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=head1 ROADMAP

This is a living document, that represents the core team's current plans for
the Catalyst framework. It's liable to change at any time. This document lives
in the the catalyst trunk, currently at

  http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/Catalyst/Catalyst-Runtime/5.80/trunk/lib/Catalyst/ROADMAP.pod

Make sure you get it from there to ensure you have the latest version.

=head2 5.80000 1st Quarter 2009

Next major planned release, ports Catalyst to Moose, and does some refactoring
to help app/ctx.

=head2 5.81000 

=over

=item Reduce core class data usage.

Refactor everything that doesn't have to be class data into object data

=item Work towards a declarative syntax mode

Dispatcher refactoring to provide alternatives to deprecated methods, and
support for pluggable dispatcher builders (so that attributes can be
replaced).

=item MyApp should not ISA Catalyst::Controller

=over

=item * 

Update Test suite to not assume MyApp ISA Controller

=item *

After that set up attr handlers that will output helpful error messages when
you do it as well as how to fix it.

=back

=back

=head2 5.82000

=over

=item Extend pluggability of the Catalyst core.

good support for reusable components good support for reusable plugins good
separation of plugins (some reusable components want different plugins) near
total engine independence

=back

=head2 5.90000

=over

=item  Application / Context Split 

Catalyst needs to be split so that $c refers to the current context, and is a
separate thing from the Application class.

=back

=head2 Wishlist

=over

=item move all inline pod to bottom of file.

=item update pod coverage tests to detect stubbed pod, ensure real coverage

=item Add support for configuration profiles to be selected at startup time
through switches / ENV

=back