# OpenMRS Platform 2.5 Ideas from Implementations / Squads **URL:** \ **Category:** Platform\ **Tags:** implementers, developers, releases\ **Created:** [July 8, 2021, 7:23am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/openmrs-platform-2-5-ideas-from-implementations-squads/34011 "2021-07-08T07:23:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tendomart](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/tendomart/32/6753_2.png) [@tendomart](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/tendomart)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 7:23am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/openmrs-platform-2-5-ideas-from-implementations-squads/34011/1 "2021-07-08T07:23:21Z")
Dear **community , Squads , Implementations** As you may know the openmrs community routinely does atleast one release of the OpenMRS Platform per year. The **openmrs platform squad** would therefore like to gather feedback about issues you would like to see addressed in the forth coming **OpenMRS Platform 2.5** version release It could be in any of , but not limited to the following categories :- 1. New Features 2. Bug fixes 3. Improvements Give us feedback via any of the following channels 1 . Openmrs talk : - This thread and - [Introducing a Platform Team for OpenMRS - #15 by dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/introducing-a-platform-team-for-openmrs/33828/15) 2 . Our squad slack channels **pih** @mogoodrich @mseaton@ball **[@MekomSolutions](https://talk.openmrs.org/groups/mekomsolutions)**@mksd @ruhanga **UgandaEMR** @ssmusoke @slubwama **@Intellisoft** @wayee \*\*[@AMPATH](https://talk.openmrs.org/groups/ampath) \*\*, @jdick **@Bahmni** @angshuonline **RwandaEMR** , **NigeriaEMR** , @ggomez **KenyaEMR** , **Esuade** @carina **NepalEMR** @suruchi **@OpenSRP** @natschja e.t.c cc @burke @dkayiwa , @ibacher @grace@jennifer @moshon@corneliouzbett@bistenes@gcliff@sharif @jecihjoy@navareth @insookwa@herbert24 @antoniomacheve @marinachichava @zuzanna Feel free to append anyone i have left out Regards Tendo ---
**Author:** ![ssmusoke](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/ssmusoke/32/8020_2.png) [@ssmusoke](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/ssmusoke)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 8:35am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/openmrs-platform-2-5-ideas-from-implementations-squads/34011/2 "2021-07-08T08:35:54Z")
**OHRI** @alaboso @eudson @samuel34 ---
**Author:** ![moshon](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/moshon/32/10912_2.png) [@moshon](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/moshon)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/openmrs-platform-2-5-ideas-from-implementations-squads/34011/3 "2021-07-12T13:35:30Z")
KenyaEMR @aojwang, @patryllus ---
**Author:** ![jennifer](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/jennifer/32/8531_2.png) [@jennifer](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/jennifer)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/openmrs-platform-2-5-ideas-from-implementations-squads/34011/4 "2021-07-13T00:21:19Z")
SIGDEP2 @jamaniRwandaEMR @tanderson ---
**Author:** ![tendomart](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/tendomart/32/6753_2.png) [@tendomart](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/tendomart)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 3:39am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/openmrs-platform-2-5-ideas-from-implementations-squads/34011/5 "2021-07-13T03:39:27Z")
@ssmusoke , @moshon , @jennifer thanks for the adds , is there a chance that we could drop them direct emails as well ? ---
**Author:** ![tendomart](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/tendomart/32/6753_2.png) [@tendomart](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/tendomart)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/openmrs-platform-2-5-ideas-from-implementations-squads/34011/6 "2021-07-14T17:14:03Z")
> **[Backend-Related Feedback](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VrXZs8LW49TRTPej3uoa_OPMz8wHvMOk-C3roIJWNhs/edit#heading=h.vttuiuq4xn91)** > > Backend-Related Feedback Reactive Programming Redo Global Properties User Settings DB Flattening Libraries etc? Platform Support Debt Enabling FHIR & Integrations Workflow Modelling Performance DB Flattening Produce analysis tables that can be... This issue: [Upgrade mysql-connector to at least v8.0.23 for platform 2.4.0](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/upgrade-mysql-connector-to-at-least-v8-0-23-for-platform-2-4-0/34068) seems to be affecting quite a few implementations trying to move to 2.4.0