With DotNetNuke 4.5.4 and 4.5.5 having recently been released, we are now well underway on the 4.6 release.  Unlike previous releases we actually started work on some elements of this release in parallel with 4.5.4 release testing.  What has not been decided until earlier this week was the full scope of the release and a target release date.  The exact feature set and release date is still subject to change.

Listed below are the enhancements and bug fixes planned for this release. 

Enhancements

Authentication Providers (DNN-5933) - The authentication provider refactoring includes support for the following authentication providers:  OpenID, AD, Cardspace, DNN.  The LiveID provider has been tested and is waiting on Microsoft to go live with the new service.  The LDAP provider is still under discussion and may be included in this release although the more likely outcome is that it will be released as a regular upgrade through the Authentication Providers projects (formerly the AD Project). ...

Over the last four years DotNetNuke has experienced tremendous growth and adoption.  We have added more features to the core and grown the project teams to the point where there are now more than 45 people actively working on one DNN project or another.  At the same time we have also grown the programs around the project that help fund DotNetNuke and provide support to the community - programs like the Benefactor Program, the Review Program,...