Introduction

This document will detail the criteria and intent of the ShrinkWrap Descriptors versioning scheme, as well as lay out the general roadmap for upcoming releases.

1.1.0-beta-X

• APIs Frozen Backwards-Compatible until 2.0.0-X series
• Introduced a slim, locked SPI layer
• No EE APIs
• These releases are considered prototype and may be branched into maintenance (primarily for Arquillian) in "1.1.0-X" branch

1.2.0-alpha-X

• Backwards-compatible fo 1.1.0-beta-X
• Includes new features not present in 1.1.0-beta-X
• Introduced preliminary EE APIs
• As part of the major version "1", also considered prototype and branches for maintenance (primarily for Arquillian) in "1.2.0-X" branch.

2.0.0-alpha-X

• Current mainline development
• Introduces Maven Plugin to Generate Descriptors from XSD/DTD
• Needs resolving to "master" branch ensuring all is incorporated from the "SHRINKDESC-92" branch.
• Assumes breaking API changes from the 1.x.y series.
• Focused on consistent API we can support for a much longer timeframe, with prototyping now behind us

Roadmap

The following defines a minimal roadmap for ShrinkWrap Descriptors.  Dates are subject to change.