCnotWorkingForChineseHeadings | headings with all non-alphabetic characters generate broken TOC links | 0 | |
| 100 | CancellingANewPage | Cancelling a page create is very unfriendly | Waiting for Main.ArthurClemens | 1 |
| 100 | SitemapDoesntValidate | Missing / on img tags in TWiki.SiteMap | 0 | |
| 100 | UsingTopicToDefineCSS | putting css in a topic to enable editing from a browser | 0 | |
| 100 | MetaParentOptionalLengthLimit | Add a new optional attribute to the META{"parent" ...} variable to limit number of upstream ancestors |