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

