Appendix A: Foswiki Development Time-line

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The complete timeline of Foswiki Releases. Foswiki was forked from TWiki 4.2.4 and released with significant improvments as Foswiki 1.0 in January 2009. Since then there have been 36 releases, with 2 major versions.

Foswiki Release 2.1.9 - 18 Dec 2024

Foswiki 2.1.9 contains 57 fixes.

Foswiki Release 2.1.8 - 06 Aug 2023

Foswiki 2.1.8 contains 61 fixes and improvements, including 9 critical security related fixes.

Foswiki Release 2.1.7 - 28 Mar 2022

Foswiki 2.1.7 was built on 28 Mar 2022. It is a release that contains 117 fixes, including 7 critical security related fixes.

Foswiki Release 2.1.6 - 27 Feb 2018

Foswiki 2.1.6 was built on 27 Feb 2018. It is a release that contains 11 fixes, including some critical security related fixes.

Foswiki Release 2.1.5 - 22 Jan 2018

Foswiki 2.1.5 was built on 22 Jan 2018. It is a release that contains 43 fixes and 5 enhancements.

Foswiki Release 2.1.4 - 31 May 2017

Foswiki 2.1.4 was built on 31 May 2017. It is a release that contains 31 fixes.

Foswiki Release 2.1.3 - 12 Feb 2017

Foswiki 2.1.3 was built on 12 Feb 2017. It is a release that contains 68 fixes and 21 enhancements.

Foswiki Release 2.1.2 - 2 May 2016

Foswiki 2.1.2 was built on 2 May 2016. It is a release that contains 1 fix.

Foswiki Release 2.1.1 - 30 Apr 2016

Foswiki 2.1.1-RC2 was built on 25 Apr 2016. It is a release that contains 36 fixes and 21 enhancements.

Foswiki Release 2.1.0 - 02 Feb 2016

Foswiki 2.1.0 was built on 02 Feb 2016. It is a release that contains 37 fixes and 14 enhancements. It closes 7 Feature Requests.

Foswiki Release 2.0.3 - 15 Nov 2015

Foswiki 2.0.3 was built on 15 Nov 2015. It is a release that contains 17 fixes and 1 enhancement.

Foswiki Release 2.0.2 - 01 Oct 2015

Foswiki 2.0.2 was built on 01 Oct 2015. It is a release that contains 65 fixes and 5 enhancements.

Foswiki Release 2.0.1 - 03 Aug 2015

Foswiki 2.0.1 was built on 03 Aug 2015. It is a release that contains 28 fixes and 3 enhancements.

Foswiki Release 2.0 - 04 Jul 2015

Foswiki 2.0.0 was built on 04 Jul 2015. It is a release that contains 312 fixes and 157 enhancements, and closes 48 Feature Requests.

Foswiki Release 1.1.10 - 23 Nov 2015

Foswiki 1.1.10 was built 23 Nov 2015. It is a release that contains 8 fixes and 8 enhancements.

Foswiki Release 1.1.9 - 19 Nov 2013

Foswiki 1.1.9 was built 18 Nov 2013. It is a release that contains 43 fixes and 4 enhancements.

Foswiki Release 1.1.8 - 28 Feb 2013

Foswiki 1.1.8 was built 28 Feb 2013. It is a release that fixes CVE-2013-1666. It contains 4 fixes.

Foswiki Release 1.1.7 - 01 Feb 2013

Foswiki 1.1.7 was built 01 Feb 2013. It is a release that fixes CVE-2012-6329 and CVE-2012-6330. It contains 20 fixes and 4 enhancements.

Foswiki Release 1.1.6 - 02 Dec 2012

Foswiki 1.1.6 was built 02 Dec 2012. It is a release that fixes some important issues including some minor security related issues. It contains 94 fixes and 27 enhancements.

Foswiki Release 1.1.5 - 10 Apr 2012

Foswiki 1.1.5 was built 10 Apr 2012. It is a release that fixes some very important issues including some security related issues. It contains 100 fixes and 20 enhancements.

Foswiki Release 1.1.4 - 20 Dec 2011

Foswiki 1.1.4 was built 20 Dec 2011. It is a release that fixes some very important including some security related issues. It contains 143 fixes and 27 enhancements. jQuery has been updated to 1.7.1.

Foswiki Release 1.1.3 - 16 Apr 2011

Foswiki 1.1.3 was built 16 Apr 2011. It is a release that fixes more than 150 bugs. jQuery has been updated to 1.4.3. The default PatternSkin has some usability improvements.

Foswiki Release 1.1.2 - 09 Nov 2010

Foswiki 1.1.2 was built 09 Nov 2010. It is a release that fixes some very important bugs incl. a security related bug. Installations running 1.1.0 and 1.1.1 should be upgraded to 1.1.2

Foswiki Release 1.1.1 - 25 Oct 2010

It is a release that fixes some important bugs that were introduced in 1.1.0. It is highly recommended that all running 1.1.0 upgrade to 1.1.1.

Foswiki Release 1.1.0 - 04 Oct 2010

Foswiki 1.1.0 was built 04 Oct 2010. It is a release with more than 270 bug fixes relative to 1.0.10 and more than 680 bug fixes relative to 1.0.0.

This release adds more than 100 enhancements. Foswiki 1.1.0 introduces jQuery Javascript user interface framework, improved topic history display, new QUERY and FORMAT macros, better user interfaces for group management, much improved WYSIWYG editor, facelift of the default skin, much improved configure tool, and much more.

Foswiki 1.1 has many improvements that end-users as well as administrators will appreciate. In addition Foswiki 1.1 comes with a lot of "under the hood" improvements to the core code, with the goal of making it easier to plug in work from other projects, such as jQuery, KinoSearch, Solr and others. Work has been made to improve the definition of internal APIs to allow other not-yet-written modules, such as store implementations. Most of these modifications should be invisible to the end user and admin, but are important to position Foswiki for the next generation of plugins. Here is a list of the most important enhancements in Foswiki 1.1.0

Foswiki Hall of Fame

The proud, free, independent Foswiki community as of the release of 1.1.0 (highlights - for full list see Foswiki:Tasks.HallOfFame)

Top core bug fixers (10 or more fixes): Foswiki:Main.CrawfordCurrie, Foswiki:Main.SvenDowideit, Foswiki:Main.KennethLavrsen, Foswiki:Main.ArthurClemens, Foswiki:Main.GeorgeClark, Foswiki:Main.OlivierRaginel, Foswiki:Main.MichaelDaum, Foswiki:Main.WillNorris, Foswiki:Main.MichaelTempest, Foswiki:Main.GilmarSantosJr, Foswiki:Main.PaulHarvey, Foswiki:Main.AndrewJones, Foswiki:Main.AndreUlrich, Foswiki:Main.EugenMayer
Top contributors in general on SVN (100 or more checkins): Foswiki:Main.SvenDowideit, Foswiki:Main.KennethLavrsen, Foswiki:Main.CrawfordCurrie, Foswiki:Main.ArthurClemens, Foswiki:Main.MichaelDaum, Foswiki:Main.WillNorris, Foswiki:Main.GeorgeClark, Foswiki:Main.OlivierRaginel, Foswiki:Main.PaulHarvey, Foswiki:Main.MichaelTempest, Foswiki:Main.EugenMayer, Foswiki:Main.AndrewJones, Foswiki:Main.GilmarSantosJr, Foswiki:Main.OliverKrueger
Development Infrastructure: Foswiki:Main.SvenDowideit, Foswiki:Main.EugenMayer, Foswiki:Main.KoenMartens, Foswiki:Main.CrawfordCurrie, Foswiki:Main.KwangErnLiew, Foswiki:Main.OliverKrueger, Foswiki:Main.OlivierRaginel, Foswiki:Main.WillNorris, Foswiki:Main.ColasNahaboo, Foswiki:Main.KennethLavrsen

Foswiki Release 1.0.10 - 09 Sep 2010

Foswiki 1.0.10 was built 09 Sep 2010 as a patch release with more than 410 bug fixes relative to 1.0.0.

This release is expected to be the final bug fixing release for foswiki 1.0, and wraps up about 70 fixes found since 1.0.9.

Importantly, this release fixes an issue running configure on Perl 5.12, improves compatibility with proxy and enterprise search indexers, and updates the shipped plugins to the latest versions.

It resolves a number of issues for running foswiki on MS Windows.

Foswiki Release 1.0.9 - 17 Jan 2010

Foswiki 1.0.9 was built 17 Jan 2010. It is a patch release with more than 320 bug fixes relative to 1.0.0 and several enhancements. This release fixes many bugs in the Wysiwyg editor, bugs related to more advanced wiki applications and bugs in the Plugin API. It contains several bug fixes and enhancements related to security and spam fighting.

Foswiki Release 1.0.8 - 29 Nov 2009

Foswiki 1.0.8 was built 29 Nov 2009. It is a patch release with more than 280 bug fixes relative to 1.0.0 and some enhancements. This release fixes a short list of quite annoying old bugs incl a bug that prevented efficient use of MailerContrib for producing newsletters. The Wysiwyg editor has been upgraded with the latest Tiny MCE editor release 3.2.7.

Foswiki Release 1.0.7 - 20 Sep 2009

More than 30 new bug fixes and some enhancements.

The Wysiwyg editor has been upgraded to using Tiny MCE editor version 3.2.2 which solves many editor related bugs. The pickaxe icon has been replaced by a "Wiki Text" button as the pickaxe was hard to guess the function of.

Several bugs fixed related to the Cross-Site Request Forgery feature.

TablePlugin sorts numbers and dates better

EditTablePlugin handles SpreadSheetPlugin in footer rows correctly

Fixed a problem where Windows installations of Foswiki would create new users with non-working passwords

"Managing webs" feature redesigned for better usability

Foswiki Release 1.0.6 - 21 Jun 2009

More than 40 bugs fixed and several small enhancements.

Major security enhancement against Cross-Site Request Forgery

A central translation framework got introduced. Foswiki is already available in 20 major languages and dialects. The new translation framework will ease the translation process by allowing contributions from users.

Foswiki Release 1.0.5 - 25 Apr 2009

Additional 20 bugs fixed.

Some few minor enhancements

New security features added

Upgrade package for 1.0.5 is relative to 1.0.0.

Foswiki Release 1.0.4 - 19 Mar 2009

Small update of 1.0.3 with 33 more bugs fixed incl some severe bugs in EditTablePlugin.

Upgrade package for 1.0.4 is relative to 1.0.0.

The number of bugfixes in 1.0.4 relative to 1.0.0 is more than 100 + some bugs that were introduced and fixed in the not published 1.0.1-1.0.3. There are 5 minor enhancements.

Foswiki Release 1.0.3 - 28 Feb 2009

Both 1.0.1 ,1.0.2, and 1.0.3 were not published because they did not pass the final quality control. Another handful of bugs were fixed.

Upgrade package for 1.0.3 is relative to 1.0.0.

Foswiki Release 1.0.2 - 26 Feb 2009

Same as 1.0.1 but with a handful of additional bug fixes.

Upgrade package for 1.0.2 is relative to 1.0.0 since 1.0.1 was never published on the Foswiki website.

Foswiki Release 1.0.1 - 24 Feb 2009

Patch release containing more than 70 bug fixes and some user interface improvements of configure. Due to a bug (Item1126) the development team decide not to publish this release but instead release 1.0.2 a few days later

Bug fix highlights:

Fixed some bugs related to expired sessions and date in session cookies.
Fixed a number of bugs in configure related to installation of extensions
Fixed a bug that prevented proper operation with https
Fixed a bug related to VIEW_TEMPLATE and preview
Enhanced the user interface of configure

Foswiki Release 1.0.0 - 09 Jan 2009

Foswiki is the old TWiki project under a new name. Restrictions on the use of the TWiki brand resulted in many of its developers continuing the project under the new Foswiki name. Foswiki is backwards compatible with all content from older TWiki installations. Foswiki 1.0.0 ships with a TWikiCompatibilityPlugin installed and activated by default, thus enabling most extensions made for TWiki to work under Foswiki.

New features and enhancements

Foswiki 1.0.0 is built on a new platform called Foswiki Stand Alone which adds support for FastCGI and enables more optimized functionality in mod_perl and other similar runtime environments. Foswiki Stand Alone also enables future features such as running Foswiki by itself without a separate web server (for example, from a stand alone memory key). You can ensure your applications and plugins will work properly on the new platform (and thus with any future capabilities dependent on the new architecture) by testing them out now with Foswiki 1.0.0.
A TWikiCompatibilityPlugin has been created that enables most extensions made for TWiki to work under Foswiki, and to support seamless migrations from TWiki to Foswiki.
The PatternSkin has been given a facelift: The PatternSkin topic offers a choice of multiple themes, the sidebar can be placed either on the left or right, a frame can be added around the main content area, and a TWiki theme is available to make it easier for those upgrading from TWiki (dimensions such as the top bar size match the dimensions in the TWiki PatternSkin).
The "Advanced Search" page now supports a query-based search.
A new section type, "expandvariables", adds better control over macro expansion in topic templates. You can now create template topics with sections where all macros contained within the sections are expanded.
A "Copy topic" feature is now present in the "More topic actions" tools.
IF conditions has been expanded with an "isempty" test condition.
viewfile script can be used as a webserver ErrorDocument enabling both more secure attachments and user focused error dialogs.

Security Updates

Foswiki is much more secure than TWiki 4.2.4.

Foswiki 1.0.0 has secured by default the powerful but also vulnerable URLPARAM macro against cross site scripting (XSS) attacks. URLPARAM now by default encodes a short list of unsafe characters '"<>% which eliminates most XSS possibilities encountered with URLPARAM. This protects all topics using the URLPARAM macro without requiring any changes to them.
Functions QUERYPARAMS, ORIGURL (skin macro) are secured against XSS attacks. QUERYPARAMS, like URLPARAM, is now encoded with the new, safe encoding.
The print preview link is no longer vulnerable to XSS attacks.
Additional security fixes have been made, based on security audits performed by the Foswiki team. Sensitive data from the topic text and web client requests are validated for safety.

Terminology changes in Foswiki

As part of the first Foswiki product release, various topics and terms were changed to avoid using the TWiki brand name and to more accurately reflect their purpose, including the following:

The TWiki web is now called System, as it contains configuration information for the entire Foswiki installation. The TWikiCompatibilityPlugin provides backwards compatible support for references to the TWiki web, in order to facilitate migrations from TWiki to Foswiki.
The %TWIKIWEB% and %MAINWEB% variables are now called %SYSTEMWEB% and %USERSWEB%
Topics in the Foswiki distribution have been renamed to eliminate the TWiki word and to make the titles more readable (for example, Plugins, Skins, and so forth).
All templates, CSS and Javascript names have been changed from twikiXxxxx to foswikiXxxxx

Key terminology changes:

TWiki term	Foswiki term
TWiki variable	Macro
preference(s) variable	preference setting, or macro when referring to expansion of same
TWiki form	Data form
TWiki Plugin	Plugin
TWiki Template	Skin Template
Topic Template	Template Topic
TWiki Markup Language (TML)	Topic Markup Language (TML)
TWiki Application	Wiki Application