# \#design-choices

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## [0.3.0 Roadmap (scheduled release date: 2023-03-01)](https://community.epinowcast.org/t/0-3-0-roadmap-scheduled-release-date-2023-03-01/111)

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**Author:** [@samabbott](https://community.epinowcast.org/u/samabbott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [11 January 2023 13:53 UTC](https://community.epinowcast.org/t/0-3-0-roadmap-scheduled-release-date-2023-03-01/111 "2023-01-11T13:53:12Z")

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Hi all, As suggested in 0.2.0 package pre-release this is a post to discuss our roadmap for the next release (0.3.0). We need to think about which features we want and over what timescale we aim to put this release out. …

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## [Use of enw\_ prefix](https://community.epinowcast.org/t/use-of-enw-prefix/42)

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**Author:** [@adrianlison](https://community.epinowcast.org/u/adrianlison)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [24 August 2022 09:21 UTC](https://community.epinowcast.org/t/use-of-enw-prefix/42 "2022-08-24T09:21:56Z")

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Porting the discussion from here. @samabbott wrote At the moment we follow some other packages and make use of a prefix for many of our functions. The motivation for this is to avoid namespace conflicts as well as giv…

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## [Maximum delay treatment](https://community.epinowcast.org/t/maximum-delay-treatment/39)

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**Author:** [@adrianlison](https://community.epinowcast.org/u/adrianlison)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [23 August 2022 16:01 UTC](https://community.epinowcast.org/t/maximum-delay-treatment/39 "2022-08-23T16:01:58Z")

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Porting the discussion from here. @samabbott wrote: At the moment we exclude observations beyond the user set maximum delay in both preprocessing and modelling. This has the advantage in that observations are fixed vs…
