In development for over a year, the FSD release code-named "Hateful Haberdasher" represents a major redesign of the product. Its version number may turn out to be 3.0 or 4.0, depending on whether an interstitial infrastructure-focused release, currently under consideration, is made. Planned changes include…
Proper support for more than a single directory within a site. As a result, departments will no longer need to be able to exist outside a directory; instead, this niche will be served by a full set of FSD views on collections.
Merging of the grouping types. User feedback has shown that the profusion of slight differences between the types is confusing and arbitrary. The distinction between them will be removed, and the various "special tricks" of each will be applicable on demand.
Re-implementation of all presentation logic as viewlets. This will let site administrators reorder bits of FSD pages using Plone's @@manage-viewlets page. In addition, extenders will be able...