The story of Plone 4. What's changed and how we got there.

1. A Look At Plone 4
P l o n e C o n f e r e n c e 2 0 0 9

2. Introductions

3. Introductions
• Eric Steele

4. Introductions
• Eric Steele
• esteele on IRC

5. Introductions
• Eric Steele
• esteele on IRC
• Product Developer @ WebLion

6. Introductions
• Eric Steele
• esteele on IRC
• Product Developer @ WebLion
• GloWorm, FacultyStaffDirectory

7. Introductions
• Eric Steele
• esteele on IRC
• Product Developer @ WebLion
• GloWorm, FacultyStaffDirectory
• Plone 4 Release Manager

8. First things first...

9. We are not renaming
magnets topics smart folders
collections in Plone 4.

10. So...

11. The boring backstory...

12. Part the First:
Needlessly convoluted

13. Once upon a time...
(ie March 2009)

15. Plone 3

16. Plone 3 Plone 4

17. Plone 3 Plone 4

18. Plone 3 Plone 4
•KSS

19. Plone 3 Plone 4
•KSS
•Wicked

20. Plone 3 Plone 4
•KSS
•Wicked
•NuPlone

21. Plone 3 Plone 4
•KSS
•Wicked
•NuPlone
•Zope 2.10

22. Plone 3 Plone 4
•KSS
•Wicked
•NuPlone
•Zope 2.10
•Versioning

23. Plone 3 Plone 4
•KSS
•Wicked
•NuPlone
•Zope 2.10
•Versioning
•Content Rules

24. Plone 3 Plone 4
•KSS
•Wicked
•NuPlone
•Zope 2.10
•Versioning
•Content Rules
•OpenID

25. Plone 3 Plone 4
•KSS •KSS
•Wicked
•NuPlone
•Zope 2.10
•Versioning
•Content Rules
•OpenID

26. Plone 3 Plone 4
•KSS •KSS
•Wicked •Wicked
•NuPlone
•Zope 2.10
•Versioning
•Content Rules
•OpenID

27. Plone 3 Plone 4
•KSS •KSS
•Wicked •Wicked
•NuPlone •NuPlone
•Zope 2.10
•Versioning
•Content Rules
•OpenID

28. Plone 3 Plone 4
•KSS •KSS
•Wicked •Wicked
•NuPlone •NuPlone
•Zope 2.10 •Zope 2.12
•Versioning
•Content Rules
•OpenID

29. Plone 3 Plone 4
•KSS •KSS
•Wicked •Wicked
•NuPlone •NuPlone
•Zope 2.10 •Zope 2.12
•Versioning •Deco/Blocks/TinyMCE
•Content Rules
•OpenID

30. Plone 3 Plone 4
•KSS •KSS
•Wicked •Wicked
•NuPlone •NuPlone
•Zope 2.10 •Zope 2.12
•Versioning •Deco/Blocks/TinyMCE
•Content Rules •Dexterity
•OpenID

31. Plone 3 Plone 4
•KSS •KSS
•Wicked •Wicked
•NuPlone •NuPlone
•Zope 2.10 •Zope 2.12
•Versioning •Deco/Blocks/TinyMCE
•Content Rules •Dexterity
•OpenID •WSGI

32. Plone 3 Plone 4
•KSS •KSS
•Wicked •Wicked
•NuPlone •NuPlone
•Zope 2.10 •Zope 2.12
•Versioning •Deco/Blocks/TinyMCE
•Content Rules •Dexterity
•OpenID •WSGI
•BLOB support

33. Plone 3 Plone 4
•KSS •KSS
•Wicked •Wicked
•NuPlone •NuPlone
•Zope 2.10 •Zope 2.12
•Versioning •Deco/Blocks/TinyMCE
•Content Rules •Dexterity
•OpenID •WSGI
•BLOB support
•Rework folder classes

34. Plone 3 Plone 4
August, 2007 Late 2010?

35. Plone 3 Plone 4
•KSS •KSS
•Wicked •Wicked
•NuPlone •NuPlone
•Zope 2.10 •Zope 2.12
•Versioning •Deco/Blocks/TinyMCE
•Content Rules •Dexterity compatibility
•OpenID •WSGI
•BLOB support
•Rework folder classes

36. Plone 3 Plone 4
[New Release]

37. Yay!

38. Plone 3 Plone 4
Plone 3.5?

39. No!

40. The “Dot Release Contract”

41. The “Dot Release Contract”
Expected Migration Headache
0 1 2 3
Number of Dots

42. The “Dot Release Contract”
Release Size Expected Migration
3 Ugh.
3.x Eh.
3.x.y *pfft*

43. The “Dot Release Contract”
Release Size Expected Migration
3 Ugh.
3.x Eh.
3.x.y *pfft*

44. The “Dot Release Contract”
Release Size Expected Migration
3 Ugh.
3.x Eh.
3.x.y *pfft*

45. The “Dot Release Contract”
Release Size Expected Migration
3 Ugh.
3.x Eh.
3.x.y *pfft*

46. The “Dot Release Contract”
Release Size Expected Migration
3 Ugh.
3.x Eh.
3.x.y *pfft*

47. The “Dot Release Contract”
Release Size Expected Migration
3 Ugh.
3.x Eh.
3.x.y *pfft*

48. The “Dot Release Contract”
Release Size Expected Migration
3 Ugh.
3.x Eh.
3.x.y *pfft*

49. Plone 3 Plone 4

50. Plone 3 Plone 4 5

51. Plone 3 Plone 4 5
Plone 4!

52. ...

53. And so...

54. The New Plone 4

55. The New Plone 4
(Just like the old Plone 4, but not)

56. The New Plone 4
(Just like the old Plone 4, but not)
(No, it doesn’t have Deco)

57. The New Plone 4
• “Transitional Release”
• Infrastructure improvements for Plone 5
• Low-cost migration from Plone 3
• Aggressive timeline
• Small featureset

58. Part the Second:
Needlessly detailed

59. PLIP Process

60. What’s a PLIP?

61. PLIPs
• “PLone Improvement Proposal”
• Detailed plan for:
• Addition
• Removal
• Substantial changes

62. PLIPs
• Motivation
• Assumptions
• Proposed Implementation
• Deliverables
• Risks
• Participants

63. Framework Team

64. Framework Team
• Evaluate proposals for inclusion into the release

65. Framework Team
• Evaluate proposals for inclusion into the release
• Vote on those evaluations

66. Framework Team
• Evaluate proposals for inclusion into the release
• Vote on those evaluations
• Make recommendations to the release manager

67. Finding a Framework Team
Plone 3 Plone 5
•Danny Bloemendaal •David Glick
•Tom Lazaar •Calvin Hendryx-Parker
•Martijn Pieters •Martijn Pieters
•Raphael Ritz •Ross Patterson
•Andreas Zeidler •Erik Rose
•Laurence Rowe
•Matthew Wilkes

68. Finding a Framework Team
Plone 4
•Danny Bloemendaal •David Glick
•Tom Lazaar •Calvin Hendryx-Parker
•Martijn Pieters •Martijn Pieters
•Raphael Ritz •Ross Patterson
•Andreas Zeidler •Erik Rose
•Laurence Rowe
•Matthew Wilkes

69. Finding a Framework Team
Plone 4
•Danny Bloemendaal •David Glick
•Tom Lazaar •Calvin Hendryx-Parker
•Martijn Pieters •Martijn Pieters
•Raphael Ritz •Ross Patterson
•Andreas Zeidler •Erik Rose
•Laurence Rowe
•Alec Mitchell •Matthew Wilkes

70. PLIP Process

71. PLIP Process
Framework Team

72. PLIP Process
Implementer Framework Team

73. PLIP Process
Implementer Framework Team
Submit

74. PLIP Process
Implementer Framework Team
Submit Vote

75. PLIP Process
Implementer Framework Team
Submit Vote
Implement

76. PLIP Process
Implementer Framework Team
Submit Vote
Implement Review

77. PLIP Process
Implementer Framework Team
Submit Vote
Implement Review
Vote

78. PLIP Process
Implementer Framework Team
Submit Vote
Implement Review
Revise Vote

79. PLIP Process
Implementer Framework Team
Submit Vote
Implement Review
Revise Vote
Re-Review

80. PLIP Process
Implementer Framework Team
Submit Vote
Implement Review
Revise Vote
Re-Review
Vote

81. PLIP Process
Implementer Framework Team
Submit Vote
Implement Review
Revise Vote
Merge Re-Review
Vote

82. PLIP Process
Implementer Framework Team
Submit Vote
Implement Review
Revise Vote
Merge Re-Review
Vote
Plone 4!

83. PLIP Process
Release Manager
Implementer Framework Team
Submit Vote
Implement Review
Revise Vote
Merge Re-Review
Vote
Plone 4!

84. PLIP Process
Release Manager
Remind
Implementer Framework Team
Submit Vote
Implement Review
Revise Vote
Merge Re-Review
Vote
Plone 4!

85. PLIP Process
Release Manager
Remind Push
Implementer Framework Team
Submit Vote
Implement Review
Revise Vote
Merge Re-Review
Vote
Plone 4!

86. PLIP Process
Release Manager
Remind Push
Implementer Framework Team
Prod Submit Vote
Implement Review
Revise Vote
Merge Re-Review
Vote
Plone 4!

87. PLIP Process
Release Manager
Remind Push
Implementer Framework Team Nag
Prod Submit Vote
Implement Review
Revise Vote
Merge Re-Review
Vote
Plone 4!

88. PLIP Process
Release Manager
Remind Push
Implementer Framework Team Nag
Prod Submit Vote
Implement Review
Cajole Revise Vote
Merge Re-Review
Vote
Plone 4!

89. PLIP Process
Release Manager
Remind Push
Implementer Framework Team Nag
Prod Submit Vote
Implement Review Shame
Cajole Revise Vote
Merge Re-Review
Vote
Plone 4!

90. Deadline 1: PLIP Submissions
2 Weeks

91. Initial PLIP Submissions
• 7822: Make standard file content types use ZODB BLOB support • 9286: Allow to show/hide portlets
• 8801: Move action icon support into actions, remove CMFActionIcons • 9288: Improved commenting infrastructure
• 8802: Move our upgrade / migration infrastructure to GenericSetup • 9292: Group management delegation
• 8805: Do not ship with NuPlone anymore • 9295: Improved UI for collections
• 8808: Require Python 2.5 or 2.6, Zope 2.12, and CMF 2.2 for Plone 4.0 • 9300: Well formed, valid XHTML
• 8809: Make KSS optional • 9302: Improving the event type with recurrence, etc.
• 8814: Replace SecureMailHost with a standard Zope mailhost • 9305: Use real names instead of usernames
• 8901: Deleting a user should revoke roles • 9309: Better search for East Asian (multi-byte) languages.
• 9186: Set Image IDs from Title field • 9310: User registration process more flexible
• 9210: Folderish pages • 9311: Clean up of user related actions UI
• 9214: support logins using e-mail address instead of user id • 9312: New roles : Webmaster/site administrator and novice users
• 9236: Include ""CachableRedirects"" or equivalent functionality • 9313: Mobile View with Mobile Image selection options
• 9249: Add TinyMCE as the default visual editor • 9314: Plone "Developer Pack" option for installers
• 9250: Add jQuery Tools to base install • 9315: New theme for Plone 4
• 9256: Expand variable substitution in mailing action of plone.app.contentrules • 9316: Unify folder implementations
• 9258: Replace Products.ATReferenceBrowserWidget with • 9319: Merging archetypes.fieldtraverser into Products.Archetypes
archetypes.referencebrowserwidget • 9320: Add global status bar for site notifications
• 9259: Group dashboards • 9321: Reimplement the search form with an eye on usability
• 9263: GenericSetup syntax for importing Sharing page roles • 9322: Ensure that Plone 4 can upgrade Zope on Windows and Mac OS X via
• 9264: Merge backport patches from plone.app.dexterity into Plone binary eggs
• 9270: Stop using fill-slot column_one_slot and two in standard templates • 9323: Ship with Vice for syndication
• 9271: Improving the search results page • 9324: Use Amberjack to offer guided help for first-time users
• 9272: Exposing and editing Dublin Core properties • 9327: unified interface for lists of content
• 9274: Remove actions tab from folder_contents • 9328: content im-/export
• 9279: Making document actions optional • 9329: Manage actions through-the-plone
• 9281: Use dashboard as social networking tool • 9330: Add ability to choose group when adding new site members
• 9282: Improved search results presentation • 9331: Invite to share
• 9283: A more lightweight backend for collections • 9347: Registration Policy
• 9284: Allow views to override skin layer elements easily • 9352: Search Results Improvements
• 9285: Show blocked portlets in management interface • 9376: Include archetypes.schematuning

92. Initial FWT Vote
• 7822: Make standard file content types use ZODB BLOB support • 9286: Allow to show/hide portlets
• 8801: Move action icon support into actions, remove CMFActionIcons • 9288: Improved commenting infrastructure
• 8802: Move our upgrade / migration infrastructure to GenericSetup • 9292: Group management delegation
• 8805: Do not ship with NuPlone anymore • 9295: Improved UI for collections
• 8808: Require Python 2.5 or 2.6, Zope 2.12, and CMF 2.2 for Plone 4.0 • 9300: Well formed, valid XHTML
• 8809: Make KSS optional • 9302: Improving the event type with recurrence, etc.
• 8814: Replace SecureMailHost with a standard Zope mailhost • 9305: Use real names instead of usernames
• 8901: Deleting a user should revoke roles • 9309: Better search for East Asian (multi-byte) languages.
• 9186: Set Image IDs from Title field • 9310: User registration process more flexible
• 9210: Folderish pages • 9311: Clean up of user related actions UI
• 9214: support logins using e-mail address instead of user id • 9312: New roles : Webmaster/site administrator and novice users
• 9236: Include ""CachableRedirects"" or equivalent functionality • 9313: Mobile View with Mobile Image selection options
• 9249: Add TinyMCE as the default visual editor • 9314: Plone "Developer Pack" option for installers
• 9250: Add jQuery Tools to base install • 9315: New theme for Plone 4
• 9256: Expand variable substitution in mailing action of plone.app.contentrules • 9316: Unify folder implementations
• 9258: Replace Products.ATReferenceBrowserWidget with • 9319: Merging archetypes.fieldtraverser into Products.Archetypes
archetypes.referencebrowserwidget • 9320: Add global status bar for site notifications
• 9259: Group dashboards • 9321: Reimplement the search form with an eye on usability
• 9263: GenericSetup syntax for importing Sharing page roles • 9322: Ensure that Plone 4 can upgrade Zope on Windows and Mac OS X via
• 9264: Merge backport patches from plone.app.dexterity into Plone binary eggs
• 9270: Stop using fill-slot column_one_slot and two in standard templates • 9323: Ship with Vice for syndication
• 9271: Improving the search results page • 9324: Use Amberjack to offer guided help for first-time users
• 9272: Exposing and editing Dublin Core properties • 9327: unified interface for lists of content
• 9274: Remove actions tab from folder_contents • 9328: content im-/export
• 9279: Making document actions optional • 9329: Manage actions through-the-plone
• 9281: Use dashboard as social networking tool • 9330: Add ability to choose group when adding new site members
• 9282: Improved search results presentation • 9331: Invite to share
• 9283: A more lightweight backend for collections • 9347: Registration Policy
• 9284: Allow views to override skin layer elements easily • 9352: Search Results Improvements
• 9285: Show blocked portlets in management interface • 9376: Include archetypes.schematuning

93. Initial Implementation Reviews
• 7822: Make standard file content types use ZODB BLOB support • 9286: Allow to show/hide portlets
• 8801: Move action icon support into actions, remove CMFActionIcons • 9288: Improved commenting infrastructure
• 8802: Move our upgrade / migration infrastructure to GenericSetup • 9292: Group management delegation
• 8805: Do not ship with NuPlone anymore • 9295: Improved UI for collections
• 8808: Require Python 2.5 or 2.6, Zope 2.12, and CMF 2.2 for Plone 4.0 • 9300: Well formed, valid XHTML
• 8809: Make KSS optional • 9302: Improving the event type with recurrence, etc.
• 8814: Replace SecureMailHost with a standard Zope mailhost • 9305: Use real names instead of usernames
• 8901: Deleting a user should revoke roles • 9309: Better search for East Asian (multi-byte) languages.
• 9186: Set Image IDs from Title field • 9310: User registration process more flexible
• 9210: Folderish pages • 9311: Clean up of user related actions UI
• 9214: support logins using e-mail address instead of user id • 9312: New roles : Webmaster/site administrator and novice users
• 9236: Include ""CachableRedirects"" or equivalent functionality • 9313: Mobile View with Mobile Image selection options
• 9249: Add TinyMCE as the default visual editor • 9314: Plone "Developer Pack" option for installers
• 9250: Add jQuery Tools to base install • 9315: New theme for Plone 4
• 9256: Expand variable substitution in mailing action of plone.app.contentrules • 9316: Unify folder implementations
• 9258: Replace Products.ATReferenceBrowserWidget with • 9319: Merging archetypes.fieldtraverser into Products.Archetypes
archetypes.referencebrowserwidget • 9320: Add global status bar for site notifications
• 9259: Group dashboards • 9321: Reimplement the search form with an eye on usability
• 9263: GenericSetup syntax for importing Sharing page roles • 9322: Ensure that Plone 4 can upgrade Zope on Windows and Mac OS X via
• 9264: Merge backport patches from plone.app.dexterity into Plone binary eggs
• 9270: Stop using fill-slot column_one_slot and two in standard templates • 9323: Ship with Vice for syndication
• 9271: Improving the search results page • 9324: Use Amberjack to offer guided help for first-time users
• 9272: Exposing and editing Dublin Core properties • 9327: unified interface for lists of content
• 9274: Remove actions tab from folder_contents • 9328: content im-/export
• 9279: Making document actions optional • 9329: Manage actions through-the-plone
• 9281: Use dashboard as social networking tool • 9330: Add ability to choose group when adding new site members
• 9282: Improved search results presentation • 9331: Invite to share
• 9283: A more lightweight backend for collections • 9347: Registration Policy
• 9284: Allow views to override skin layer elements easily • 9352: Search Results Improvements
• 9285: Show blocked portlets in management interface • 9376: Include archetypes.schematuning

94. Initial Implementation Reviews
•Martin Aspeli
•Alex Clark
•Vincent Fretin
•Rob Gietema
•Craig Haynal
•Hanno Schlichting

95. Initial Implementation Reviews
• 7822: Make standard file content types use ZODB BLOB support • 9286: Allow to show/hide portlets
• 8801: Move action icon support into actions, remove CMFActionIcons • 9288: Improved commenting infrastructure
• 8802: Move our upgrade / migration infrastructure to GenericSetup • 9292: Group management delegation
• 8805: Do not ship with NuPlone anymore • 9295: Improved UI for collections
• 8808: Require Python 2.5 or 2.6, Zope 2.12, and CMF 2.2 for Plone 4.0 • 9300: Well formed, valid XHTML
• 8809: Make KSS optional • 9302: Improving the event type with recurrence, etc.
• 8814: Replace SecureMailHost with a standard Zope mailhost • 9305: Use real names instead of usernames
• 8901: Deleting a user should revoke roles • 9309: Better search for East Asian (multi-byte) languages.
• 9186: Set Image IDs from Title field • 9310: User registration process more flexible
• 9210: Folderish pages • 9311: Clean up of user related actions UI
• 9214: support logins using e-mail address instead of user id • 9312: New roles : Webmaster/site administrator and novice users
• 9236: Include ""CachableRedirects"" or equivalent functionality • 9313: Mobile View with Mobile Image selection options
• 9249: Add TinyMCE as the default visual editor • 9314: Plone "Developer Pack" option for installers
• 9250: Add jQuery Tools to base install • 9315: New theme for Plone 4
• 9256: Expand variable substitution in mailing action of plone.app.contentrules • 9316: Unify folder implementations
• 9258: Replace Products.ATReferenceBrowserWidget with • 9319: Merging archetypes.fieldtraverser into Products.Archetypes
archetypes.referencebrowserwidget • 9320: Add global status bar for site notifications
• 9259: Group dashboards • 9321: Reimplement the search form with an eye on usability
• 9263: GenericSetup syntax for importing Sharing page roles • 9322: Ensure that Plone 4 can upgrade Zope on Windows and Mac OS X via
• 9264: Merge backport patches from plone.app.dexterity into Plone binary eggs
• 9270: Stop using fill-slot column_one_slot and two in standard templates • 9323: Ship with Vice for syndication
• 9271: Improving the search results page • 9324: Use Amberjack to offer guided help for first-time users
• 9272: Exposing and editing Dublin Core properties • 9327: unified interface for lists of content
• 9274: Remove actions tab from folder_contents • 9328: content im-/export
• 9279: Making document actions optional • 9329: Manage actions through-the-plone
• 9281: Use dashboard as social networking tool • 9330: Add ability to choose group when adding new site members
• 9282: Improved search results presentation • 9331: Invite to share
• 9283: A more lightweight backend for collections • 9347: Registration Policy
• 9284: Allow views to override skin layer elements easily • 9352: Search Results Improvements
• 9285: Show blocked portlets in management interface • 9376: Include archetypes.schematuning

96. Final FWT Vote
• 7822: Make standard file content types use ZODB BLOB support • 9286: Allow to show/hide portlets
• 8801: Move action icon support into actions, remove CMFActionIcons • 9288: Improved commenting infrastructure
• 8802: Move our upgrade / migration infrastructure to GenericSetup • 9292: Group management delegation
• 8805: Do not ship with NuPlone anymore • 9295: Improved UI for collections
• 8808: Require Python 2.5 or 2.6, Zope 2.12, and CMF 2.2 for Plone 4.0 • 9300: Well formed, valid XHTML
• 8809: Make KSS optional • 9302: Improving the event type with recurrence, etc.
• 8814: Replace SecureMailHost with a standard Zope mailhost • 9305: Use real names instead of usernames
• 8901: Deleting a user should revoke roles • 9309: Better search for East Asian (multi-byte) languages.
• 9186: Set Image IDs from Title field • 9310: User registration process more flexible
• 9210: Folderish pages • 9311: Clean up of user related actions UI
• 9214: support logins using e-mail address instead of user id • 9312: New roles : Webmaster/site administrator and novice users
• 9236: Include ""CachableRedirects"" or equivalent functionality • 9313: Mobile View with Mobile Image selection options
• 9249: Add TinyMCE as the default visual editor • 9314: Plone "Developer Pack" option for installers
• 9250: Add jQuery Tools to base install • 9315: New theme for Plone 4
• 9256: Expand variable substitution in mailing action of plone.app.contentrules • 9316: Unify folder implementations
• 9258: Replace Products.ATReferenceBrowserWidget with • 9319: Merging archetypes.fieldtraverser into Products.Archetypes
archetypes.referencebrowserwidget • 9320: Add global status bar for site notifications
• 9259: Group dashboards • 9321: Reimplement the search form with an eye on usability
• 9263: GenericSetup syntax for importing Sharing page roles • 9322: Ensure that Plone 4 can upgrade Zope on Windows and Mac OS X via
• 9264: Merge backport patches from plone.app.dexterity into Plone binary eggs
• 9270: Stop using fill-slot column_one_slot and two in standard templates • 9323: Ship with Vice for syndication
• 9271: Improving the search results page • 9324: Use Amberjack to offer guided help for first-time users
• 9272: Exposing and editing Dublin Core properties • 9327: unified interface for lists of content
• 9274: Remove actions tab from folder_contents • 9328: content im-/export
• 9279: Making document actions optional • 9329: Manage actions through-the-plone
• 9281: Use dashboard as social networking tool • 9330: Add ability to choose group when adding new site members
• 9282: Improved search results presentation • 9331: Invite to share
• 9283: A more lightweight backend for collections • 9347: Registration Policy
• 9284: Allow views to override skin layer elements easily • 9352: Search Results Improvements
• 9285: Show blocked portlets in management interface • 9376: Include archetypes.schematuning

97. Final FWT Vote
• 7822: Make standard file content types use ZODB • 9263: GenericSetup syntax for importing Sharing page
BLOB support roles
• 8801: Move action icon support into actions, remove • 9264: Merge backport patches from plone.app.dexterity
CMFActionIcons into Plone
• 8802: Move our upgrade / migration infrastructure to • 9272: Exposing and editing Dublin Core properties
GenericSetup • 9285: Show blocked portlets in management interface
• 8805: Do not ship with NuPlone anymore • 9286: Allow to show/hide portlets
• 8808: Require Python 2.5 or 2.6, Zope 2.12, and CMF • 9305: Use real names instead of usernames
2.2 for Plone 4.0 • 9309: Better search for East Asian (multi-byte) languages.
• 8814: Replace SecureMailHost with a standard Zope
• 9310: User registration process more flexible
mailhost
• 9314: Plone "Developer Pack" option for installers
• 9186: Set Image IDs from Title field
• 9315: New theme for Plone 4
• 9214: support logins using e-mail address instead of user
• 9316: Unify folder implementations
id
• 9321: Reimplement the search form with an eye on
• 9249: Add TinyMCE as the default visual editor
usability
• 9250: Add jQuery Tools to base install
• 9330: Add ability to choose group when adding new site
• 9256: Expand variable substitution in mailing action of members
plone.app.contentrules
• 9258: Replace Products.ATReferenceBrowserWidget
with archetypes.referencebrowserwidget
• 9259: Group dashboards

98. Done.

99. Yay!

100. Features

101. Infrastructure

102. User Interface

103. Infrastructure

104. #8808
Zope 2.12, CMF 2.2, Python 2.6
David Glick, Hanno Schlichting

105. Python 2.6
• Officially supported
• Faster
• Improved memory management

106. Zope 2.12
• Support for Python 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
• Fully eggified
• Flexible storage options
• RelStorage
• BLOBs

107. Performance

109. Performance
• Code cleanup
• Integration of
• experimental.contentcreation
• experimental.opaquespeedup

110. Plone 2.5 Plone 3.0 Plone 3.3 Plone 4.0
400%
300%
200%
100%
0%
1 2 3 5 10 15 20
Concurrent Requests
Improvement in Median Response Time
Read Only

111. Plone 2.5 Plone 3.0 Plone 3.3 Plone 4.0
400%
300%
200%
100%
0%
1 2 3 5 10 15 20
Concurrent Requests
Improvement in Median Response Time
Read Only

112. Plone 2.5 Plone 3.0 Plone 3.3 Plone 4.0
400%
300%
200%
100%
0%
1 2 3 5 10 15 20
Concurrent Requests
Improvement in Median Response Time
Read Only

113. Plone 2.5 Plone 3.0 Plone 3.3 Plone 4.0
400%
300%
200%
100%
0%
1 2 3 5 10 15 20
Concurrent Requests
Improvement in Median Response Time
Read Only

114. Plone 2.5 Plone 3.0 Plone 3.3 Plone 4.0
400%
300%
200%
100%
0%
1 2 3 5 10 15 20
Concurrent Requests
Improvement in Median Response Time
Read Only

115. Plone 2.5 Plone 3.0 Plone 3.3 Plone 4.0
400%
300%
200%
100%
0%
1 2 3 5 10 15 20
Concurrent Requests
Improvement in Median Response Time
Read Only

116. Plone 2.5 Plone 3.0 Plone 3.3 Plone 4.0
400%
300%
200%
100%
0%
1 2 3 5 10 15 20
Concurrent Requests
Improvement in Median Response Time
Read Only

117. Plone 2.5 Plone 3.0 Plone 3.3 Plone 4.0
400%
300%
200%
100%
0%
1 2 3 5 10 15 20
Concurrent Requests
Improvement in Median Response Time
Read Only

118. Plone 2.5 Plone 3.0 Plone 3.3 Plone 4.0
400%
300%
200%
100%
0%
1 2 3 5 10 15 20
Concurrent Requests
Improvement in Median Response Time
Read Only

119. Plone 2.5 Plone 3.0 Plone 3.3 Plone 4.0
400%
300%
200%
100%
0%
1 2 3 5 10
Concurrent Requests
Improvement in Median Response Time
Content Creation

120. Plone 2.5 Plone 3.0 Plone 3.3 Plone 4.0
400%
300%
200%
100%
0%
1 2 3 5 10
Concurrent Requests
Improvement in Median Response Time
Content Creation

121. Plone 2.5 Plone 3.0 Plone 3.3 Plone 4.0
400%
300%
200%
100%
0%
1 2 3 5 10
Concurrent Requests
Improvement in Median Response Time
Content Creation

122. Plone 2.5 Plone 3.0 Plone 3.3 Plone 4.0
400%
300%
200%
100%
0%
1 2 3 5 10
Concurrent Requests
Improvement in Median Response Time
Content Creation

123. Plone 2.5 Plone 3.0 Plone 3.3 Plone 4.0
400%
300%
200%
100%
0%
1 2 3 5 10
Concurrent Requests
Improvement in Median Response Time
Content Creation

124. Plone 2.5 Plone 3.0 Plone 3.3 Plone 4.0
400%
300%
200%
100%
0%
1 2 3 5 10
Concurrent Requests
Improvement in Median Response Time
Content Creation

125. Plone 2.5 Plone 3.0 Plone 3.3 Plone 4.0
400%
300%
200%
100%
0%
1 2 3 5 10
Concurrent Requests
Improvement in Median Response Time
Content Creation

126. Plone 3.3 Plone 4.0
Anonymous Page View
Logged-In Page View
Page Edit View
0 5 10 15 20
Average Requests/Sec

127. #8814
Remove SecureMailHost
Alec Mitchell

128. SecureMailHost
• Introduced in Plone 2.1
• TLS encryption support
• Made redundant by Zope 2.11’s Products.MailHost
• Optional mail queuing
• Sent emails are quoted-printable

129. #9316
plone.folder
Andreas Zeidler

130. plone.folder

131. plone.folder
• Plone Folder

132. plone.folder
• Plone Folder
• Large Plone Folder

133. plone.folder

134. plone.folder
• BTree-based folder implementation

135. plone.folder
• BTree-based folder implementation
• Ordering support

136. plone.folder
• BTree-based folder implementation
• Ordering support
• Adapterized ordering

137. Performance
Regular Ordered
1,200
Time taken in seconds
900
600
300
0
Create 500 News Items List Folder Contents

138. #9263
GS Import for Sharing Page
Roles
Martin Aspeli

139. GS Sharing Roles Import
• Add new roles to the @@sharing view
• Port from collective.sharingroles

140. sharing.xml
<sharing
xmlns:i18n="http://xml.zope.org/
namespaces/i18n"
i18n:domain="plone">
<role
id="CopyEditor"
title="Can edit copy"
permission="Manage portal"
i18n:attributes="title"
/>
</sharing>

141. #9264
AddView Support
Martin Aspeli

142. AddView Support
• Port of CMF functionality
• Custom add forms for content types
• Simplifies Dexterity integration

143. #7822
BLOB Support
Andreas Zeidler

144. BLOB Support
• plone.app.blob
• Store file data outside of Data.fs
• Entirely managed by the ZODB
• More efficient access

145. Sponsored By
• Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• European Network and Information Security Agency

146. Real World Examples

147. Potsdam Institute For Climate
Impact Research
• http://pik-potsdam.de/
• 6,789 files to migrate
• Migration took 51 minutes
• ZODB was packed from 16.5 GB to 3.0 GB
• Memory footprint from 10 GB to 3 GB

148. Memory Usage

149. CPU Load

150. norden.org
•6 GB Data.fs
• 16.2 GB blobs

151. plone.app.imaging
• Enables storage of imaging data in BLOBs
• TTP management of image scales

152. #8801
Deprecate CMFActionIcons
David Glick, Hanno Schlichting

153. Deprecate CMFActionIcons
• One less tool!
• Define action icons in actions instead
• “icon_expr”

154. Deprecate CMFActionIcons
• portal_actionicons, actionicons.xml
• continue working until Plone 5
• throws deprecation warning

155. #8802
plone.app.upgrade
David Glick, Hanno Schlichting

156. plone.app.upgrade

157. plone.app.upgrade
• “Eat our own dog food”

158. plone.app.upgrade
• “Eat our own dog food”
• Use GS upgrade profiles to handle Plone upgrades

159. #9310
Flexible User Registration
Kees Hink, Huub Bouma, Duco Doktor

160. Flexible User Registration
• join_form is now a view
• Show/Hide possible fields
• Utility lookup for fields
• Easily extendible

161. #9309
East Asian Language Search
Manabu Terada, Mikio Hokari,
Takeshi Yamamoto, Naotaka Hotta,
Jonathan Lewis

162. Full-text Indexing
• Full-text indexing typically splits words on spaces
• CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) languages don’t
• Use bigram-splitting for those languages instead
• Work begun during 2008 GSOC

163. So?

164. 1.5 BILLION

165. 1.5 BILLION

166. User Interface

167. #9315
New Default Theme
Alexander Limi

168. New Default Theme

169. New Default Theme
• “Intentionally boring”

170. New Default Theme
• “Intentionally boring”
• Based on plone.org theme

171. New Default Theme
• “Intentionally boring”
• Based on plone.org theme
• Uses Deco grid system

172. New Default Theme
• “Intentionally boring”
• Based on plone.org theme
• Uses Deco grid system
• Simplified CSS

173. New Default Theme

174. #9259
Group Dashboards
Martin Aspeli

175. Group Dashboards

176. Group Dashboards
• Assign portlets to dashboards on per-group basis

177. Group Dashboards
• Assign portlets to dashboards on per-group basis
• User sees:

178. Group Dashboards
• Assign portlets to dashboards on per-group basis
• User sees:
• Personal portlets

179. Group Dashboards
• Assign portlets to dashboards on per-group basis
• User sees:
• Personal portlets
• Portlets of groups they belong to

180. Group Dashboards
• Assign portlets to dashboards on per-group basis
• User sees:
• Personal portlets
• Portlets of groups they belong to
• Win for intranets

181. Group Dashboards
• Assign portlets to dashboards on per-group basis
• User sees:
• Personal portlets
• Portlets of groups they belong to
• Win for intranets
• Bulletin board

182. #9272
Dublin Core Properties
Roel Bruggink

183. Dublin Core Properties
• ExposeDublin Core
metadata in HTML

184. #9285
Show Blocked Portlets
Ricardo Alves

185. #9286
Show/Hide Portlets
Ricardo Alves

186. #9305
Use Real Names
Ralph Jakobs

187. Real Names

188. Real Names
• Display the user’s full name instead of username

189. Real Names
• Display the user’s full name instead of username
• Search results

190. Real Names
• Display the user’s full name instead of username
• Search results
• RSS Feeds

191. Real Names

192. Real Names

193. #9258
archetypes.referencebrowserwidge
t
Tom Gross

194. archetypes.referencebrowserwidget

195. archetypes.referencebrowserwidget
• Replaces Products.ATReferenceBrowserWidget

196. archetypes.referencebrowserwidget
• Replaces Products.ATReferenceBrowserWidget
• Large performance improvements

197. archetypes.referencebrowserwidget
• Replaces Products.ATReferenceBrowserWidget
• Large performance improvements
• Supports more reference field implementations

198. archetypes.referencebrowserwidget
• Replaces Products.ATReferenceBrowserWidget
• Large performance improvements
• Supports more reference field implementations
• Easily overridable template

199. archetypes.referencebrowserwidget
• Replaces Products.ATReferenceBrowserWidget
• Large performance improvements
• Supports more reference field implementations
• Easily overridable template
• Proper test coverage

200. #9315
jQuery Tools Integration
Steve McMahon

201. plone.app.jquerytools
• Tabs
• Tooltips
• Overlay
• Exposé
• Scrollable
• Flashembed

202. plone.app.jquerytools
• Tabs
• Tooltips
• Overlay
• Exposé
• Scrollable
• Flashembed

203. plone.app.jquerytools
• Tabs
• Tooltips
• Overlay
• Exposé
• Scrollable
• Flashembed

204. plone.app.jquerytools
• Tabs
• Tooltips
• Overlay
• Exposé
• Scrollable
• Flashembed

205. plone.app.jquerytools
• Tabs
• Tooltips
• Overlay
• Exposé
• Scrollable
• Flashembed

206. plone.app.jquerytools
• Tabs
• Tooltips
• Overlay
• Exposé
• Scrollable
• Flashembed

207. plone.app.jquerytools
• Tabs
• Tooltips
• Overlay
• Exposé
• Scrollable
• Flashembed

208. plone.app.jquerytools
• Tabs
• Tooltips
• Overlay
• Exposé
• Scrollable
• Flashembed

209. plone.app.jquerytools
• Tabs
• Tooltips
• Overlay
• Exposé
• Scrollable
• Flashembed

210. plone.app.jquerytools
• Tabs
• Tooltips
• Overlay
• Exposé
• Scrollable
• Flashembed

211. plone.app.jquerytools
• Tabs
• Tooltips
• Overlay
• Exposé
• Scrollable
• Flashembed

212. plone.app.jquerytools
• Tabs
• Tooltips
• Overlay
• Exposé
• Scrollable
• Flashembed

213. Plone Integration

214. Plone Integration

215. #9249
TinyMCE
Rob Gietema

216. Tiny MCE
• Products.TinyMCE
• The
basis for Plone 5’s
Deco editor
• Easily extendible
• Actively maintained
• Easy to theme

217. Tiny MCE
• Products.TinyMCE
• The
basis for Plone 5’s
Deco editor
• Easily extendible
• Actively maintained
• Easy to theme

218. Tiny MCE
• Products.TinyMCE
• The
basis for Plone 5’s
Deco editor
• Easily extendible
• Actively maintained
• Easy to theme

219. #9321
Search Form Improvements
Carsten Senger

220. Search Form Improvements
• Collapseadvanced
search options by
default

221. Search Form Improvements
• Collapseadvanced
search options by
default

222. Search Form Improvements
• Collapseadvanced
search options by
default
• Hideoptions based
on logged-in status

223. Search Form Improvements
• Collapseadvanced
search options by
default
• Hideoptions based
on logged-in status

224. #9186
Set Image ID from Title
Erik Rose

225. Set Image ID from Title
• Makes ATImage act more like other types
• Easily give images more memorable IDs
• Picture 1.png
• 3425573738_90e84302e8.jpg

226. #9330
Choose Groups for New
Users
Alex Clark

227. Choose Group for New Users

228. Choose Group for New Users

229. #9256
Mailing Action Variable
Substitutions
Steve McMahon

230. Mailing Action Variable Substitutions

231. Mailing Action Variable Substitutions
• New variables:

232. Mailing Action Variable Substitutions
• New variables:
• Workflow

233. Mailing Action Variable Substitutions
• New variables:
• Workflow
• Dublin Core

234. Mailing Action Variable Substitutions
• New variables:
• Workflow
• Dublin Core
• Easier for products to add new substitutions

235. #9214
Login Using Email Address
Maurits van Rees

236. Email Login

237. Email Login
• Popular request

238. Email Login
• Popular request
• Portof
collective.emaillogin

239. Email Login
• Popular request
• Portof
collective.emaillogin
• Disabled by default

240. Email Login
• Popular request
• Portof
collective.emaillogin
• Disabled by default
• Automatic migration

241. And the rest...

242. New Zope Front Page
• http://localhost:8080/

243. “Create a Plone site”

244. “Create a Plone site”
• Friendlier form

245. “Create a Plone site”
• Friendlier form
• Skip example content

246. “Create a Plone site”
• Friendlier form
• Skip example content
• Select products to auto-
install

247. fg = debug

248. fg = debug
• bin/instance fg

249. fg = debug
• bin/instance fg
• Debug modes for
• portal_css
• portal_javascripts
• portal_kss

250. Distribute

251. Schedule

252. Where’s my new Plone?
• Alpha 1 is out now!
• Update ZopeSkel (easy_install -U zopeskel)
• paster create -t plone3_buildout
• “4.0a1”

253. Where’s my new Plone?

254. Where’s my new Plone?
•2 more alpha releases

255. Where’s my new Plone?
•2 more alpha releases
• December 3rd, December 17th

256. Where’s my new Plone?
•2 more alpha releases
• December 3rd, December 17th
• 4.0 Final ~ early March

257. 4.x

258. vs.event

259. vs.event
• Recurring events

260. vs.event
• Recurringevents
• New calendar widget

261. vs.event
• Recurringevents
• New calendar widget
• Improved all-day events

262. vs.event
• Recurring events
• New calendar widget
• Improved all-day events
• Extended support for
attendees and attachments
(UI and iCal level)

263. vs.event
• Recurring events
• New calendar widget
• Improved all-day events
• Extended support for
attendees and attachments
(UI and iCal level)
• Support for master &
supplementary events

264. collective.controlpanel.edit_css
In-Plone editing of
custom CSS and JS

265. plone.app.discussion

266. plone.app.discussion
• Comment moderation

267. plone.app.discussion
• Comment moderation
• CAPTCHA support

268. plone.app.discussion
• Comment moderation
• CAPTCHA support
• Configurable/
Extensible comment
forms

269. plone.app.discussion
• Comment moderation
• CAPTCHA support
• Configurable/
Extensible comment
forms
• Moderation/Batch
editing

270. collective.amberjack
• In-Plone tutorials & site
tours

271. Collections

272. Collections
• Improved criteria
selection UI

273. Collections
• Improved criteria
selection UI
• Liveupdate of
results

274. http://tr.im/TryPlone4