Well, isn't this special? A battle plans thread that's looking forward to a new release cycle... to beta and beyond! It's hard to think about all the things I'd love for Ubercart to do but which just aren't necessary to hold up the release cycle any longer. Some things will just have to get put off for Drupal 6 and Ubercart 2.0. (In case you're wondering, I am already keeping a list.)
However, I do hope to see the following things make it into core for beta, assuming I have development time. 
- Revisit the line items API to make sure it's production ready.
Revisit the order total preview so line items can be removed if need be.- Put in core a recurring payments API with some simple core support.
Some example default workflow configurations.- HTML/CSS fixes:
Order admin page view/sort formsOrder editing update controls
- More as they come to mind...
This list doesn't include the fact that I need to better document some things, like payment methods, and make sure other documentation is up to date (Checkout Panes anyone?). Also, Shawn is hard at work on a core reports module that will be most excellent to have in beta.
I invite everyone else to post up their plans, pet projects, and desires for the beta release. My best estimate is a month to move to beta, and then a month to get to 1.0. That's ambitious given our past releases, but Alpha 8's been going surprisingly smooth.
In the meantime... keep those bug reports coming!






I hope it can be utilized. There needs to be a few hooks into the order and checkout screens for it to be used by Ubercart, but they should be minor.




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