I think it important to highlight here that:
- the above next steps indicate that the new features under discussion are at least two TW releases away which in all likelihood means 6+ months given past release cycles.
- despite how far the new features are from release, the reference documentation is already close to being complete thanks to Jeremy putting in countless hours on this front throughout the development of this PR to allow others to engage with it. Writing extensive documentation this early in the development process always leads to a high overhead in terms of having to redo it, sometimes almost entirely, as the code changes and matures.
- the release plan provided above indicates a longer than usual pre-release period for v5.3.0 and that the intention is to potentially publish a build of the PR as a TiddlyWiki everyone can experiment with and explore even in advance of that with complete reference documentation, giving ample opportunity for community engagement and feedback.
- the changes under discussion are completely backwards compatible and that existing code and knowledge of how to use it will still suffice if it does so today.
I also find this previous comment by Jeremy relevant here in terms of what is and is not realistic in terms of both development and user engagement for a small community like ours with limited resources. If anything I believe the end user engagement by TiddlyWiki developers is significantly higher than you will find in most open source communities.