> There are several other pending pull requests, without any comments > for about 2 months?!
Jeremy and I have been working on a new build process using TW5 to generate and post the TW2 distro. We are also working on new hosting for tiddlywiki.com, using GitHub Pages, which will greatly simplify the process of posting updates without needing SCP file transfers and remote shell commands. The last release (TW265) was on Oct 6, 2011. The next release, TW266, will include all changes already committed to the repository plus pending pull requests that have been submitted for approval. Assuming there are no major build problems, we expect to post TW266 ALPHA in the next week or two. The next immediate release after TW266 (perhaps just another week or two following TW266) will be TW267, which will include a few small changes, but no major bits of code work. TW267 is intended primarily to ensure that new changes to both code and content can be pulled, built, tested and posted smoothly. When TW267 is posted as ALPHA, TW266 will move to BETA status. The release following TW267 will be TW270, which will focus on solutions to the file saving/importing/uploading issues that have been caused by increased browser security. When TW270 ALPHA is posted, TW267 will move to BETA status, and TW266 BETA will become the official published release. Once the new build/posting processes are in place and working smoothly, you can expect more frequent updates than in the past -- hopefully every month (or two) -- using the 3-stage alpha/beta/release process described above. The plan is to continue to actively provide incremental 'point' updates (e.g. TW271, TW272) and 'minor release' updates (e.g., TW280, TW290, etc.) for critical fixes to the existing TiddlyWiki codebase until TW5 can support mainstream use for creating new documents. At that point, the plan is to release "TWClassic 3.0", as a "final" stable release of the existing codebase. There may be a few minor follow-up point releases (e.g., TW301) in response to browser-level support issues, but otherwise, I will be re-focusing my efforts towards creating "migration tools" for converting TWClassic-formatted tiddlers into TW5-formatted tiddlers, so that current TiddlyWiki users can more easily adapt their existing document content for use with the new TW5 features. Note that, while conversion of tiddler *content* is relatively straightfoward, existing TWClassic plugins will simply not be able to work within the new TW5 architecture, and will have to be completely re-coded using TW5-compatible programming techniques. Given the number of plugins I have written, I expect that this will take a considerable amount of time, over many, many months, with priority given to the most popular plugins currently in use. So... the approximate build/post schedule looks like this: TW266 = current commits and pull requests (including jQuery update) TW267 = minor changes (test of build/staging process) TW270 = file I/O (import/save/upload) fixes TW271 = ??? TW280 = ??? etc. Jul - TW266A, TW266B, TW267A Aug - TW266, TW267B, TW270A Oct - TW267, TW270B, TW271A Nov - TW270, TW271B, etc. Of course, this rough timetable is subject to change if problems arise... but we don't expect any major stumbling blocks at this time. enjoy, -e Eric Shulman TiddlyWiki Classic Lead Developer TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios "Small Tools for Big Ideas" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev?hl=en.
