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== Short Term==
<span style="color: Green">NOTE: The [[BOARD18 Development History]] has been moved to a separate set of pages.</span>
=== June, 2015 ===
==== BOARD18 code base ====
Release 1.0.0 of BOARD18, which is currently running on the new [http://dev1.board18.org dev1.board18.org] web site,
is being play tested and no problems have been found so far.<br>
I intend to publish release [1.0.0] before the end of this month.
<br>This release will not be compatible with release 0.x.x.<br>
This release will only address the following enhancement requests:
* [http://bugs.board18.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34 Issue 34] - Make all database changes to support release 1.1.0.
* [http://bugs.board18.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31 Issue 31] - Game over enhancement.


More information on these issues is available by clicking on the issue number.
<span style="color: Green">With the release of version 2.4.3 on December 5, 2016, BOARD18 became a mature product.</span><br>
At that point the BOARD18 project shifted to a maintenance mode, though some minor enhancements were done over the next years.<br>
Also, the design document has been extensively updated and a number of [[Dream Spreadsheets]] have been written.<br><br>
As of November, 2018, release 2.5.6 is the the production status release of BOARD18.


Eventually, this release will also be loaded to a new production site. No development work will occur on this new production site.
==Support Plans for BOARD18 Instances==
Anyone with access to a web server can create an instance of BOARD18. But here I will only discuss my plans for the BOARD18 instances that I maintain at board18.org.  


==== BOARD18 Game Boxes ====
===The Current Situation===
Currently in the pipe are game boxes for 1861, 1848, 1856 and 18MEX.
Currently, in November of 2018, I am supporting one production instance of BOARD18. This instance is called dev2.board18.org. There is also a deprecated instance of BOARD18 called prod1.board18.org which I am going to totally delete before the end of November.


== Mid Term==
===Analysis of Existing Game Boxes===
===Third Quarter 2015===
As of mid November of 2018 there are 55 game boxes on dev2.board18.org. Interestingly, they split about 50-50 between games set the USA and games set elsewhere. I intend to use this split to allocate game boxes between two new instances of BOARD18.  
I intend to publish release [1.1.0] and load it to the new development site.
<br>This release will be compatible with release 1.0.x.<br>
This release will likely address some of the following enhancement requests as well as other enhancements to be determined:
* [http://bugs.board18.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20 Issue 20] - Associated spreadsheet and/or log file URL.
* [http://bugs.board18.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31 Issue 28] - Create a Checkpoint/Revert Function
* [http://bugs.board18.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27 Issue 27] - Create "Admin" player type for site administrative functions.


More information on these issues is available by clicking on the issue number.
===Future Plans===
The dev2.board18.org instance is rather old and contains a lot of defunct information in its database. Thus, my plan is to replace it with a couple of new instances of BOARD18.
The first will be called new1.board18.org and it will contain all of the game boxes for games set in the United States. The second will be called new2.board18.org and it will contain all of the game boxes for games not set in the United States. The advantage of this arrangement will be that each of the two instances will have a smaller footprint. And thus it should be more responsive. The disadvantage, of course, will be that players will need to create logins on two different BOARD18 instances.


== Long Term==
===Timeline===
===The Far Future===
I intend to begin work on these two new instances starting in December. The current production instance, dev2, will remain the production instance until both of the new instances are up and running. The current production instance, dev2, will be deprecated at that time. No new games will be startable on the dev2.board18.org instance after it is deprecated. But all existing games will continue to function. After all  games on dev2.board18.org have completed that instance will be removed.
* More ease of use enhancements for new game box creation.
* [http://bugs.board18.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1 Issue 1] - Some sort of undo functionality.
* [http://bugs.board18.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30 Issue 30] - Investigate Google open API for authentication.
* A better help function [hopefully].
* Other enhancements.

Revision as of 08:37, 18 November 2018

NOTE: The BOARD18 Development History has been moved to a separate set of pages.

With the release of version 2.4.3 on December 5, 2016, BOARD18 became a mature product.
At that point the BOARD18 project shifted to a maintenance mode, though some minor enhancements were done over the next years.
Also, the design document has been extensively updated and a number of Dream Spreadsheets have been written.

As of November, 2018, release 2.5.6 is the the production status release of BOARD18.

Support Plans for BOARD18 Instances

Anyone with access to a web server can create an instance of BOARD18. But here I will only discuss my plans for the BOARD18 instances that I maintain at board18.org.

The Current Situation

Currently, in November of 2018, I am supporting one production instance of BOARD18. This instance is called dev2.board18.org. There is also a deprecated instance of BOARD18 called prod1.board18.org which I am going to totally delete before the end of November.

Analysis of Existing Game Boxes

As of mid November of 2018 there are 55 game boxes on dev2.board18.org. Interestingly, they split about 50-50 between games set the USA and games set elsewhere. I intend to use this split to allocate game boxes between two new instances of BOARD18.

Future Plans

The dev2.board18.org instance is rather old and contains a lot of defunct information in its database. Thus, my plan is to replace it with a couple of new instances of BOARD18. The first will be called new1.board18.org and it will contain all of the game boxes for games set in the United States. The second will be called new2.board18.org and it will contain all of the game boxes for games not set in the United States. The advantage of this arrangement will be that each of the two instances will have a smaller footprint. And thus it should be more responsive. The disadvantage, of course, will be that players will need to create logins on two different BOARD18 instances.

Timeline

I intend to begin work on these two new instances starting in December. The current production instance, dev2, will remain the production instance until both of the new instances are up and running. The current production instance, dev2, will be deprecated at that time. No new games will be startable on the dev2.board18.org instance after it is deprecated. But all existing games will continue to function. After all games on dev2.board18.org have completed that instance will be removed.