Joomla CMS Development Roadmap
From Joomla! Documentation
With the proposed new development cycle one of the key features is maintaining long-term stability and backwards compatibility while also beginning to follow a semantic versioning approach to releases. The other aspect of timeframes was previously identified as a problem with the old release cycle. This ties in closely to the version numbers and release dates. By changing the releases to a somewhat standardised semantic version numbering and increasing the number of releases we will be able to stop the rush to include bugs and improvements in a release. Ideally the goal is to minimise the amount of items to be included in each release but also offer a more frequent release cycle. Important to keep in mind: these releases are considered minor releases and none of them are to break backwards compatibility. Any features determined to break backwards compatibility will be moved to the next major release, Joomla! 4.x.
Estimated EOS (End of Support) for the Joomla 3 major series, 3rd quarter of 2018.[1]
Please remember all dates are tentative and proposed focus for each release subject to modification.
2017
1st Quarter[2]
Release manager(s):
The following are suggested improvements. If you would like to assist or contribute to them, please contact one of the release managers for more information.
- Custom Fields.
- Optional new router.
- Translator experience improvements.
- Admin Menu Manager.
PRs Missing Testing Instructions
- These are PRs missing testing instructions. The Joomla project needs your help when submitting a PR for consideration. Testers can not determine if a PR resolves an issue unless there are detailed instructions on how to replicate the issue and how the PR solves the issue.
Features Accepted
- See the list of new features on GitHub
Features Proposed Still Under Review
For further reference here is a complete list of open PRs labeled as a "New Feature" under consideration. PRs listed are not automatically included and may be under further review or discussion.
3rd Quarter
(Undetermined)
- New Media Manager (part 1)
- Joomla! 4 future compatibility
3rd Quarter
- New Frontend and Backend templates (using Bootstrap 4)
- Final Router Improvements
- Use of more framework packages
- Full code namespacing
- Reworked administrator dashboard
- New Media Manager (part 1 and 2)
References
- ↑ The full explanation of supported releases can be found under the heading, 4.3 Supported releases on the Joomla Development Strategy document.
- ↑ See the schedule in the article Road to Joomla! 3.7.
- ↑ As of Summer 2016, subject to change.