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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.
And, starting in 2020, some long overdue enhancements started to be implemented in the 2.6.x and 2.7.x releases.
Also, the design document has been extensively updated and a substantial number of Dream Spreadsheets have been written.

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 August of 2021, I am supporting one production instance of BOARD18. This instance is called prod2.board18.org.

Analysis of Existing Game Boxes

As of JUNE of 2020 there were 85 active game boxes on prod2.board18.org. Some of these game boxes are used quite a lot and a few are seldom used at all. No subsequent analysis has been performed.

Future Plans

The prod2.board18.org instance is the current production site. There are no current plans for any additional production sites.

Timeline

No plans.

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-== Mid Term==
+<span style="color: Green">NOTE: The [[BOARD18 Development History]] has been moved to a separate set of pages.</span>
-=== Summer 2014 ===
-Will continue to maintain the release 0.3 line if and when bugs are found. <br>
-Release 0.4.0 (see below) will be the next minor release.<br>
-Release 0.5.0 (see below) will be the following minor release.<br>
-Release 1.0.0 (see below) will be the next major release.
-<span style="color: Green">I am in the process of creating more game boxes for BOARD18 and have created some ease of use enhancements for new game box creation.<br>I have also created Token and Tile Libraries that contain properly sized tokens and tiles for BOARD18 game boxes.</span>
+<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>
+And, starting in 2020, some long overdue enhancements started to be implemented in the 2.6.x and 2.7.x releases.<br>
+Also, the design document has been extensively updated and a substantial number of [[Dream Spreadsheets]] have been written.
-=== October, 2014 ===
+==Support Plans for BOARD18 Instances==
-On October 23, I published release 0.4.0 of BOARD18. This release is upward compatible with release 0.3.x.
+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.
-This release was to contain only one enhancement
+===The Current Situation===
-([http://bugs.board18.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29 Issue 29]) which removed the automatic resizing of tokens and tiles on maps and stock charts from BOARD18. This change required new versions of a number of the earliest created game boxes. These new versions have been created as part of this release.
+Currently, in August of 2021, I am supporting one production instance of BOARD18. This instance is called prod2.board18.org.
-More information on this issue is available by clicking on the issue number.
+===Analysis of Existing Game Boxes===
+As of JUNE of 2020 there were 85 active game boxes on prod2.board18.org. Some of these game boxes are used quite a lot and a few are seldom used at all. No subsequent analysis has been performed.
-Release 0.4.0 also contains the periodic screen refresh that was to be part of release 0.5.0 and some minor changes to the logon on screen.
+===Future Plans===
+The prod2.board18.org instance is the current production site. There are no current plans for any additional production sites.
-=== November, 2014 ===
+===Timeline===
+No plans.
-=== December, 2014 ===
-I intend to publish release 0.6.0 of BOARD18. This release will be upward compatible with release 0.5.x.
-This release will probably contain the following enhancement:
-* [http://bugs.board18.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33 Issue 33] - Support map hexes in both orientations.
-More information on these issues is available by clicking on the issue number.
-== Long Term==
-===First Quarter 2015===
-I intend to publish release [1.0.0] and load it to a new demo site.
-<br>This release may not be compatible with release 0.x.x.<br>
-This release will likely address most of the following enhancement requests as well as other enhancements to be determined:
-* [http://bugs.board18.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34 Issue 34] - Make all database changes to support items below.
-* [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 31] - Game over enhancement.
-* [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.
-===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=10 Issue 10] - Avoid needing actual right click for "right click menu options"
-* [http://bugs.board18.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30 Issue 30] - Investigate Google open API for authentication.
-* Checkpoint/revert functionality.
-* Allow for object types other than tokens and tiles.
-* A better help function [hopefully].
-* Other enhancements.