[sparkplug-dev] Sparkplug version ‘next’

[Wes Johnson <wes0johnson@xxxxxxxxx>]

    All,
      
      Now that Sparkplug 3.0.0 is released, we are working on planning
      for the next version of Sparkplug. Over the past few years there
      have been many suggestions for improvement and we’d like to get
      these captured, discussed, and developed into the next revision of
      the Spec and the TCK. In the 3.0.0 release the plan was ‘change as
      little as possible and make it concise and testable’. The new
      mentality will be something more like ‘Incorporate improvements
      and features, maintaining clarity and testability’. From a
      versioning standpoint I think this will mean a v4.0.0 version and
      probably a ‘Sparkplug C’ topic token. As a starting point, this
      doc has everything that has been captured in existing issues:
https://github.com/eclipse-sparkplug/sparkplug/blob/develop/docs/roadmap.md.
      I know there are things missing here including things that have
      been discussed internally at Cirrus Link. This is a snapshot of
      ideas and I’d like to get anything/everything captured here so we
      can work through each item. Feel free to add more and make
      suggestions/comments by creating issues in the same Sparkplug
      Github repo. Given this is becoming a cross company/cross
      device/cross application distributed environment I’d like to do as
      much as possible in this new revision so we don’t have to follow
      up with another significant revision change shortly afterward. I
      also want to make sure we do this without losing sight of the
      original Sparkplug goals.
      
      Again, all input and feedback is appreciated.
      
      Regards,
      Wes