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An overview of the upcoming releases for this project. Participants in the project can add new features to the list.

Plone 4.0 (Unreleased)

Tested with Zope 2.12
License GPL

Release Manager: Hanno Schlichting

The next major release that builds on Plone 3.x.

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No improvement proposals associated with this release.

Mar 01, 2009: Plone 3.3 (Unreleased)

License GPL
Proposal freeze Oct 05, 2008
Feature freeze Oct 20, 2008
Expected Release Mar 01, 2009

Release Manager: Wichert Akkerman

After Plone 3.2 (which focused on packaging/installer improvements), this is a minor release that adds some new features. It does not include any major changes: all products that work with Plone 3.0, 3.1 & 3.2 should also work in Plone 3.3. The upgrade from Plone 3.x is simple and non-invasive, ensuring a smooth upgrade experience.

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Associated feature proposals

In progress
Link type should automatically redirect when accessed directly (Alexander Limi, David Glick)
Working Out-of-the-box WebDAV (Sidnei da Silva, Alexander Limi)
Add FeedParser as external requirement instead of shipping with it (Christian Scholz, Jens Klein)
Resource Registries Improvements (Michael Dunlap, Florian Schulze)
Standardizing our use of INavigationRoot (Calvin Hendryx-Parker)
Disable inline editing by default (Wichert Akkerman)
Adapterise the Extensible Indexable Object Wrapper (Martin Aspeli)
Improve locking configurability (David Glick)
Clean up auto-sort, auto-order code (Andreas Zeidler)
Replace workflow history viewlet with content history viewlet (Wichert Akkerman, Danny Bloemeldaal)
View for rendering events as an iCalendar file (Andi Zeidler, Alexander Limi)
Automate ZCML Loading for Plone Plug-ins (Ethan Jucovy, Martin Aspeli)
Ready for merge
Minor i18n upgrades (Hanno Schlichting)

Plone 3.2 (Unreleased)

Tested with Zope 2.10
License GPL

The 3.2 release mainly focuses on improving the packaging (eggs, buildout) and installer experience, and is based on Plone 3.1. It does not include any major changes: all products that work with Plone 3.0 & 3.1 should also work in Plone 3.2. The upgrade from Plone 3.x is simple and non-invasive, ensuring a smooth upgrade experience.

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Associated feature proposals

Proposals being discussed

These proposals are currently under consideration for inclusion in an upcoming release.

Proposal Type Proposed by Added Target Release
Improve sortable tables User interface Florian Schulze , Leonard Norrgård Jun 23, 2005
Make accesskeys configurable User interface Geir Bækholt , Matt Lee Sep 20, 2005
Un-hardwire site root (a.k.a. the subsite proposal) Architecture Sidnei da Silva Oct 10, 2005
Improved Large Folder behaviour and user interface User interface Alexander Limi Dec 03, 2005
Folder Contents interface improvements User interface Alexander Limi Dec 03, 2005
Support alphachannel PNGs User interface Alexander Limi Dec 03, 2005
Integration of PloneWorkflowTransitions in to Plone User interface Riccardo Lemmi Mar 01, 2006
Make permissions cascade down in folders Architecture Alexander Limi , Joel Burton Apr 06, 2006
Content license policy Process Jonah Bossewitch , Nate Aune Apr 08, 2006
Improved Inbound Feed Syndication User interface Jonah Bossewitch , Nate Aune Apr 08, 2006
Improved support for User Contributed Content Annotations User interface, Architecture Jonah Bossewitch , Nate Aune Apr 08, 2006
Standard support for alternate js libraries Process Jonah Bossewitch , Anders Pearson Apr 08, 2006
Membership UI improvements User interface, Architecture Kamon Ayeva , Maik Roeder Apr 19, 2006
Enable zope.formlib to work in plone Architecture Laurence Rowe Apr 25, 2006
Large file handling Architecture Martin Aspeli , Martijn Pieters May 05, 2006
Content Visualization User interface Jonah Bossewitch , Martin Aspeli May 05, 2006
Recurring events User interface, Architecture Steve Haddox / Lennart Regebro , Nate Aune May 05, 2006
Plone Player User interface Günter Dressel , Jodok Batlogg May 08, 2006
TextIndexNG3 integration Architecture Andreas Jung Jul 19, 2006
Improved commenting infrastructure Architecture Kai Diefenbach , Wichert Akkerman Aug 29, 2006
Change Content Owner if Current Owner is Deleted Architecture Jon Stahl , Alexander Limi May 11, 2007
Locking improvements - Better collaborative edition Architecture Jean-François Roche Oct 11, 2007
Vice Outbound Syndication Architecture Derek Richardson , Florian Schulze Nov 04, 2007
GroupUserFolder removing User interface Encolpe Degoute Nov 27, 2007
Integration of ARFilePreview in Plone core (preview of office and other binary files) User interface Thierry Benita , Jean-Nicolas Bès Nov 27, 2007
Improve UI support for objects on multiple workflows User interface Laurence Rowe Dec 11, 2007
Enable dashboard to be locked down User interface Laurence Rowe Dec 11, 2007
Merge of CMFPlacefulWorkflow into CMFPlone/WorkflowTool Architecture Encolpe Degoute Dec 11, 2007
Template overrides Architecture Malthe Borch Dec 13, 2007
Use adaption for workflow history and status Architecture Laurence Rowe Dec 17, 2007
Include Captcha Support Architecture Jon Stahl , Alexander Limi Jan 04, 2008
removing DTML files in favor of z3c.zrtresource files Architecture Tarek Ziadé Jan 21, 2008
Add buildout to the Plone Installer for Windows Architecture Sidnei da Silva Mar 13, 2008
Restore 'Add Item..' menu on all pages User interface Wichert Akkerman Apr 07, 2008
Change root-of-Zope page for Unified Install Architecture Ian Anderson , Joel Burton Jun 06, 2008 3.2
Update "Welcome to Plone" Page & Experience User interface Joel Burton , Alexander Limi Jun 06, 2008 3.2
Optionally copy roles from parent when blocking inheritance User interface dannyb Jul 03, 2008
Commented-out example add-ons in buildout.cfg Process limi , stevem Aug 04, 2008
Stable Version Set Specification Mechanism for Use with Buildout Architecture Steve McMahon Aug 29, 2008
Move Display menu to edit and allow for custom properties User interface, Architecture Danny Bloemendaal Sep 03, 2008
Move manage-portlets link to site actions User interface Wichert Akkerman , Danny Bloemeldaal Oct 09, 2008
Site-wide portlets and portlet management improvements User interface Ricardo Alves Oct 12, 2008
Include batch editing User interface Javier Mansilla Oct 14, 2008
Increase control panel permission granularity Process Jon Stahl , Alex Limi Dec 16, 2008
Add new "Novice User" and "Site Administrator" roles Architecture Jon Stahl , Alex Limi Dec 16, 2008

Rejected and Deferred Proposals

Rejected and deferred proposals have been moved to a separate page.

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