Planemo Roadmap - 2022/2023

This issue is meant to sketch out project goals for the next year and a half.

Update For Modern Galaxy Features (e.g. gravity):

- https://github.com/galaxyproject/planemo/pull/1232
- More structured/rigorous handling of new Galaxy package releases. Should we synchronize releases with Galaxy in some way?

Harden Workflow/IWC Support:

- https://github.com/galaxyproject/planemo/issues/1225
- https://github.com/galaxyproject/planemo/issues/1250
- https://github.com/galaxyproject/planemo/issues/1267
- https://github.com/galaxyproject/planemo/issues/1166

Code and Infrastructure for Online Test Data:

- https://github.com/galaxyproject/planemo/issues/1268 https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy/issues/7900

Support More Linting / Validation / Refactoring without a Running Galaxy.

- Improve tool shed (or replacement's) APIs so that we can reason about tool states and IDs without a running Galaxy server.
- Attempt to migrate tool state handling from galaxy.tools to galaxy.tool_util in such a way that tool state can be reasoned about inside of Planemo. This would allow better workflow and tool linting without a Galaxy runtime/API.
- RELATED: Use improved tool state handling to implement workflow step suggestions / validation / etc... in Galaxy Language Server (https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy-language-server/issues)

Long Term Code Goals / Technical Debt Reduction:

- Python 3.10 Support (implemented as part of https://github.com/galaxyproject/planemo/pull/1232)
- Full typing throughout the codebase.
- Documentation for how to use as a library.
- Automated testing against each new release of Galaxy packages, automate in such a way that we can run these tests before releasing Galaxy packages.

Good Entry Points:

- https://github.com/galaxyproject/planemo/issues/308

Start by reviewing the linked pull request and issues, especially issue 308 identified as a good entry point, then read the roadmap sections covering Galaxy releases, workflow/IWC support, online test data, linting, typing, and documentation. This issue has no single file, test, or completion criterion; progress would require selecting and scoping one of its listed goals.

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