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== Short Term==
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=== September, 2015 ===
Release 1.2.0 of BOARD18, which is currently running on the [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 [1.2.1] by the end of this month.<br>
This release will only address the following enhancement request:
* [http://bugs.board18.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36 Issue 36] - Add "flip" to the context menus for placed tokens.


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.


In September, release 1.1.5 will become the new stable release and it will be implemented in the
==Support Plans for BOARD18 Instances==
[http://prod1.board18.org prod1.board18.org] web site.
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.  


=== October, 2015 ===
===The Current Situation===
In October I will be working on Phase 3 of [http://bugs.board18.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27 Issue 27] which
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.
is associated with the new board18Games.php page.


=== November, 2015 ===
===Analysis of Existing Game Boxes===
In November I will be working on Phase 4 of [http://bugs.board18.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27 Issue 27] which
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.  
is associated with the new board18Boxes.php page.


== Mid Term==
===Future Plans===
===December 2015===
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.
I will devote the end of the month to enhancing the game box development environment. Happy holidays!
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.


===First Quarter 2016===
===Timeline===
I will likely address some of the following enhancement requests as well as other enhancements to be determined:
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.
* [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=41 Issue 41] - Create a new game from a snapshot.
* [http://bugs.board18.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30 Issue 30] - Investigate Google open API for authentication.
 
More information on these issues is available by clicking on the issue number.
 
== Long Term==
===The Far Future===
* 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.