+1 On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
