The DNN Technology Ecosystem Advisory Group continues to meet on a weekly basis mapping out the future of DNN. The meeting agenda and minutes are shared here in blog entries so that everyone can see the progress being made and conversations occurring in the group.

• 9.4.0 Release
  Fixed build issues, need final tests before RC0
  Localization regression bug caused by (we need to revert and push this fix to Dnn 10 )
  Also an issue with Async and Thread Culture (We are pushing Async to Dnn 10 to give us time to do this right as for localization issues).
• Upcoming Releases: New Proposal?
  • 9.4.0 - Planning RC0 today if possible
  • 10.x Alpha - 1 week after 9.4.0 (For breaking changes)
    Localization issue fix for PR2456 and Async implemented without breaking localization
  • 10.0.0 - Q4 2019 (Maybe earlier?)
    Emphasis - API Cleanup and Separation of Concerns
    Features - Cloud Support
  • 10.1.0 - Q1 2020
    Emphasis - Stability/Fixes
  • 10.2.0 - Q2 2020 - LTS Version (Could be 11?)
    Emphasis - Stability/Fixes/.NET Core Prep
  • 12.0.0 - Q3 or Q4 2020 - Big API Break
    Emphasis:
    • Separation of concerns
    • Usage of Dependency Injection
    • Streamlined API
    • Ready for .NET Core?
• DNN Upgrade Service
  New service implementation is out there, will be transitioned to as part of the 9.4.1 Release (Most Likely) - https://www.dnnsoftware.com/community-blog/cid/156713/dnn-platform-update-service
• DNN Improvement Program?
  Let it die?
• Language Pack Delivery
  Working on a plan for this, Mitchel requested the language packs, we need at the very minimum to have them available to download and document where to get them.