3 This is a living document, that represents the core team's current plans for
4 the Catalyst framework. It's liable to change at any time. This document lives
5 in the the catalyst trunk, currently at
7 http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/Catalyst/Catalyst-Runtime/5.80/trunk/lib/Catalyst/ROADMAP.pod
9 Make sure you get it from there to ensure you have the latest version.
15 =item Reduce core class data usage.
17 Refactor everything that doesn't have to be class data into object data
19 =item Work towards a declarative syntax mode
21 Dispatcher refactoring to provide alternatives to deprecated methods, and
22 support for pluggable dispatcher builders (so that attributes can be
25 =item MyApp should not ISA Catalyst::Controller
31 Update Test suite to not assume MyApp ISA Controller
35 After that set up attr handlers that will output helpful error messages when
36 you do it as well as how to fix it.
46 =item Extend pluggability of the Catalyst core.
48 good support for reusable components good support for reusable plugins good
49 separation of plugins (some reusable components want different plugins) near
50 total engine independence
58 =item Application / Context Split
60 Catalyst needs to be split so that $c refers to the current context, and is a
61 separate thing from the Application class.
69 =item move all inline pod to bottom of file.
71 =item update pod coverage tests to detect stubbed pod, ensure real coverage
73 =item Add support for configuration profiles to be selected at startup time
74 through switches / ENV