Here is a status on the development towards the next release, which should be the one of the very last release before 1.0.
This is great news.
- a backlinks feature (activated using xwiki.backlinks=1 in xwiki.cfg)
I was hoping this was coming. I'm reallly looking forward to trying it out.
- an import/export API (for backups and for XWiki applications) which is needed for the Import/Export XWiki page
This is another feature I've really been waiting for.
- a custom mapping feature allowing to store XWiki Objects in flat tables for advanced developments - new storage of XWiki classes definition in the xwikidoc table instead of multiple tables - the XWiki Preferences now use a custom mapping for better performance
This is good news, too. When I first looked at the XWiki database schema and saw how classes and objects were stored, I was concerned about the efficiency issues. One feature I really hope makes it into the 1.0 release is better handling of versioned attachments. (Jira Issues: XWIKI-37, 38, 130). There are some other issues with those I plan to add to the bug tracker.
I'm planning to provide a test build for developers, but if you want to test right away, you will need to build XWiki from the SVN code.
I look forward to the test build. I'm behind a firewall and don't have SVN access. I could download the SVN snapshot, but at 478 MB, it seems excessively large (???).
The plan for getting XWiki to 1.0 is:
- bug fixing - bug fixing - documentation - very small missing features - bug fixing - documentation - revamp of the XWiki interface according to the Usability report done during the summer - bug fixing - documentation
I am really glad to see the emphasis on bug fixing in this road map. I've found a lot of relatively minor bugs, and some not-so-minor ones, that collectively add up to a rather steep learning curve for XWiki. I have been hoping that XWiki won't be like so many open source projects that seem to consistently focus on adding new features instead of making a really solid, useable release. Thanks, "X Team," for your work! I'm looking forward to taking the test release for a spin. Stephen