hledger/ROADMAP.md

Roadmap / Wishlist

Ideas about where the hledger project should be going next, as of 2019q4. Discussion welcome.

Targets

Dated targets we are aiming for:

• hledger 1.16 - 2019-12-01
  • ghc 8.8 support
  • updated home page, faq, manuals
  • basic bar charts
  • reduce install hassles with terminfo C lib

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Priorities

Current priorities for the project, grouped under four overarching themes:

Documentation Improving the docs. home & faq manuals (more discoverability on web) contrib guide (include readmes, update) cookbook docs (survey, plan, update)	“Effectiveness” Improving approachability, just-works quality, practicality, real-world usefulness. ghc 8.8, stackage nightly install issues (C libs..) more powerful CSV conversion fill out holes in feature matrix
Charts Adding charts and more visual appeal. console charts, basic bar charts clarify architecture/UI for charts graphical charts using Chart and/or Vega review/design/add more attractive default output (see taskwarrior)	Investment Improving suitability for investment tracking. #1015 easy price fetching lots capital gains ?

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Wishlist

A few high-level maintainer wishes, by topic. Discussing/moving any of these forward is a big help.

Docs

• build the contributor/dev guide from CONTRIBUTING.md plus the READMEs; clean up
• move general PTA docs to plaintextaccounting.org
• simplify manuals’ TOC/structure on the website

Tests

• migrate to tasty, unblock ghc 8.8 support
• survey/document current testing setup (process, coverage, redundancy..); identify weaknesses; design a policy for tests; make a plan for achieving that
• start adding property tests/other new kinds of testing if appropriate

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Milestones

Some project achievements to unlock, for fun:

• 1.0 release
• packaged in major distros, binaries available
• pretty good reference docs
• 100 committers
• 1k github stars
• among top 50 haskell projects by github stars
• discussed on Hacker News
• match ledger IRC channel
• multiple people providing support
• pretty good tutorial docs
• mentioned in “what good Haskell software exists” discussions
• pretty good cookbook docs
• 100 IRC chatters
• 2k github stars
• among top 40 haskell projects by github stars
• match ledger speed
• match ledger committers
• 200 committers
• 2.0 release
• match ledger stars
• match beancount mail list
• match ledger mail list