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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 446 days ago |
KennethLavrsen | |
| AddENDINCLUDEandSTOPSECTION 1.2 |
Let's make an ENDINCLUDE to be consistent with ENDSECTION | 1 May 2011 288 days ago |
PaulHarvey | |
| AddFoswikiFuncGetScriptUrlPath 1.1.5 |
Add a Foswiki::Func::getScriptUrlPath() API |
17 Dec 2011 58 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 183 days ago |
SvenDowideit | |
| BlurAuthCookieName 1.1.5 |
Blur auth-Cookie-Name with random string on installation | 16 Dec 2011 59 days ago |
GeorgeClark | |
| ConfigurableCookieNamesAndPaths 1.1.5 |
Make cookie path and names configurable | 30 Mar 2011 320 days ago |
PaulHarvey | |
| ControlFoswikiTemporaryFileLocations 1.1.4 |
Explicitly control the storage location of temporary files used by Foswiki | 25 Feb 2011 353 days ago |
GeorgeClark | |
| CustomNewUserTemplates 1.1 |
Enhance register script to specify a templatetopic param instead of hard-coded 'NewUserTemplate' |
5 Jul 2011 223 days ago |
PaulHarvey | |
| DatabaseStore |
Database store, or database cache, for high performance | 7 Dec 2010 433 days ago |
CrawfordCurrie | |
| GrandUnifiedSearchAPITwoZero FoswikiTwoZero |
Bring together the SEARCH visions | 15 Oct 2010 486 days ago |
SvenDowideit, CrawfordCurrie, PaulHarvey | |
| HideIrrelevantConfigureOptions |
Configure has too many options, and often they are irrelevant | 23 Jan 2012 21 days ago |
CrawfordCurrie | |
| ImproveSecurityOfTemplateAuth |
Use Javascript to avoid passing the password in the clear. | 11 Feb 2012 2 days ago |
GeorgeClark, MichaelDaum | |
| ImproveSupportForDatabaseSearches 2.0 |
Next steps in improving the data store abstraction and search support | 15 Sep 2010 516 days ago |
CrawfordCurrie | |
| InGMTIMESupportTwoDigitWeek |
Suggestion for true two-digit week format in GMTIME | 9 Feb 2012 4 days ago |
OlivierRaginel | |
| LoadDifferentTopicVersions |
Simple syntax for specifying specific topic versions | 21 Sep 2011 145 days ago |
PaulHarvey | |
| MakeZonesLessIntrusive 2.0 |
Make zones less intrusive, especially for non-HTML output | 12 Nov 2010 458 days ago |
PaulHarvey | |
| MoveCodeRepositoryToGit |
migrate from Subversion to git | 17 Jul 2010 576 days ago |
OlivierRaginel, PaulHarvey, SvenDowideit | |
| MoveSECTIONsToFoswikiMeta 1.2 |
Add an API for INCLUDE sections to Foswiki::Meta |
2 May 2011 287 days ago |
PaulHarvey | |
| PluginGarbageCollection |
Plugins need a working/temp file cleanup mechanism | 7 Sep 2011 159 days ago |
SvenDowideit, CrawfordCurrie | |
| PromoteMetaDotPmToFirstClassAPI 1.2 |
Make Meta a first class Public API | 14 Nov 2010 456 days ago |
SvenDowideit | |
| ProtectConfigureUsingHtigestByDefault |
Improve default protection of configure script | 19 Nov 2011 86 days ago |
GeorgeClark | |
| SimplifyTheStoreMetaSemantics |
Simplify The Store - Meta Semantics | 19 Aug 2011 178 days ago |
SvenDowideit | |
| TemplatingSearchResultSummaries |
Templating search result summaries | 21 Jan 2011 388 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 59 days ago |
IngoKappler | |
| Use401ForCookieAuth |
Return 401 instead of 200 for auth failures | 9 Feb 2012 4 days ago |
CrawfordCurrie | |
| CrawfordCurrie: 1 GeorgeClark: 3 ArthurClemens: 1 CrawfordCurrie: 5 GeorgeClark: 1 IngoKappler: 1 KennethLavrsen: 1 OlivierRaginel: 2 PaulHarvey: 9 SvenDowideit: 5 MichaelDaum: 1 SvenDowideit: 1 |
Number of topics: 25
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 718 days ago |
SvenDowideit | CrawfordCurrie |
| AddSWITCHMacro |
Create mechanism for switch statements | 5 Feb 2012 8 days ago |
KipLubliner | ArthurClemens, CrawfordCurrie |
| ChangeDefaultHtpasswdEncoding 1.1.5 |
Change the default encoding from crypt to apache-md5 |
11 Feb 2012 2 days ago |
GeorgeClark | CrawfordCurrie |
| ImprovedRESTSupport |
Enhanced REST Support | 31 Jan 2012 13 days ago |
CrawfordCurrie (401 rest response only) | SvenDowideit (please move the 401 response into a separate FeatReq? ) |
| InstallNatSkinAndWidgetsSkinOnFoswikiDotOrg |
foswiki.org to provide all commonly-installed skins | 22 Mar 2010 693 days ago |
WillNorris | KennethLavrsen, MichaelDaum, OliverKrueger |
| ListFormatViewAndEditTemplate |
Implement dynamic views for topic lists | 5 Nov 2009 830 days ago |
SvenDowideit, ArthurClemens | CrawfordCurrie, KennethLavrsen |
| MakeStartPageCOnfigurable |
Why isn't the start page configurable? | 13 Jan 2012 31 days ago |
CrawfordCurrie | GeorgeClark |
| NoRCSForBinaryAttachments |
Allow disabling of RCS control for binary attachments | 16 Dec 2010 424 days ago |
OlivierRaginel | KennethLavrsen, CrawfordCurrie |
| SimplifyMasterTemplateDefinition |
Stop forcing skin authors to remove the final new-lines from tmpl files | 24 May 2010 630 days ago |
SvenDowideit | KennethLavrsen |
| UpgradeSafeCustomisationsOfSystemTopics 1.1 |
Allow users to customise System topics (such as WebSearch) in an upgrade safe way | 4 Mar 2010 711 days ago |
AndrewJones | SvenDowideit, KennethLavrsen |
| GeorgeClark: 1 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: 5 KennethLavrsen: 5 MichaelDaum: 1 OliverKrueger: 1 SvenDowideit: 1 SvenDowideit (please move the 401 response into a separate FeatReq? ): 1 |
Number of topics: 10
Uncommitted proposals
| Topic | Summary | Edited |
|---|---|---|
| WrapperMacrosForADDTOZONE |
Simplify adding JS/CSS to a page, at the same time reduce validation problems, improve security & cache features | 2012 Feb 13 0 days ago |
| SearchResultsWithHeadingLinks |
It would be really neat if search results contained links to headings, à la Google (or à la Bing/Yahoo) | 2012 Feb 04 9 days ago |
| PluggableRenderers |
Make Foswiki::Render pluggable | 2012 Feb 01 12 days ago |
| AddFurtherControlsOnSudo |
Enhancements to sudo login to improve security | 2012 Jan 27 17 days ago |
| SystemTopicsUpdateMethod |
New update method for system topics | 2012 Jan 02 42 days ago |
| SyntaxForDelayingMacrosAndFormatTokens |
Eliminate $dollar etc hell. Also see older UseSyntaxToChangeEvaluationOrder | 2012 Jan 01 43 days ago |
| FoswikiToXmlMetsTransition |
Add XML based Storeage and query backend | 2011 Dec 23 52 days ago |
| UnicodeSupport |
Investigate Unicode support for Foswiki | 2011 Dec 18 56 days ago |
| AddFoswikiFuncWikifyWebTopicName |
Add a Foswiki::Func::wikifyWebTopicName() API |
2011 Dec 14 60 days ago |
| AutomagicalUpdating |
Automagical Updating of Foswiki | 2011 Dec 07 67 days ago |
| AddHeaderShiftParameterToINCLUDE |
Add a headershift parameter to adjusted included header levels |
2011 Dec 02 72 days ago |
| AddCreateTopicToFunc |
Add a new function createTopic to Func | 2011 Nov 25 79 days ago |
| AutoincFormfieldPlugin |
AutoincFormfieldPlugin | 2011 Oct 25 111 days ago |
| AddOrRelationToFORMFIELD |
Add "OR" relation to macro FORMFIELD | 2011 Oct 25 111 days ago |
| EscapeTmlInEditor |
2011 Oct 24 112 days ago |
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| UseUTF8 |
2011 Oct 21 115 days ago |
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| KinoSearchThroughTagMeTags |
It would be really nice if KinoSearch? could go through the tags created with TagMe? plugin | 2011 Oct 12 123 days ago |
| SecurityChecklists |
Security checklists for the uninitiated | 2011 Sep 28 137 days ago |
| PermissionRawSeparatelyToView |
Protecting an application's code needs DENYTOPICRAW | 2011 Aug 19 177 days ago |
| OfficeConnector |
Provide an Office Connector like in Confluence | 2011 Aug 17 179 days ago |
| DataFormInheritance |
Proposed feature for inheritance of DataForm fields | 2011 Aug 12 184 days ago |
| ImproveAttachmentHandling |
Attachments need better tools for searching, tagging, viewing and file handling | 2011 Aug 08 189 days ago |
| SupportDynamicGeneratedAttachments |
Support dynamic or generated attachments | 2011 Jun 14 243 days ago |
| DeprecateContextlessURLConstructs 2.0 |
Deprecate Contextless URL Constructs | 2011 Jun 14 244 days ago |
| SynchroniseInlineAndMetaPrefs |
In-line * Set preferences should always match META:PREFERENCE, and vice versa |
2011 Jun 08 250 days ago |
| AddWikiSnapshots |
Add snapshot functionality, mading it possible to browse topics history consistently | 2011 May 06 283 days ago |
| AdoptACSSFramework |
Adopt a CSS framework from another project | 2011 Apr 16 303 days ago |
| ParallelSearch |
Boost Search Performance in huge webs by doing it parallel | 2011 Apr 15 304 days ago |
| PatchBinaryAsConfigureOption |
Which 'patch' Foswiki uses should be a config option | 2011 Mar 28 322 days ago |
| DynamicallyUpdatingDataFormProperties |
2011 Mar 23 327 days ago |
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| EnhanceInsertEditLinkDialog |
It would be nice if TinyMCE? 's Insert/Edit link dialog had a possibility to search through all topic names | 2011 Mar 23 327 days ago |
| FormPluginTopicDefnition |
It would be nice to be able to set the topic using form data variable substitution | 2011 Mar 19 330 days ago |
| TrimAllSpaces |
Variation on TRIM to remove all spaces | 2011 Mar 14 335 days ago |
| FuncMoveTopicIgnorePermissions |
It would be great if moveTopic would have an ignorepermissions option | 2011 Mar 09 340 days ago |
| ManagingApplications |
Manage and deploy Applications | 2011 Jan 31 377 days ago |
| MakeWEBFORMSMoreUsable |
WEBFORMS is a PITA | 2011 Jan 22 387 days ago |
| WriteAQueryCookbook |
A query cookbook is essential to help new users | 2011 Jan 15 394 days ago |
| AddSetDefaultToTestFields |
add set default button / js for form fields | 2010 Dec 15 425 days ago |
| SupportShorterACRONYMS |
We need support in my company for two letter ACRONYMS | 2010 Dec 07 433 days ago |
| WysiwygFormFields 2.0 |
Making Formfields WYSIWYG capable | 2010 Dec 05 434 days ago |
| AddLogoutHandler 2.0 |
Add logout handlers for LoginManagers | 2010 Dec 05 434 days ago |
| CachedIncludes |
Improve performance of nested sectional includes | 2010 Nov 12 458 days ago |
| ReviewFileSystemPermissionsAndCheckFix 2.0 |
Review file permissions for consistency and implement checking/fixup | 2010 Nov 12 458 days ago |
| SimplifyTheDefaultInstall |
Simplify default configuration | 2010 Nov 09 460 days ago |
| QueryCustomCollections |
Query links and backlinks | 2010 Nov 07 462 days ago |
| QueryAccessControls |
It should be easier to get a definitive overview of the Access Controls present on a given topic. | 2010 Nov 07 462 days ago |
| DynamicViewEditHandling |
I'd like FW to dynamically decide whether an edit page is needed. | 2010 Nov 07 463 days ago |
| EnhancedShowPreference |
A full record of all Preferences across all webs would help in site consistency | 2010 Oct 30 470 days ago |
| RevCommentsTopicDelete |
When deleting a Topic to Trash, have the ability to enter a descriptive revision comment | 2010 Oct 30 471 days ago |
| 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. | 2010 Oct 25 475 days ago |
| 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. | 2010 Oct 25 476 days ago |
| ParentTopicMailInContrib |
Specifying both topic name and parent name would be useful | 2010 Oct 25 476 days ago |
| ImproveVirtualHostSupportInApacheConfigGenerator |
Let's get virtual hosting sorted out | 2010 Oct 01 499 days ago |
| DataFormFieldPermissions |
Set permissions for DataForm? fields | 2010 Sep 21 509 days ago |
| MakeREMOTEUSERaWikiWord |
Make Sure Wikiname Is WikiWord With OpenLDAP Authentication REMOTE_USER | 2010 Sep 20 510 days ago |
| SpreadsheetRegexFunction |
Add a Generic REGEX function to CALC | 2010 Sep 11 519 days ago |
| AllowGuestsToUseRESTAsDefault |
Remove rest from the default list of AuthScripts |
2010 Aug 13 549 days ago |
| SuppressNonpublishedLinks |
Suppress links to topics that are not in the published scope. | 2010 Aug 06 556 days ago |
| PermissionsChange |
Changing Access Permission | 2010 Jul 31 561 days ago |
| FinerControlOverPluginsOrder |
Need better mechanisms than {PluginsOrder} to control plugin execution order | 2010 Jul 22 571 days ago |
| LeadNewInstallersToConfigure |
redirect to configure unless when there is no configuration | 2010 Jul 12 581 days ago |
| AddSortingBehaviourToSearch |
Add different sorting behaviour(s) to search output | 2010 Jul 08 585 days ago |
| EasierNestedSearch |
Reduce $dollar | 2010 Jul 08 585 days ago |
| MoveFoswikiCodeIntoCPAN |
migrate foswiki into CPAN | 2010 Jun 16 607 days ago |
| FoswikiSettingsWizard 2.0 |
Foswiki Settings Wizard | 2010 May 18 635 days ago |
| AddNewWebHandlers |
Add beforeNewWeb and afterNewWeb handlers to the Plugin API | 2010 May 14 640 days ago |
| AddBeforeRenameHandler |
Add beforeRenameHandler to the Plugin API | 2010 May 13 640 days ago |
| CopyingToExistingTopic |
Copying the topic contents from one page to an already existing page | 2010 Apr 29 655 days ago |
| ShoutBox |
Public IM-ing system bit like IRC | 2010 Apr 23 660 days ago |
| SupportBulkUpdates |
Support Bulk Updates | 2010 Apr 19 664 days ago |
| SimplifyTheFeatureProposalProcess |
The feature proposal process is more complex than required | 2010 Apr 02 682 days ago |
| DeKiAlikeWYSIWYG |
DeKi-alike WYSIWYG | 2010 Mar 19 696 days ago |
| ConsolidateTablesWithData |
Harmonize tables and data forms | 2010 Mar 18 696 days ago |
| FixDelete |
Fix brain-dead delete | 2010 Mar 17 697 days ago |
| FoswikiBookProposal |
A community-written book | 2010 Mar 16 698 days ago |
| TopicsShouldGetTypesFromFormsNotNames |
Topics should get types from forms (or other method) not from names (Bogus forms and templates) | 2010 Mar 15 699 days ago |
| CreateStandardTopicUpdateNotes |
Create standard topic update notes | 2010 Feb 24 719 days ago |
| AddConfigurationWizard |
Add a configuration wizard for authentication | 2010 Feb 11 732 days ago |
| SyntaxHighlightingEditor |
Syntax Highlighting Editor | 2009 Dec 30 774 days ago |
| EditChapterPluginChildSections |
EditChapter should always show body of a chapter, not just a title. | 2009 Dec 24 780 days ago |
| ResourceBookingPlugin |
A plugin for booking/scheduling resources | 2009 Dec 23 781 days ago |
| SupportSynchroEdit |
It would be really neat to be able to edit pages synchronously, seeing edits by others in real time | 2009 Dec 18 786 days ago |
| SupportXMLGeneration |
Support an XML schema for webs/topics | 2009 Dec 05 799 days ago |
| FoswikiOrgShouldUseSSL |
foswiki.org should implement SSL | 2009 Dec 05 800 days ago |
| InterfacingWithValidationMethods |
Strikeone and friends need a cleaner API | 2009 Nov 19 816 days ago |
| SimpleVarInclude |
Additional section include ability | 2009 Nov 14 820 days ago |
| TopicObjectModel |
Topic Object Model (TOM) | 2009 Nov 06 829 days ago |
| SupportDITA |
It would be really neat if Foswiki could fully support DITA publishing | 2009 Nov 06 829 days ago |
| ContentAccessSyntax |
Discussions on accessing TopicObjectModel from TML | 2009 Nov 06 829 days ago |
| SearchBySection |
SEARCH should be able to search in a specified section | 2009 Nov 06 829 days ago |
| ViewfileHttpRangeHeader |
Viewfile could usefully support the Http GET "Range" header | 2009 Oct 07 859 days ago |
| AddTimeFeaturesToAttachmentLinks |
Add date formatting tokens to attachment links | 2009 Oct 01 865 days ago |
| FeatureRequestTopicTemplate |
2009 Sep 30 866 days ago |
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| OptionToAvoidFlattenedSummaryInFormattedSearch |
Option to avoid completely flattening text in FormattedSearch? 's $summary(nnn) |
2009 Aug 03 924 days ago |
| SmiliesPluginPictures |
It would be nice if a SmiliesPlugin picture could come from other sources but the SmiliesPlugin topic | 2009 Jul 03 954 days ago |
| CronWizardFunctionalityInEachRelavantPlugin |
Better Crontab documentation in each plugin | 2009 Jul 03 955 days ago |
| EncryptDataInTopics |
It would be great if users could add personal data to topics, viewed by their own only | 2009 Jun 29 958 days ago |
| MailerContribShouldOptionallyExcludeCertainAuthors |
MailerContrib should not notify on changes by certain authors (incl. $MYSELF) | 2009 Jun 23 965 days ago |
| VarFORMFIELDMissingThirdDefaultParameter |
VarFORMFIELD is missing a default parameter option when the field is not instantiated in the topic | 2009 Jun 15 973 days ago |
| ExportTableToCsv |
Ability to export Foswiki table to cvs format | 2009 Jun 05 983 days ago |
| MergeWYSIWYGEditors |
Integrate improvements from Rich Text Editor from VM in Standard (CVS) | 2009 May 28 990 days ago |
| AvoidShootingSelfInFoot |
Prevent Accidental Lockout of Topics | 2009 Apr 21 1027 days ago |
| GeneralisedCHARTdefinition |
2009 Apr 03 1046 days ago |
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| SupportDeferredExecution |
Support deferred execution or rendering of complex topics | 2009 Mar 21 1059 days ago |
| OneTimeNotification |
One Time Notification for Topic Creation | 2009 Mar 20 1059 days ago |
| SupportHorizontalMenusThroughRenderListPlugin |
Define a horizontal menu with alt and title tags using a bulleted list | 2009 Mar 11 1069 days ago |
| CategorizeExtensionsInFindExtensions |
Group extensions by some indication of code quality | 2009 Feb 02 1105 days ago |
| CertificatedStatisticsUpdate |
Add certificated statistics update script | 2008 Dec 17 1152 days ago |
| ExtendedVariableHandling |
Extended handling of variables to improve wiki database use | 2008 Dec 04 1165 days ago |
| ConfigureScript |
Configure Extension autoinstaller should remove be able to uninstall | 2008 Dec 02 1167 days ago |
| RegistrationI18N |
Changing the registration form for use in I18N | 2008 Nov 25 1174 days ago |
| RenameFormField |
Form fields need a mechanism to rename | 2008 Nov 18 1181 days ago |
| ChangeLoginName |
Users should be able to change their login name | 2008 Nov 14 1185 days ago |
| TopicDisplayName |
2008 Nov 10 1189 days ago |
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| NewLayoutForMoreScreen |
2008 Nov 09 1190 days ago |
Number of topics: 115
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