Spring 2006 Roadmap

Summary

This document is intended to document planned uPortal Framework development occuring over the next 6 months (until the Fall 2006 Developer Meeting). The following branches are slated for active development. Unless otherwise stated, new features listed for a release can be expected to also be incorporated into any higher number releases – e.g. 2.5.x features can be expected to also be present in 2.6.x. Which features are targeted for which branch is determined by the Release Strategy

uPortal 2.5.x Roadmap

Release Engineering: ~awp9

Summary

uPortal 2.5.x is the current mature, production branch of the uPortal Framework. This release is undergoing active maintenance and is recommended for production deployment. The focus of development on this branch is improvements in performance, stability, and incorporation of backwards-compatible features consistent with the Release Strategy.

Planned Work

Opportunities

uPortal 2.6 (tentative)

Release Engineering:

Summary

uPortal 2.6 is a tentative release categorizing ongoing development efforts currently occuring in the HEAD of the uPortal source tree. This release is incomplete, undergoing active development and is NOT recommended for production deployment as it may change at any time. This release includes features which may not be backwards-compatible with previous releases, as per the Release Strategy.

Planned Work

Opportunities

uPortal 3.x (sandbox) Roadmap

Release Engineering: ~edalquist

Summary

uPortal 3.x is a project currently located in the JA-SIG sandbox. It represents a complete re-architecture of the uPortal framework. This release is incomplete, undergoing active development and is NOT recommended for production deployment as it may change at any time. While a migration path from uPortal 2.x is a high-priority work item for the uP 3.x project, backwards compatibility is NOT guaranteed, and significant work may be required to migrate existing installations.

Planned Work

Opportunities