Adding a ROADMAP section to the POD
I've like to propose adding a ROADMAP section to module documentation.
It would be a *short* summary of planned changes for future versions, noting what features would be removed or changed, or upcoming new features that will be added.
More detailed roadmaps should be put in a separate file (e.g. `ROADMAP` or `ROADMAP.md`) that should be referred to in the section. Or link to the roadmap if it's online.
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You're free to add whatever POD sections you want beyond the standard ones NAME, SYNOPSIS, DESCRIPTION, and some form of COPYRIGHT/LICENSE. The best way to "propose" how to use a section like that is to lead by example and show that it's a good way to inform users.
For software packages, not just perl distributions, I've long
wanted them to include a brief "STATUS & ROADMAP" section
STATUS to mention whether
* it is stable, near-stable, etc
* is under active development
* any significant issues/limitations
* portability
ROADMAP
* might have a definite set of milestones
* and/or major wishlist features, which might or might-not
be entries in the issue-tracker
* and/or features that could benefit from more contributors,
e.g. for porting to Windows
* or might just say it's stable & mature and only expected
development is to handle security fixes
Of course these mean nothing if not kept reasonably up to date,
but that's not too hard when it's a big picture view.