Feature Proposals

See ReleaseProcess.

New feature proposals will by nature be for the first Foswiki release.

When you add a proposal you must create a new topic describing your proposal. You can use the form below.

For the community to accept a proposal you must propose something that you are prepared to implement yourself or by an already committed developer.

The 14-day clock does not start until

• There is a committed developer
• The date of commitment field has a date (so the application below can show it)

You are welcome to propose enhancements without a committed developer but then the community is only able to discuss the feature, not to accept it. But you may be lucky that a developer picks up the idea and decides to commit himself to implementing it.

• To track the last changed proposal topics with committed developer visit ChangedFeatureProposals
• To track the last changed proposal topics without a committed developer visit ChangedFeatureProposalsUncommitted

Submit Proposal

Submit new feature request

Please start a new topic for each feature request.

• Please scan over the existing feature requests to see if it has been requested already.
• NOTE: you might want to make yourself familiar with our Acceptance/Rejection Process of new features.
• If you are including code to implement features, thanks for contributing to Foswiki's development! Please see the PatchGuidelines to make your patch easier to apply.

Page name:		Example: SupportMySQL (use a WikiWord)
Page title:		Example: It would be really neat if you could store content in MySQL
Motivation:		Reasons why this feature is needed, and why it is suitable for adding to the next release of Foswiki
Description:		Enter a relatively short summary of the request
	Your request is submitted after you Create, Preview and Save the page.

Proposals

New Feature Proposals

Proposals that have a committed owner (the ones without a committed developer are not covered by the formal release process and 14-days rule.

Note that the 14-days rule clock start ticking when a proposal has a committed developer and it stops when anyone that are registered as a user on Foswiki.org raises any concern.

Proposals where 14-day rule applies

Topic	Summary	Committed	Developer	Concern
AddADDWORKINGDAYSToSSP 1.1.3	Add ADDWORKINGDAYS to SpreadSheetPlugin	24 Nov 2010 442 days ago	KennethLavrsen
AddENDINCLUDEandSTOPSECTION 1.2	Let's make an ENDINCLUDE to be consistent with ENDSECTION	1 May 2011 284 days ago	PaulHarvey
AddFoswikiFuncGetScriptUrlPath 1.1.5	Add a Foswiki::Func::getScriptUrlPath() API	17 Dec 2011 54 days ago	PaulHarvey
AllowTypedData 1.2	Allow data forms, Foswiki::Form field types and registerMETA to specify data/index types for query/search algo's w/indexes	14 Aug 2011 179 days ago	SvenDowideit
BlurAuthCookieName 1.1.5	Blur auth-Cookie-Name with random string on installation	16 Dec 2011 55 days ago	GeorgeClark
ConfigurableCookieNamesAndPaths 1.1.5	Make cookie path and names configurable	30 Mar 2011 316 days ago	PaulHarvey
ControlFoswikiTemporaryFileLocations 1.1.4	Explicitly control the storage location of temporary files used by Foswiki	25 Feb 2011 349 days ago	GeorgeClark
CustomNewUserTemplates 1.1	Enhance register script to specify a templatetopic param instead of hard-coded 'NewUserTemplate'	5 Jul 2011 219 days ago	PaulHarvey
DatabaseStore	Database store, or database cache, for high performance	7 Dec 2010 429 days ago	CrawfordCurrie
GrandUnifiedSearchAPITwoZero FoswikiTwoZero	Bring together the SEARCH visions	15 Oct 2010 482 days ago	SvenDowideit, CrawfordCurrie, PaulHarvey
HideIrrelevantConfigureOptions	Configure has too many options, and often they are irrelevant	23 Jan 2012 17 days ago	CrawfordCurrie
ImproveSupportForDatabaseSearches 2.0	Next steps in improving the data store abstraction and search support	15 Sep 2010 512 days ago	CrawfordCurrie
InGMTIMESupportTwoDigitWeek	Suggestion for true two-digit week format in GMTIME	9 Feb 2012 0 days ago	OlivierRaginel
LoadDifferentTopicVersions	Simple syntax for specifying specific topic versions	21 Sep 2011 141 days ago	PaulHarvey
MakeZonesLessIntrusive 2.0	Make zones less intrusive, especially for non-HTML output	12 Nov 2010 454 days ago	PaulHarvey
MoveCodeRepositoryToGit	migrate from Subversion to git	17 Jul 2010 572 days ago	OlivierRaginel, PaulHarvey, SvenDowideit
MoveSECTIONsToFoswikiMeta 1.2	Add an API for INCLUDE sections to Foswiki::Meta	2 May 2011 283 days ago	PaulHarvey
PluginGarbageCollection	Plugins need a working/temp file cleanup mechanism	7 Sep 2011 155 days ago	SvenDowideit, CrawfordCurrie
PromoteMetaDotPmToFirstClassAPI 1.2	Make Meta a first class Public API	14 Nov 2010 452 days ago	SvenDowideit
ProtectConfigureUsingHtigestByDefault	Improve default protection of configure script	19 Nov 2011 82 days ago	GeorgeClark
SimplifyTheStoreMetaSemantics	Simplify The Store - Meta Semantics	19 Aug 2011 174 days ago	SvenDowideit
TemplatingSearchResultSummaries	Templating search result summaries	21 Jan 2011 384 days ago	ArthurClemens
ToolsScriptToChangeIpConfiguration next release probably the one after 1.1.4	Script changing IP/DNS in the configuration to become the current IP	16 Dec 2011 55 days ago	IngoKappler
			CrawfordCurrie: 1 GeorgeClark: 2 ArthurClemens: 1 CrawfordCurrie: 4 GeorgeClark: 1 IngoKappler: 1 KennethLavrsen: 1 OlivierRaginel: 2 PaulHarvey: 9 SvenDowideit: 5 SvenDowideit: 1

Proposals with concern raised (14 day rule does not apply)

Topic	Summary	Committed	Developer	Concern
AddAContextVAR 2.0	Add a way to display the contexts that are set	25 Feb 2010 714 days ago	SvenDowideit	CrawfordCurrie
AddSWITCHMacro	Create mechanism for switch statements	5 Feb 2012 4 days ago	KipLubliner	ArthurClemens, CrawfordCurrie
ImprovedRESTSupport	Enhanced REST Support	31 Jan 2012 9 days ago	CrawfordCurrie (401 rest response only)	SvenDowideit
InstallNatSkinAndWidgetsSkinOnFoswikiDotOrg	foswiki.org to provide all commonly-installed skins	22 Mar 2010 689 days ago	WillNorris	KennethLavrsen, MichaelDaum, OliverKrueger
ListFormatViewAndEditTemplate	Implement dynamic views for topic lists	5 Nov 2009 826 days ago	SvenDowideit, ArthurClemens	CrawfordCurrie, KennethLavrsen
MakeStartPageCOnfigurable	Why isn't the start page configurable?	13 Jan 2012 27 days ago	CrawfordCurrie	GeorgeClark
NoRCSForBinaryAttachments	Allow disabling of RCS control for binary attachments	16 Dec 2010 420 days ago	OlivierRaginel	KennethLavrsen, CrawfordCurrie
SimplifyMasterTemplateDefinition	Stop forcing skin authors to remove the final new-lines from tmpl files	24 May 2010 626 days ago	SvenDowideit	KennethLavrsen
UpgradeSafeCustomisationsOfSystemTopics 1.1	Allow users to customise System topics (such as WebSearch) in an upgrade safe way	4 Mar 2010 707 days ago	AndrewJones	SvenDowideit, KennethLavrsen
			KipLubliner: 1 AndrewJones: 1 ArthurClemens: 1 CrawfordCurrie: 1 CrawfordCurrie (401 rest response only): 1 OlivierRaginel: 1 SvenDowideit: 3 WillNorris: 1	GeorgeClark: 1 ArthurClemens: 1 CrawfordCurrie: 4 KennethLavrsen: 5 MichaelDaum: 1 OliverKrueger: 1 SvenDowideit: 2

Feature Proposals taken for Community Vote

A Feature proposal is ready for community vote per release process when

• Proposals that have a committed developer willing to drive the proposal to implementation. There is no requirement how soon and a developer is later allowed to uncommit if it later turns out that he does not have the time.
• Proposals have had at least one concern raised by any person with access to this wiki
• The community has had enough time to end the discussion, but could not reach full consensus
• It is normally a Customer Advocate that decides that a feature should be taken for a community vote.

Note that the 14-days rule clock stop ticking when anyone that are registered as a user on foswiki.org raises any concern and it does not ever start again! Then acceptance is in this situation either by consensus or by community vote.

Topic	Summary	Committed	Developer	Concern
QueryAcrossTopicRevisions 2.0	Query across all topic revisions	5 Dec 2010 431 days ago	CrawfordCurrie	MichaelTempest

Feature Proposals under Investigation

Proposals that are under investigation and don't yet fulfil the basic criteria in the release process mainly

• Proposals must have a developer that commits to drive the feature to completion (there is no demand on how soon)
• Proposals must have a date of commitment (to start the 14-day clock)

Topic	Summary	Tasks Item
AddBeforeRenameHandler	Add beforeRenameHandler to the Plugin API
AddConfigurationWizard	Add a configuration wizard for authentication
AddCreateTopicToFunc	Add a new function createTopic to Func
AddFoswikiFuncWikifyWebTopicName	Add a Foswiki::Func::wikifyWebTopicName() API	Tasks.Item11356
AddFurtherControlsOnSudo	Enhancements to sudo login to improve security	Tasks.Item1551
AddHeaderShiftParameterToINCLUDE	Add a headershift parameter to adjusted included header levels	Tasks.Item11317
AddLogoutHandler	Add logout handlers for LoginManagers
AddNewWebHandlers	Add beforeNewWeb and afterNewWeb handlers to the Plugin API
AddOrRelationToFORMFIELD	Add "OR" relation to macro FORMFIELD
AddSetDefaultToTestFields	add set default button / js for form fields
AddSortingBehaviourToSearch	Add different sorting behaviour(s) to search output
AddTimeFeaturesToAttachmentLinks	Add date formatting tokens to attachment links	Tasks.Item5935
AddWikiSnapshots	Add snapshot functionality, mading it possible to browse topics history consistently	Tasks.Item6090
AdoptACSSFramework	Adopt a CSS framework from another project
AllowGuestsToUseRESTAsDefault	Remove rest from the default list of AuthScripts
AutoincFormfieldPlugin	AutoincFormfieldPlugin
AutomagicalUpdating	Automagical Updating of Foswiki
AvoidShootingSelfInFoot	Prevent Accidental Lockout of Topics
CachedIncludes	Improve performance of nested sectional includes
CategorizeExtensionsInFindExtensions	Group extensions by some indication of code quality
CertificatedStatisticsUpdate	Add certificated statistics update script
ChangeLoginName	Users should be able to change their login name
ConfigureScript	Configure Extension autoinstaller should remove be able to uninstall
ConsolidateTablesWithData	Harmonize tables and data forms
ContentAccessSyntax	Discussions on accessing TopicObjectModel from TML
CopyingToExistingTopic	Copying the topic contents from one page to an already existing page
CreateStandardTopicUpdateNotes	Create standard topic update notes
CronWizardFunctionalityInEachRelavantPlugin	Better Crontab documentation in each plugin
DataFormFieldPermissions	Set permissions for DataForm? fields
DataFormInheritance	Proposed feature for inheritance of DataForm fields
DeKiAlikeWYSIWYG	DeKi-alike WYSIWYG
DeprecateContextlessURLConstructs	Deprecate Contextless URL Constructs
DynamicViewEditHandling	I'd like FW to dynamically decide whether an edit page is needed.
DynamicallyUpdatingDataFormProperties
EasierNestedSearch	Reduce $dollar
EditChapterPluginChildSections	EditChapter should always show body of a chapter, not just a title.
EncryptDataInTopics	It would be great if users could add personal data to topics, viewed by their own only
EnhanceInsertEditLinkDialog	It would be nice if TinyMCE? 's Insert/Edit link dialog had a possibility to search through all topic names
EnhancedShowPreference	A full record of all Preferences across all webs would help in site consistency
EscapeTmlInEditor
ExportTableToCsv	Ability to export Foswiki table to cvs format
ExtendedVariableHandling	Extended handling of variables to improve wiki database use
FeatureRequestTopicTemplate
FinerControlOverPluginsOrder	Need better mechanisms than {PluginsOrder} to control plugin execution order
FixDelete	Fix brain-dead delete
FormPluginTopicDefnition	It would be nice to be able to set the topic using form data variable substitution
FoswikiBookProposal	A community-written book
FoswikiOrgShouldUseSSL	foswiki.org should implement SSL
FoswikiSettingsWizard	Foswiki Settings Wizard
FoswikiToXmlMetsTransition	Add XML based Storeage and query backend
FuncMoveTopicIgnorePermissions	It would be great if moveTopic would have an ignorepermissions option
GeneralisedCHARTdefinition
ImproveAttachmentHandling	Attachments need better tools for searching, tagging, viewing and file handling
ImproveVirtualHostSupportInApacheConfigGenerator	Let's get virtual hosting sorted out
InterfacingWithValidationMethods	Strikeone and friends need a cleaner API	Tasks.Item8323
KinoSearchThroughTagMeTags	It would be really nice if KinoSearch? could go through the tags created with TagMe? plugin
LeadNewInstallersToConfigure	redirect to configure unless when there is no configuration
MailInContribAdditionalEmailSendTo	Currently if set to "reply" on error, just the email originator is sent an email message with the error. It would be good to nominate a "CC" email address say to the foswiki admin or whoever.
MailerContribShouldOptionallyExcludeCertainAuthors	MailerContrib should not notify on changes by certain authors (incl. $MYSELF)
MakeREMOTEUSERaWikiWord	Make Sure Wikiname Is WikiWord With OpenLDAP Authentication REMOTE_USER
MakeWEBFORMSMoreUsable	WEBFORMS is a PITA
ManagingApplications	Manage and deploy Applications
MassDeleteofSelectedTopics	When a significant number of (non-related) topics need deltion, it would be could to select them in a UI and process all on a single button click.
MergeWYSIWYGEditors	Integrate improvements from Rich Text Editor from VM in Standard (CVS)	Tasks.Item1600
MoveFoswikiCodeIntoCPAN	migrate foswiki into CPAN
NewLayoutForMoreScreen
OfficeConnector	Provide an Office Connector like in Confluence
OneTimeNotification	One Time Notification for Topic Creation
OptionToAvoidFlattenedSummaryInFormattedSearch	Option to avoid completely flattening text in FormattedSearch? 's $summary(nnn)
ParallelSearch	Boost Search Performance in huge webs by doing it parallel
ParentTopicMailInContrib	Specifying both topic name and parent name would be useful
PatchBinaryAsConfigureOption	Which 'patch' Foswiki uses should be a config option
PermissionRawSeparatelyToView	Protecting an application's code needs DENYTOPICRAW
PermissionsChange	Changing Access Permission
PluggableRenderers	Make Foswiki::Render pluggable
QueryAccessControls	It should be easier to get a definitive overview of the Access Controls present on a given topic.
QueryCustomCollections	Query links and backlinks
RegistrationI18N	Changing the registration form for use in I18N
RenameFormField	Form fields need a mechanism to rename
ResourceBookingPlugin	A plugin for booking/scheduling resources
RevCommentsTopicDelete	When deleting a Topic to Trash, have the ability to enter a descriptive revision comment
ReviewFileSystemPermissionsAndCheckFix	Review file permissions for consistency and implement checking/fixup
SearchBySection	SEARCH should be able to search in a specified section
SearchResultsWithHeadingLinks	It would be really neat if search results contained links to headings, à la Google (or à la Bing/Yahoo)
SecurityChecklists	Security checklists for the uninitiated	Tasks.Item9639
ShoutBox	Public IM-ing system bit like IRC
SimpleVarInclude	Additional section include ability
SimplifyTheDefaultInstall	Simplify default configuration
SimplifyTheFeatureProposalProcess	The feature proposal process is more complex than required
SmiliesPluginPictures	It would be nice if a SmiliesPlugin picture could come from other sources but the SmiliesPlugin topic
SpreadsheetRegexFunction	Add a Generic REGEX function to CALC
SupportBulkUpdates	Support Bulk Updates
SupportDITA	It would be really neat if Foswiki could fully support DITA publishing
SupportDeferredExecution	Support deferred execution or rendering of complex topics
SupportDynamicGeneratedAttachments	Support dynamic or generated attachments
SupportHorizontalMenusThroughRenderListPlugin	Define a horizontal menu with alt and title tags using a bulleted list
SupportShorterACRONYMS	We need support in my company for two letter ACRONYMS
SupportSynchroEdit	It would be really neat to be able to edit pages synchronously, seeing edits by others in real time
SupportXMLGeneration	Support an XML schema for webs/topics
SuppressNonpublishedLinks	Suppress links to topics that are not in the published scope.
SynchroniseInlineAndMetaPrefs	In-line * Set preferences should always match META:PREFERENCE, and vice versa	Tasks.Item10160, Tasks.Item1973
SyntaxForDelayingMacrosAndFormatTokens	Eliminate $dollar etc hell. Also see older UseSyntaxToChangeEvaluationOrder
SyntaxHighlightingEditor	Syntax Highlighting Editor
SystemTopicsUpdateMethod	New update method for system topics
TopicDisplayName
TopicObjectModel	Topic Object Model (TOM)
TopicsShouldGetTypesFromFormsNotNames	Topics should get types from forms (or other method) not from names (Bogus forms and templates)
TrimAllSpaces	Variation on TRIM to remove all spaces
UnicodeSupport	Investigate Unicode support for Foswiki
UseUTF8
VarFORMFIELDMissingThirdDefaultParameter	VarFORMFIELD is missing a default parameter option when the field is not instantiated in the topic	Tasks.Item1722
ViewfileHttpRangeHeader	Viewfile could usefully support the Http GET "Range" header
WriteAQueryCookbook	A query cookbook is essential to help new users
WysiwygFormFields	Making Formfields WYSIWYG capable	Tasks.Item8032

Accepted Feature Proposals

Proposals that have a committed owner and have been accepted according to the release process

Accepted proposals waiting to be implemented

Topic	Summary	Developer	Reason	Release
AddDefaultTopicParameterToINCLUDE	allow a list of topics to be specified so that we can use INCLUDE to allow customisation of shipped topic elements.	SvenDowideit	ConsensusReached	TBD
AddDollarTotalToFormattedSearch	Add $total(..) to FormattedSearch	PaulHarvey	AcceptedBy14DayRule	1.2
AddHideOptionToSTARTSECTION	Add a hide option to STARTSECTION	PaulHarvey	AcceptedBy14DayRule	1.2
AddNatEditToCore	Let's add NatEdit to the core	CrawfordCurrie, MichaelDaum	ConsensusReached	1.2
AddPagingToAllDistributedSearchTopics	Add Paging To All Distributed Search Topics	SvenDowideit	AcceptedBy14DayRule
CaseInsensitiveUserMapping	Ignore differences in case between registration and login	SvenDowideit	ConsensusReached	TBD
CentralizeAndHideAdminInstructions	Add administrative instructions for TWikiRegistration tailoring	LynnwoodBrown	ConsensusReached
DirectInteractionWithAttachments	Direct interaction with attachments	ArthurClemens	AcceptedBy14DayRule	2.0
DisableWikiWordsWithNumbers	Provide option to disable numbers in WikiWords	KennethLavrsen	AcceptedBy14DayRule	MajorRelease
DublinCoreMetaData	Publishing with Dublin Core meta data in head (scope 2.0)	DrakeDiedrich	AcceptedBy14DayRule	2.0
Enhancei18nArchitecture	Enable internationalisation of plugins	OlivierRaginel, MichaelDaum	AcceptedBy14DayRule	1.2
FSAPluginHooks	Plugin hooks to take advantage of Foswiki Stand Alone	GilmarSantosJr	ConsensusReached	1.2
FallBackToTopicWhenTrailingSpaceAndNoSuchSubweb	Fallback To Topic When URL has Trailing Space And No Subweb exists but topic does	SvenDowideit	AcceptedBy14DayRule	1.2
FreezeRevisionNumberingScheme	Cast in stone the topic revision numbering scheme used by the RCS-based stores	MichaelTempest	AcceptedBy14DayRule
HtmlAttributesShouldUseSingleQuotes	HTML attributes should use single quotes	ArthurClemens	AcceptedBy14DayRule
IntroduceForceDefaultUrlHostToggle	Sometimes its necessary to force the hostname set in {DefaultUrlHost}.	OliverKrueger	ConsensusReached	TBD
LinksInPreview	It would be useful to have links enabled in edit previews	WillNorris	AcceptedBy14DayRule	1.2
MakingVarVARTopicCapable	%VAR should be able to return variables at the topic level, not only at the web level.	MartinCleaver	None	TBD
ModPerlStartupScript	Distribute mod_perl_startup.pl suggested by ApacheConfigGenerator? to improve efficiency	JoshuaCharlesCampbell, WillNorris	AcceptedBy14DayRule
MoreAttractiveForm	Render form with more attractive appearance	ArthurClemens	ConsensusReached	TBD
MultiStoreRefactor	Refactor the Store to allow multiple plugable backends	SvenDowideit	ConsensusReached	TBD
NumbersAsUpperCase	Allow numbers to be treated as uppercase instead of lowercase in WikiWords	KennethLavrsen	AcceptedBy14DayRule	1.2
PluggableAccessControlImplementation	Pluggable Access Control Implementation	RafaelAlvarez or SvenDowideit	AcceptedBy14DayRule
RefactorACLCheckOnResultSetAsFilter	Refactor ACL Check and Pager on ResultSet? As Filter	SvenDowideit	AcceptedBy14DayRule
RequirePerl588	Move to 5.8.8 for various reasons	CrawfordCurrie, SvenDowideit, PaulHarvey	AcceptedBy14DayRule	1.1.5
SearchOrderByTopicElement	Make Search order param consistent with query	SvenDowideit	AcceptedBy14DayRule
SettingAndGettingVariablesUsingMacros	Setting And Getting Variables Using Macros	MichaelDaum	AcceptedBy14DayRule	1.2
ShorterUrlSupport	Support in TWiki.pm for Shorter URLs, ommiting HomeWeb? and WebHome	ColasNahaboo	AcceptedBy14DayRule
SupportLineThroughFormatTag	Support underline and line-through text decorations	PaulHarvey	AcceptedBy14DayRule	TBD
TocFailsForIdenticalHeadingNames	Headings with same text generate same anchor, and TOC doesn't work	HaraldJoerg?	None	1.0
TopicCaseSensitivity	URL's that have correct spelling, irrespective of case will goto that topic.	SvenDowideit	ConsensusReached	TBD
UseEnhanceAndMoveSpecFiles	.spec files are under-used and only by configure. Would be nice to use them more	OlivierRaginel, GeorgeClark	ConsensusReached	1.2
		ArthurClemens: 3 ColasNahaboo: 1 CrawfordCurrie: 2 DrakeDiedrich: 1 GeorgeClark: 1 GilmarSantosJr: 1 HaraldJoerg? : 1 JoshuaCharlesCampbell: 1 KennethLavrsen: 2 LynnwoodBrown: 1 MartinCleaver: 1 MichaelDaum: 3 MichaelTempest: 1 OliverKrueger: 1 OlivierRaginel: 2 PaulHarvey: 4 RafaelAlvarez or SvenDowideit: 1 SvenDowideit: 9 WillNorris: 2	AcceptedBy14DayRule: 20 ConsensusReached: 10 None: 2

Accepted proposals in progress of implementation

Topic	Summary	Tasks Item	Developer	Release
DeprecateAutoAttach	Deprecate auto attachments, and make Update Attachments Plugin a default	Tasks.Item9322	GeorgeClark	1.2
EasyDevelopment	Fast VM developer environment with Vagrant provisioning		JulianLevens, OlivierRaginel
ExtractAndCentralizeFormattingRefactor	Refactor format rendering to use FoswikiIterators (adds paging, consistency and speed)	Tasks.Item1339	SvenDowideit
ResultSets	Result Sets to abstract search results, lists, and GROUP definition	Tasks.Item2350	SvenDowideit
SearchResultsPagination	Search results pagination	Tasks.Item3931	ArthurClemens (spec), SvenDowideit (code)
SimplifySEARCHParameters	Simply SEARCH parameters		SvenDowideit
			ArthurClemens (spec): 1 GeorgeClark: 1 JulianLevens: 1 OlivierRaginel: 1 SvenDowideit: 3 SvenDowideit (code): 1

Completed Feature Proposals

Proposals that have been completed following the release process

Completed Proposals (Merged to core or to default plugin)

Topic	Summary	Tasks Item	Developer	Release
AddAltParamToICON	Add an alt parameter to ICON	Tasks.Item8552	CrawfordCurrie	1.1
AddAngleBracketsToFormatTokens	Add Angle Brackets (< and >) to format tokens	Tasks.Item1710	KennethLavrsen	1.0.6
AddAutoViewTemplatePlugintoFoswiki	AutoViewTemplatePlugin standardises the name of the skin page used for showing a topic with a form. We should merge it to core and install on FW.org	Tasks.Item2216	OliverKrueger
AddDataToRegistrationHandler	Add the registration data to the parameters of the registrationHandler	before foswiki and Task.Item2170	SvenDowideit
AddEXPANDMacro	EXPAND macro will enable cross-topic macro expansion		CrawfordCurrie	1.1
AddExtensionRepositoriesToFoswikiOrg	Add Testing and Archive repositories to Foswiki.org		GeorgeClark
AddFamFamFamContribToCore	Add FamFamFamContrib to the Core	Tasks/Item2456	SvenDowideit
AddFinishHandler	Add a finishHandler() for plugins	Tasks.Item1328	CrawfordCurrie	1.1
AddFooterParameterToSEARCH	Add footer parameter to SEARCH to match the header	Tasks.Item886	KennethLavrsen	1.0.6
AddMatchOperatorToQueryLanguage	Add match operator to query language	Tasks.Item1975	MichaelDaum
AddNumberOfTopicsToFormattedSearch	Add number of topics to formatted search	Tasks.Item886 Tasks.Item1595	KennethLavrsen	1.0.6
AddOperatorsToQueries	Add missing operators to query search and %IF	Tasks.Item10129	CrawfordCurrie	2.0
AddPackageNavigationToPerlDoc	Add package navigation to Perl Doc	Tasks.Item11437	KipLubliner	1.1.5
AddPlusValuesToRadioAndCheckboxes	Add +values to radio and checkbox formfields	Tasks.Item10071, Tasks.Item11428	MichaelDaum	1.1.5
AddSMELLToPerlDoc	Add SMELL, FIXME and TODO report to PerlDoc	Tasks.Item10217	GeorgeClark	1.1.4
AddStaticContext	Add a static context	Tasks.Item8575; Tasks.Item8656	GeorgeClark	1.1
AddUserToGroupsOnRegistration	Add User To Groups On Registration	Tasks.Item2172	SvenDowideit	1.1
AllowJSCalendarContribToUseTimePicker	JSCalendarContrib shall be corrected to allow usage of the built-in Time-Picker	Tasks.Item8677	RaulFRodriguez	1.1
AllowLocalConfigurationForJSCalendarContrib	Allowing local JSCalendarContrib configuration	Foswikitask:Item8833	AntonioTerceiro	1.1
BetterPluginPackageDiagnostics	It is helpful to upgraders to know which package Foswiki uses for each plugin	Tasks.Item10136	GeorgeClark	1.1.4
ChangeApacheAuthToDigest	Change (or Add in Addition) Apache Digest Auth	Tasks.Item10962	GeorgeClark	1.1.4
CleanUpNewUserTemplate	Clean Up NewUserTemplate	Tasks.Item8745 Tasks.Item9671	MichaelDaum
CleanUpWebPreferences	Clean up WebPreferences	Tasks.Item8746	MichaelDaum	1.1
CleanerConfigurePluginsPane	The bin/configure Plugins pane should be more compacted and sorted by enabled state			1.1
CleanerSyntaxForMetaDataAccess	Support a cleaner syntax for quizzing meta-data	Tasks.Item8638	CrawfordCurrie	1.1
CloneTopicLinkUnderMore	Clone topic feature in More screen	http://foswiki.org/Tasks/Item1873	MartinCleaver	1.0
ConfigureGuessedDirectoriesOnWin32	Foswiki guesses the paths and complains about backslashes on Win32	Tasks.Item9240	SvenDowideit	1.1
ControlOverVariableExpansion	Control over Variable Expansion		PeterThoeny
DebugPreferenceSettings	Add simple debugging feature for macro values	Tasks.Item1523	CrawfordCurrie	1.1
DelegateMoreProcessingToSearchAlgorithm	Delegate More Processing To SearchAlgorithm?	Tasks.Item1370	SvenDowideit	1.1
DeprecateAfterAttachmentSaveHandler	Deprecate afterAttachmentSaveHandler	Tasks.Item8749	MichaelDaum	1.1
DeprecateAllowInlineScript	Deprecate {AllowInlineScript} option in configure	Tasks.Item2305 Tasks.Item2429	CrawfordCurrie	1.1
DoWeNeedToShipClassicSkin	remove Classic skin, its 10 years old and no-one loves it.	Tasks.Item5000	ArthurClemens	1.0
ENCODEnlsToBR	ENCODE newlines in a string to BR	Tasks.Item8695	CrawfordCurrie
EnginesAsContribs	Foswiki Engines distributed as Contribs		GilmarSantosJr	1.0
EnhanceConfigureLogging	Enhance Configure Logging	Tasks.Item10616	GeorgeClark	1.1.4
ExpertOptionForCookieDomainRealm	Make the login managers cookie (domain) realm configurable.	Item8560	OliverKrueger	1.1
ExtraResponseHeaderFields	Adding the script and uri to the header on a reponse help a lot when using asyncron ajax calls		EugenMayer
FasterAccessToCreatorData	Store creator and create date in metadata to improve performance	Tasks.Item9332, Tasks.Item10678, Item10006?		1.2
FoswikiCache	A pluggable caching service and built-in HTML page cache	Tasks.Item3695	MichaelDaum	1.1
FoswikiStandAloneFeature
GeneralSortingMechanism	Add Sort::Maker to distributed CPAN libs	Tasks.Item8834	ArthurClemens	1.1
ImproveAttachmentToTrashFlow	Improve attachment-to-Trash flow
ImproveExtensionBackupProcess	Extender.pl should create a backup archive for extensions.	Tasks.Item8640	GeorgeClark	1.1
ImproveHtPaswdUserFlexibility	Support multiple password encodings for existing users.	Tasks.Item10962	GeorgeClark
ImprovePageLoadTime	Improve Page Load Time	Tasks.Item8502, Tasks.Item8521, Tasks.Item8571, Tasks.Item8566, Tasks.Item8696	MichaelDaum
ImproveSearchResultsList	Improve the readability of search results
ImproveStatisticsHandlingForMissingTopics	Add option to allow statistics script to auto-create missing topics, also add more authorization checks.	Tasks.Item11392	GeorgeClark	1.1.5
ImproveWebSearchPages	Integrate WebSearch, WebSearchAdvanced, Alphabetical search and SearchHelp?	Tasks.Item8839	ArthurClemens	1.1
InheritWikiLinksTopics	Allow a hierarchy of InterWikis topics	Tasks.Item9260	AndrewJones	1.1.3
MakeSEARCHResultPartitioningByWebOptional	SEARCH rendering is always partitioned by web	Tasks.Item2276	SvenDowideit
MakeUserRegistrationAsLeanAsPossible	Make UserRegistration as lean as possible	Tasks.Item8796	ArthurClemens	1.1
MakeUserRegistrationCustomizable	Make UserRegistration customizable	Tasks.Item8701	ArthurClemens	1.1
MoveLogsToWorking	Move logs to 'working'	Tasks.Item2008	CrawfordCurrie	1.1
MoveToJQuery	Enhance PatternSkin to use jQuery	Tasks.Item8623	MichaelDaum, ArthurClemens
NormaliseRegexSyntax	Agree on a minimum syntax for regexes	Tasks.Item8857	CrawfordCurrie	1.1
OpenLinkInNewWndow	I want to enforce the opening of an new browser window
OptionToAddServerTimeToEmailHeaders	Would be nice to have an option to have foswiki send email with local timezone headers instead of gmt	Tasks.item10523	GeorgeClark
ParameterizedGroupsMacro	Add format and other stuff to the GROUPS macro	Tasks.Item2154, Tasks.Item2173, Tasks.Item8704	CrawfordCurrie
ParameterizedVariables	Discussion on implementing parameterized variables	Tasks.Item10187	CrawfordCurrie	1.1.4
ParamsInSquabs	Allow params in a squab view Page?p=data	Tasks.Item1654	CrawfordCurrie	1.1
ProcessAddToHeadAdds	Process addToHEAD adds	Tasks.Item6014	ArthurClemens	1.1
RcsLite	write a pure perl replacement for rcs and use it as a Store impl.
RecodeSearchCgi	recode the search cgi to show view/System/WebSearch	Tasks.Item8761	SvenDowideit
RecursiveTMPLDefinitions	Enhance TMPL:DEF to allow recursive definition of template elements.	Tasks.Item2545	SvenDowideit, ChunHuang	1.1
RemoveClassicSkin	Let us remove Classic Skin		ArthurClemens
RemoveRedirectCGIQueryHandler	Remove the unused and dangerous redirectCGIQueryHandler	Tasks.Item8818	CrawfordCurrie	1.1
RenamingAttachments	Allow Renaming of Attachments
SMIMESupportInMail	Add SMIME support in email	Tasks.Item10522	GeorgeClark
SaferURLPARAMasDefault	Safer URLPARAM as default	Tasks.Item375	KennethLavrsen	1.0
SandboxWebNameShouldBeMapped	The Sandbox Web name should be mapped through a config variable (2.0)	Tasks.Item8744	GeorgeClark	1.2
ScanForMissingPerlModules	It would be cool to ease Perl module installation or at least to simplify figuring out what is missing	Tasks.Item10170	IngoKappler	Hopefully during December 2010
SearchNeedsAltParameter	SEARCH needs an alt parameter in case of zero results	Tasks.Item883	ArthurClemens or SvenDowideit	1.1
SearchOrderingOnMultipleFields	Search ordering on multiple fields	Tasks.Item96	KoenMartens
SearchSeparatorDefaultHeaderFooter	SEARCH separator as newline after header and before footer ONLY when separator is not specified	Tasks.Item1773	KennethLavrsen	1.1
ShipCompareRevisionsAddOnWithFoswiki01x01	Ship CompareRevisionsAddOn with Foswiki 1.1	Tasks.Item1858	WillNorris	1.1
ShipHistoryPluginWithFoswiki01x01	Ship HistoryPlugin with Foswiki 1.1	Tasks.Item1856	WillNorris	1.1
ShipSubscribePluginWithFoswiki01x01	Ship the SubscribePlugin with Foswiki 1.2	Tasks.Item10830	AndrewJones	1.2
SimplifySearchTemplates	replace the SPLIT and REPEAT mess in the search templates	Tasks.Item8768	SvenDowideit
SoftAsserts	A soft-failure-mode for ASSERTs	Tasks.Item9161	MichaelTempest	1.1
SpreadSheetPluginFourNewFunctions	New $EMPTY(), $LEFTSTRING(), $RIGHTSTRING(), SUBSTRING() functions to SpreadSheetPlugin		KennethLavrsen	1.0.5
SummaryBasedOnSearchTerms	Make topic summary optionally based on search terms		ArthurClemens
SupportBlockquoteAndIndenting	Support <blockquote> and paragraph indenting in TinyMCEPlugin	Tasks.Item2341, Tasks.Item2516	PaulHarvey, CrawfordCurrie	1.2
SupportCommaFormattingToken	Support , formatting token	Tasks.Item8695	CrawfordCurrie
SupportDollarPercent	Also allow token to be spelled percent you avoid a common error	Tasks.Item8624	CrawfordCurrie	1.1
SupportSSLandTLSforSMTP	Add support for SSL and TLS transport for SMTP	Tasks.Item10521	GeorgeClark	1.1.4
SupportStrippingIPsFromLogfiles	Allow switching off IP logging in logfiles	Tasks.Item10637	GeorgeClark
TestLighttpdWebserver	a simple lighttpd configuration and laucher script for testing/development purposes		AntonioTerceiro, GilmarSantosJr
ThinPrefsProposal	Thin Prefs Mechanism	Tasks.Item1541	GilmarSantosJr	1.1
TopicAddressing	Consistent methods for breaking apart topic names/"addresses"	Tasks.Item10376	PaulHarvey	2.0
TopicMovedMessageTooVisible	Topic moved message at the bottom of normal view is too visible. Move to diff page	Tasks.Item9446	LynnwoodBrown	1.1
USERINFOisTooRestrictive	Allow USERINFO macro to display users that are not view restricted	Tasks.Item11410	GeorgeClark	1.1.5
UseVariableForSignature	Make the signature format a variable	Tasks.Item8607	ArthurClemens	1.1
			PeterThoeny: 1 CrawfordCurrie: 3 GeorgeClark: 3 KipLubliner: 1 AndrewJones: 2 AntonioTerceiro: 2 ArthurClemens: 10 ArthurClemens or SvenDowideit: 1 ChunHuang: 1 CrawfordCurrie: 14 EugenMayer: 1 GeorgeClark: 12 GilmarSantosJr: 3 IngoKappler: 1 KennethLavrsen: 6 KoenMartens: 1 LynnwoodBrown: 1 MartinCleaver: 1 MichaelDaum: 8 MichaelTempest: 1 OliverKrueger: 2 PaulHarvey: 2 RaulFRodriguez: 1 SvenDowideit: 9 WillNorris: 2	: 30 1.0: 4 1.0.5: 1 1.0.6: 3 1.1: 37 1.1.3: 1 1.1.4: 6 1.1.5: 4 1.2: 4 2.0: 2 Hopefully during December 2010: 1

Proposals that were implemented as non-default Plugin

(these may be rejected proposals where the developer decided to implement the feature as plugin or other extension instead)

Topic	Summary	Tasks Item	Developer	Release
AddMetaSetActionToEditAndSave	Set any addressable topic element from save		SvenDowideit
DeprecateTinyMCEPluginInitPreference	Replace TINYMCEPLUGIN_INIT preference with topic section	Tasks.Item8416, Tasks.Item9210	PaulHarvey
EasierMirroringOfExtensionRepositories	Simplify building and using local extension repositories	Tasks.Item8804	GeorgeClark
ExcelImportExportPluginNoFormsFeature	It would be an improvement if the ExcelImportExportPlugin handles excel tables without having a foswiki form defined	Tasks.Item8177	SvenHess
GroupPermissionsForFilterPlugin	Extend FilterPlugin with group permissions
MacroForRetrievingFieldDefaultValues	We need to centralise into core the means to retrieve field default values
SupportPermanentLinks	It would be nice if Foswiki provided invariant links, that work even if a topic is moved or renamed.		OliverKrueger
			GeorgeClark: 1 OliverKrueger: 1 PaulHarvey: 1 SvenDowideit: 1 SvenHess: 1	: 7

Rejected Feature Proposals

Proposals that have been rejected following the release process

Proposals that have been rejected can be put back in UnderInvestigation if a committed developer alters the proposal or the mood has changed in the community.

Topic	Summary	Tasks Item	Developer	Reason
ActionTrackerDescendingSort	It would be more flexible to have the option for a descending table sort			None
AddAReadOnlyMetaClass	improve internal cachebility of TopicObjects? by differentiating writeable Meta objects.			None
AddFilterPlugin	FilterPlugin is such a useful thing, it should be part of the default package		CrawfordCurrie	None
AddRemoveFileFeatureToManifest	Add the ability to add a "remove" status for files in the manifest			ConsensusReached
AddSearchResultsPaginationToRelease01x00	add search results paging capabilities to Foswiki 1.0.x		WillNorris	None
AllowSectionalEditingAtTwikiDotOrg	Allow Sectional Editing At Community Website		RafaelAlvarez	None
AllowUnauthenticatedRESTHandlers	Some plugins would like REST handlers that do not require authentication.			None
AllowWebUsersTrashAccess	It would be really neat if users who belong to a web have the authority to move topics from a web to trash.			None
CacheGetSkinCalculation	Introduce+Foswiki-%3E%7Bskin%7D		EugenMayer	None
DeprecateSlashAsRef	Deprecate the use of / for REF in queries, and replace with @		CrawfordCurrie	None
DeprecateUndocumentedSqBracketLinkFormat	Deprecate the undocumented space delimited Square Bracket link format	Tasks.Item10905	GeorgeClark	ConsensusReached
EscapeQuotesOptionInICON	Escape quotes option in ICON			NoCommittedDeveloper
HowToDeleteUserAccount	User interface to delete accounts from TopicUserMapping	Tasks.Item4905		NoCommittedDeveloper
PreInstallNatEditContrib	Make NatEditContrib? a default extension starting from 4.2			NoCommittedDeveloper
PreloadContribs	Support loading handlers from contribs			None
ReplaceFoswikiTimeModule	Extract Foswiki::Time for CPAN			None
RulebasedViewTemplates	Add a rule-based strategy to AutoViewTemplatePlugin to derive an edit/view template		MichaelDaum	RejectedByCommunityVote
ShipCommonlyTailoredTopicsInConfigure	Configure should install commonly tailored topics so that new releases do not overlay customized topics.		Foswiki:Main.GeorgeClark	None
SkinTemplateOverideForBatchUpload	The batchupload plugin require amendment to three system templates. It would bebetter to have the changes in a skin or template override.			None
SortOrderTagForTopicsAndWebs	It would be usefull if you have a fixed list location for a topic			None
			Foswiki:Main.GeorgeClark: 1 CrawfordCurrie: 2 EugenMayer: 1 GeorgeClark: 1 MichaelDaum: 1 RafaelAlvarez: 1 WillNorris: 1	ConsensusReached: 2 NoCommittedDeveloper: 3 None: 14 RejectedByCommunityVote: 1

Parked Feature Proposals

Proposals that have been parked because they failed to fullfill the basic criteria in the release process mainly

• Proposals must have a developer that commits to drive the feature to completion (there is not demand on how soon).

Proposals may also be parked after acceptance because the developer realise that he cannot find time to implement the feature. Someone else are then welcome to pick it up.

Topic	Summary	Tasks Item	Developer	Reason
AccessRightsChange	Change Access control to avoid build in security issues			None
AddContainsComparitorForQuerySearch	Provide a new comparitor to aid queries against fields which contain list data			None
AddPARENTWEBMacro	Add PARENTWEB Macro		RafaelAlvarez	None
ChangeImageLinkBehaviour	A link that looks like an image should not become an inline image			NoCommittedDeveloper
CleanUpTopicParentage	Clean up the parentage of topics shipped with Foswiki	Tasks.Item2336, Tasks.Item2293		NoCommittedDeveloper
DeprecateInitUserHandler	Deprecate the initUserHandler plugin interface		MichaelTempest	NoCommittedDeveloper
EnableDisplayOfFilesInFormattedSearch	Add something like $attachment to the format params in %SEARCH{}%		CarloSchulz (spec), SvenDowideit	None
FormallySupportMultipleExtensionVersions	Formally support multiple versions of Extensions		GeorgeClark	None
GoIsSearch	Implement unified Jump & Seach box that does the right thing.			None
InlineTopicContentAsMeta	Inline topic content should be addressable as metadata			NoCommittedDeveloper
MoveMultipleAttachmentsAtOnce	Move Multiple Attachments At Once			NoCommittedDeveloper
RedesignManagingWebs	Redesign ManagingWebs	Tasks.Item310		NoCommittedDeveloper
RemoveHardcodedCssClassNames	Remove hardcoded CSS class names		StephaneLenclud	None
RemoveSearchDefaultType	Get rid of SEARCHDEFAULTTTYPE		OlivierRaginel, KennethLavrsen	None
TinyMCEPluginShouldBeMoreModular	Directory re-structure to separate upstream files AND make it easy to enable/develop TMCE plugins	Tasks.Item2297	PaulHarvey	None
UseSyntaxToChangeEvaluationOrder	Use a different assignment operator to delay macro evaluation inside parameters			None
			CarloSchulz (spec): 1 GeorgeClark: 1 KennethLavrsen: 1 MichaelTempest: 1 OlivierRaginel: 1 PaulHarvey: 1 RafaelAlvarez: 1 StephaneLenclud: 1 SvenDowideit: 1	NoCommittedDeveloper: 6 None: 10