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Ideas about where the hledger project should be going next. Being
listed here suggests a bit of commitment, perhaps even a schedule.

** Targets
*** Next Targets
*** Past Targets

**** hledger 1.19, 2020-09-01
account transactions register, stricter/more correct handling of
unbalanced multicommodity transactions (#1177), Track & show deposited
lots (#1022), Report unrealized capital gains/losses (#1029)
**** hledger 1.18, 2020-06-01
more effective CI setup, updated home page, quickstart, tutorials
etc., negative matching in CSV rules,
**** hledger 1.17, 2020-03-01
field matching in CSV rules, reduce install hassles with terminfo C
lib (?), more import/export options, simple console charts, refreshed
home page, faq, tutorials, manuals,
**** hledger 1.16, 2019-12-01
ghc 8.8 support, more powerful CSV conversion, updated home page, faq,
manuals, reduce install hassles with terminfo C lib

** 2020 Priorities
*** Documentation
Improve the docs.

- home & faq
- manuals (more discoverable structure of web manuals)
- cookbook docs (survey, plan, update)
- contrib guide (update, build from readmes)

*** Effectiveness
Improve getting-started experience, just-works quality, practicality,
real-world usefulness.

- ghc 8.8, get back in stackage nightly
- install issues (C libs..)
- more powerful CSV conversion
- fill out holes in feature matrix

*** Investment
Improve suitability for investment tracking
([[https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/1015][#1015]])

- market price inference from transactions
- easy market price fetching
- lot tracking
- capital gains reporting

*** Charts
Add charts and more visual appeal.

- console charts, basic bar charts
- clarify architecture/UI for charts
- graphical charts using Chart/matplotlib/hvega
- review/design/add more attractive/colourful output (see eg
  taskwarrior)

*** Correctness

More support for enforcing correctness & accounting rules.

- account names
- commodity symbols
- payees
- notes/descriptions ?
- account lifetimes ?
- account balance conditions ?
- transaction templates ?
