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 <h1 style="text-align: center">Subversion Roadmap</h1>

 <div class="h2" id="upcoming-releases" title="upcoming-releases">
 <h2>Upcoming Releases</h2>

 <p>For a schedule of upcoming releases, please see the <a
 href="project_status.html">project status</a> page.</p>

 </div>

 <div class="h2" id="release-planning" title="release-planning">
 <h2>How We Plan Releases</h2>

 <p>Subversion uses a compromise between time-driven and feature-driven
 release planning.  We schedule each release for a certain date, and
 make sure a release contains one or more new features or other
 significant differentiators, but we don't say exactly what those new
 features will be.  This is because we're always working on several
 things at once, and we want to give each new feature time to mature.
 Especially given the decentralized nature of open-source development,
 we're wary of forcing technical discussions to premature consensus.
 At the same time, it's good for the project to have regular releases,
 so we try to keep to a schedule and to have <i>something</i> ready to
 roll out when the release date comes along.</p>

 <p>In this context, "release" means an increment of the minor release
 number, which is the middle number in our three-component system.
 Thus, 1.2.0, 1.3.0, and 1.4.0 are successive minor releases in the
 "1.x" line, whereas 1.1.1, 1.1.2, and 1.1.3 are successive patch
 (bugfix) releases in the "1.1.x" line.  We don't schedule patch
 releases far in advance, we just put them out when we feel enough
 bugfixes have accumulated to warrant it.  Major new releases, such as
 Subversion 2.0, will probably be done much like the minor releases,
 just with more planning around the exact features.  For more
 information about Subversion's release numbering and compatibility
 policies, see the section entitled <i>"Release numbering,
 compatibility, and deprecation"</i> in the <a
 href="http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/HACKING">the HACKING
 file</a>.</p>

 </div>

 <div class="h2" id="upcoming-features" title="upcoming-features">
 <h2>Upcoming Features</h2>

 <p>We try to have at least one or two new features under active
 development at any given time, but we generally don't rush a feature
 to get it into a release.  The flexibly time-driven model <a
 href="#release-planning">described above</a> means there's never a
 long wait between releases, which in turn means less pressure to cram
 a feature into whatever release happens to be going out the door next.
 Our main source of ideas is our users: we watch the <a
 href="mailto:users@subversion.tigris.org"
 >users@subversion.tigris.org</a> mailing list, the <a
 href="irc://irc.freenode.net/#svn">#svn IRC channel</a>, and the <a
 href="project_issues.html">issue tracker</a> to see what people are
 saying, and base our priorities on that, though we may sometimes grab
 low-hanging fruit along the way.</p>

 <p>Below are new features currently under discussion and design, as
 extracted from the ever-changing consensus of the Subversion developer
 community.  Because this is a volunteer open-source project, it's hard
 to predict exact dates or timetables for these new features.  At most,
 we can express dependencies and predict the order in which things will
 be worked on.  The best way to track development is to <a
 href="/servlets/ProjectMailingListList">subscribe</a> to the
 development mailing list, <a href="mailto:dev@subversion.tigris.org"
 >dev@subversion.tigris.org</a>.</p>

 <ul>

 <li><b>Medium-term Goals:</b>
   <ul>
     <li><p>Log message templates  (see <a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&amp;by=thread&amp;from=325870"
     >discussion thread</a>)</p>
     </li>

     <li><p>Repository-defined autoprops (see <a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&amp;by=thread&amp;from=329707"
     >discussion thread</a>)</p>
     </li>

     <li><p>Inherited properties (see <a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&amp;by=thread&amp;from=326933"
     >discussion thread</a>)</p>
     </li>

     <li><p>Improved rename support (see <a
     href="http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=898"
     >issue #898</a>)</p>
     </li>

     <li><p>Merge tracking (see <a
     href="http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/notes/merge-tracking.txt"
     >notes</a>)</p>
     </li>
   </ul>
 </li>

 <li><b>Long-term Goals</b>
   <ul>
     <li><p>repository-level ACLs</p></li>
     <li><p>SQL repository back-end?</p></li>
     <li><p>rewrite of working-copy library</p></li>
     <li><p>broader WebDAV/deltaV compatibility</p></li>
     <li><p>pluggable client-side diff programs</p></li>
     <li><p>progressive multi-lingual support</p></li>
   </ul>
 </li>

 </ul>

 </div>

 <div class="h2" id="past-releases" title="past-releases">
 <h2>Past Releases</h2>

 <p>For information about past releases, see the <a
 href="project_status.html">project status</a> page.</p>

 <p>To see a summary of the major changes in each Subversion release,
 read over the <a
 href="http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/CHANGES">CHANGES</a>
 file.</p>

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	<h1 style="text-align: center">Subversion Roadmap</h1>

	<div class="h2" id="upcoming-releases" title="upcoming-releases">
	<h2>Upcoming Releases</h2>

	<p>For a schedule of upcoming releases, please see the <a
	href="project_status.html">project status</a> page.</p>

	</div>

	<div class="h2" id="release-planning" title="release-planning">
	<h2>How We Plan Releases</h2>

	<p>Subversion uses a compromise between time-driven and feature-driven
	release planning. We schedule each release for a certain date, and
	make sure a release contains one or more new features or other
	significant differentiators, but we don't say exactly what those new
	features will be. This is because we're always working on several
	things at once, and we want to give each new feature time to mature.
	Especially given the decentralized nature of open-source development,
	we're wary of forcing technical discussions to premature consensus.
	At the same time, it's good for the project to have regular releases,
	so we try to keep to a schedule and to have <i>something</i> ready to
	roll out when the release date comes along.</p>

	<p>In this context, "release" means an increment of the minor release
	number, which is the middle number in our three-component system.
	Thus, 1.2.0, 1.3.0, and 1.4.0 are successive minor releases in the
	"1.x" line, whereas 1.1.1, 1.1.2, and 1.1.3 are successive patch
	(bugfix) releases in the "1.1.x" line. We don't schedule patch
	releases far in advance, we just put them out when we feel enough
	bugfixes have accumulated to warrant it. Major new releases, such as
	Subversion 2.0, will probably be done much like the minor releases,
	just with more planning around the exact features. For more
	information about Subversion's release numbering and compatibility
	policies, see the section entitled <i>"Release numbering,
	compatibility, and deprecation"</i> in the <a
	href="http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/HACKING">the HACKING
	file</a>.</p>

	</div>

	<div class="h2" id="upcoming-features" title="upcoming-features">
	<h2>Upcoming Features</h2>

	<p>We try to have at least one or two new features under active
	development at any given time, but we generally don't rush a feature
	to get it into a release. The flexibly time-driven model <a
	href="#release-planning">described above</a> means there's never a
	long wait between releases, which in turn means less pressure to cram
	a feature into whatever release happens to be going out the door next.
	Our main source of ideas is our users: we watch the <a
	href="mailto:users@subversion.tigris.org"
	>users@subversion.tigris.org</a> mailing list, the <a
	href="irc://irc.freenode.net/#svn">#svn IRC channel</a>, and the <a
	href="project_issues.html">issue tracker</a> to see what people are
	saying, and base our priorities on that, though we may sometimes grab
	low-hanging fruit along the way.</p>

	<p>Below are new features currently under discussion and design, as
	extracted from the ever-changing consensus of the Subversion developer
	community. Because this is a volunteer open-source project, it's hard
	to predict exact dates or timetables for these new features. At most,
	we can express dependencies and predict the order in which things will
	be worked on. The best way to track development is to <a
	href="/servlets/ProjectMailingListList">subscribe</a> to the
	development mailing list, <a href="mailto:dev@subversion.tigris.org"
	>dev@subversion.tigris.org</a>.</p>

	<ul>

	<li><b>Medium-term Goals:</b>
	<ul>
	<li><p>Log message templates (see <a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=325870"
	>discussion thread</a>)</p>
	</li>

	<li><p>Repository-defined autoprops (see <a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=329707"
	>discussion thread</a>)</p>
	</li>

	<li><p>Inherited properties (see <a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=326933"
	>discussion thread</a>)</p>
	</li>

	<li><p>Improved rename support (see <a
	href="http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=898"
	>issue #898</a>)</p>
	</li>

	<li><p>Merge tracking (see <a
	href="http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/notes/merge-tracking.txt"
	>notes</a>)</p>
	</li>
	</ul>
	</li>

	<li><b>Long-term Goals</b>
	<ul>
	<li><p>repository-level ACLs</p></li>
	<li><p>SQL repository back-end?</p></li>
	<li><p>rewrite of working-copy library</p></li>
	<li><p>broader WebDAV/deltaV compatibility</p></li>
	<li><p>pluggable client-side diff programs</p></li>
	<li><p>progressive multi-lingual support</p></li>
	</ul>
	</li>

	</ul>

	</div>

	<div class="h2" id="past-releases" title="past-releases">
	<h2>Past Releases</h2>

	<p>For information about past releases, see the <a
	href="project_status.html">project status</a> page.</p>

	<p>To see a summary of the major changes in each Subversion release,
	read over the <a
	href="http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/CHANGES">CHANGES</a>
	file.</p>

	</div>

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