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1.1       snw         1: * = TODO
                      2: - = DONE
                      3: 
                      4: Core MUMPS
                      5: ==========
                      6: * Extend string lengths to 16MiB throughout (especially symbol table and globals)
                      7: * Support the MDC X Window System binding
                      8: * Support MWAPI via the Motif widget set
                      9: * Support OMI
                     10: * Add optional compile-time support for libcurl, using pthreads and X11/1998-28 async events for the request/response lifecycle
                     11: * Verify that all SSVNs needing to be switched from global storage to shared memory storage have had this migration done
                     12: * Correct LOCKs to be hierarchical, correct, and MDS-compliant
                     13:   (hierarchical locks added 12-23-2024 by snw)
                     14: * Add optional compile-time support for libpcre with some kind of ^$JOB flag, to allow for Perl-compatible REs in pattern matching
                     15: * Rewrite MERGE as native code for performance
                     16: * Provide a callout interface for native library usage
                     17: * Add support for JSON-M parsing and generation
                     18: * Add support for user-defined collation algorithms written in M
                     19: * Finish refactoring xecline to have command implementations in their own functions and compilation units
                     20: * Finish moving VIEW/$VIEW features into SSVNs and/or libraries
                     21: * Make environment daemons monitor changes in the filesystem and handle updates to ^$ROUTINE and ^$GLOBAL
                     22: * Add interface to edit routines via ^$ROUTINE
                     23: * Generalize Shalom's currency conversion extension
                     24: * Finish debugger
                     25: 
                     26: Input/Output
                     27: ============
                     28: * Rewrite terminal I/O code to use termcap/terminfo
                     29: * Make FreeM I/O commands syntax-compatible with Reference Standard M
                     30: * Add support for pipes
                     31: * Complete support for sockets (add server sockets to include forking servers, support IPv6 and UDP throughout, support RSM syntax and semantics)
                     32: * Remove dedicated I/O channel ranges
                     33: * Make support for control mnemonics work like Reference Standard M (i.e., mnemonic spaces should be implemented in M)
                     34: 
                     35: Daemon/Shared Memory
                     36: ====================
                     37: * Debug issues with starting from init (daemon quits sporadically without an error when launched under systemd)
                     38: - Correct the problem where the daemon will leave the terminal in a bad state when exiting
                     39: 
                     40: FreeM Administrator (fmadm)
                     41: ===========================
                     42: * Fix issues created by multi-environment support (most options don't currently work)
                     43: * Support creating and removing namespaces
                     44: 
                     45: Global Handler
                     46: ==============
                     47: * Add header with magic value to all DB files, to include magic value, block size, FreeM version, endianness, last transaction number written, replication information, and collation
                     48: * Add fields to block footers to support metadata for OO
                     49: * Add fields to block footers for transaction number and journal sequence number, to enable future support of before-image journaling
                     50: * Support block sizes other than 1K
                     51: * Support block-spanning nodes
                     52: * Make block size variable rather than using a preprocessor macro
                     53: 
                     54: Journaling
                     55: ==========
                     56: * Add automatic journal recovery with after-image journaling, especially for transaction processing
                     57: * Add replication by sending journals over TCP/IP to a receiver that replays them (in daemon on sender side)
                     58: 
                     59: Libraries
                     60: =========
                     61: * Support OO classes as return types and argument types
                     62: * Implement MTUI-like functionality library as OO library
                     63: * Implement I/O classes to wrap primitive M I/O
                     64: 
                     65: Object-Oriented Programming
                     66: ===========================
                     67: * Support nested calls in OO method dispatch
                     68: * Support objects instantiated in globals
                     69: * Support dot notation for member vars rather than methods only
                     70: 
                     71: Documentation
                     72: =============
                     73: * Finish the FreeM manual to include tutorial content as well as full documentation of OO features
                     74: * Add a more accessible administrator section or a separate administrator's manual
                     75: 
                     76: Testing, Integration, Deployment
                     77: ================================
                     78: * Refactor and improve CI/CD scripts
                     79: * Develop a test suite (relies on the terminal I/O rewrite for much)
                     80: * Make sure FreeM can pass the MVTS (will require learning the MVTS)
                     81: 
                     82: CI/CD System
                     83: ============
                     84: * Generalize scripts
                     85: * Make flexible enough to run CI/CD checks without generating a full release
                     86: * Deploy storage environment compatible with older UNIXes, including fibre channel
                     87: 
                     88: Ports
                     89: =====
                     90: * Fix ARM-based ports
                     91: * Verify readline support exists wherever available
                     92: * Port to SunOS 4.1.4
                     93: * Port to SGI IRIX (32-bit and 64-bit) (requires solving build chain issues on the Indy)
                     94: * Port to HP-UX (PA-RISC 32-bit, 11.00)
                     95: * Verify operation on AIX 7x
                     96: * Try to restore support for GNU HURD (will require an alternative to SysV semaphores)
                     97: * Examine possibility of porting to POSIX environment on VMS (perhaps FreeM-Lite?)
                     98: * Examine possibility of porting to emx on OS/2 (perhaps FreeM-Lite?)
                     99: * Examine possibility of porting to DJGPP on MS-DOS (definitely FreeM-Lite, single-user)
                    100: * Verify current functionality of GNU/Linux-on-s390 port
                    101: 
                    102: Build Farm
                    103: ==========
                    104: * Restore AIX 5L 5.1
                    105: * Add AIX 7x
                    106: * Get HP9000 working with build chain (need a BlueSCSI and a fix for power switch; possible re-cap of boards and PSUs)
                    107: * Restore Linux on System/390 and zArchitecture (requires Hercules emulator)
                    108: * Restore hemera (will require a new hard drive or BlueSCSI-type device, or FC) for Solaris 7
                    109: * Restore yuna and move from Solaris 10 to Solaris 8
                    110: * Add SunOS 4.1.4 
                    111: * Make SCO OpenServer more reliable
                    112: * Add all systems to new build farm
                    113: 
                    114: Packaging
                    115: =========
                    116: * Finish NetBSD pkgsrc package and get it moved from pkgsrc-wip to pkgsrc
                    117: * Create packages for:
                    118:   * Solaris 7-11
                    119:   * Illumos (OpenIndiana, OmniOS)
                    120:   * FreeBSD
                    121:   * OpenBSD
                    122:   * Debian GNU/Linux
                    123:   * Slackware Linux
                    124:   * rpm/yum/dnf/zypper
                    125:   * Arch Linux
                    126:   
                    127: Applications
                    128: ============
                    129: * Support Victory Programming Environment (VPE)
                    130: * Support Standalone Fileman
                    131: * Support VistA (target OSEHRA VistA and WorldVistA; FOIA is not a priority)
                    132: * Provide moral and technical support and encouragement for DLW to get NodeM support finished
                    133: * Provide Java binding
                    134:   * Implement CFMumps connector for this
                    135: * Provide Apache module for CGI scripting