Cactus Roadmap

[krallin]

Just opening this as a meta-issue to keep track of the main items that seem to be requested (in issues, PR):

• [x] Python 3. https://github.com/koenbok/Cactus/pull/115
• [x] Django 1.6. This isn't a high priority (or a very complex task), but it would make sense to convert to a more recent Django version. Note: using 1.7 or 1.8 would mean dropping compatibility for Py26.
• [ ] More intuitive / better support for other markup languages, such as Github-Flavored Markdown (and we get lots of complaints about the specific markdown engine that is being used). These things should actually be easy to do using plugins / template tags, but it's not obvious. Providing a plugin example for GFM might be good approach for users to build upon.
• [ ] Support for template libraries without plugin hackery? Currently you need to add a template library to the builtins through a plugin. That's a bit hackish / somewhat counter-intuitive.
• [ ] Higher quality plugin examples (skeleton). The skeleton files should be better commented / reflect best practices.
• [ ] Pluggable template engines? Django will most likely remain the main template engine for Cactus, but other engines (like Jinja, or even HAML) could make sense as well. We'll need to define an API for those first.
• [ ] Including static files in the /pages tree. Mainly requested for blogging use cases.
• [ ] Faster, or even partial builds.
• [ ] Better docs. More examples

[koenbok]

I'll see if I can share a few plugins that we use internally, and make some of our sites open source as examples of best practises.

[koobs]

Django 1.5 is now End of Life (EoL) and Cactus requirements(.txt) currently specify Django==1.5.5.

Does Cactus run on 1.5.11 (latest 1.5.x) or any other 1.[6-8] version?

If so, the requirements.txt file should be updated

If not, what are the minimum changes necessary to get Cactus working on the lowest supported Django minor release? (that is, 1.7, 1.8)

Currently, the FreeBSD Ports framework has Django versions 1.4, 1.6 (deprecated) and 1.7). I'm creating a Cactus port, but I am currently blocked on the strict =1.5.5 dependency