[xwiki-devs] [VOTE] Let's have a XWiki Syntax 2.1 version for the future + freeze XWiki Syntax 2.0

Hi, Even though we're relasing XE 2.0 final along with a finalized XWiki Syntax 2.0 there are still several improvements we'd like to bring to the syntax. To name a few: * Fix 2 passes done for wiki context inside links which requires escaping some chars in link labels. * Add support for comments - http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-4027 * Mixed list syntax - http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-3133 * Add format parameters support for macros - http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-3237 * Add support for list item parameters in XWiki syntax - http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-3132 * Complete advanced table syntax for XWiki 2.0 rendering - http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-2658 (still to be decided) * XWiki Syntax 2.0 should ignore spaces before any "standalone block" syntax - http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-3214 * Add support for relative paths in Link and Image XWiki Syntax 2.0 - http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-3611 * ... and a lot more... Any of these changes are potentially breaking for existing content. For example if some current content uses the same syntax as the one we'll use for comments it's going to break the content. Thus the solution Thomas and I are proposing is to evolve the syntax by creating a XWiki Syntax 2.1 version: * Start working on it in XE 2.1 timeframe * Define precisely the changes we want to bring for this evolution * Let's name it something like "XWiki 2.1 (dev)" to show that it's not final and rename it to "XWiki 2.1" when it's finished and frozen For end users they'll be able to switch from any current syntax to the 2.1 syntax very easily simply by converting page by page (or by running a converter to convert a whole wiki). The conversion should be perfect. Let's this vote be also about freezing the XWiki 2.0 syntax with the 2.0 final release. This will mean we're forbidden to modify it and all changes should go in the XWiki Syntax 2.1. Here's my +1 to have a XWiki Syntax 2.1 in some not too far future and +1 to freeze the current 2.0 syntax with the XE 2.0 release. Thanks -Vincent