Merge pull request #147 from ReactiveCocoa/release-roadmap

Release Roadmap

Author: mdiep

README.md

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 🎉 [Getting Started](#getting-started)
 ⚠️ [Still using Swift 2.x?][]
 
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+🚄 [Release Roadmap](#release-roadmap)
 ## What is ReactiveSwift?
 __ReactiveSwift__ offers composable, declarative and flexible primitives that are built around the grand concept of ___streams of values over time___.
 
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 ## Have a question?
 If you need any help, please visit our [GitHub issues][] or [Stack Overflow][]. Feel free to file an issue if you do not manage to find any solution from the archives.
 
+## Release Roadmap
+**Current Stable Release:**<br />[![GitHub release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/ReactiveCocoa/ReactiveSwift.svg)](https://github.com/ReactiveCocoa/ReactiveSwift/releases)
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+### In Development: ReactiveSwift 1.0
+It targets Swift 3.0.x. The tentative schedule of a Gold Master release is January 2017.
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+A Release Candidate would be released after an important bug fix and an API renaming PR are cleared, which should happen no later than Christmas 2016.
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+A point release is expected with performance optimizations.
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+### Plan of Record
+#### ReactiveSwift 2.0
+It targets Swift 3.1.x. The estimated schedule is Spring 2017.
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+The release contains breaking changes. But they are not expected to affect the general mass of users, but only a few specific use cases.
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+The primary goal of ReactiveSwift 2.0 is to remove single-implementation protocols, e.g. `SignalProtocol`, `SignalProducerProtocol`, that serve as a workaround to **concrete same-type requirements**.
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+ReactiveSwift 2.0 may include other proposed breaking changes.
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+As resilience would be enforced in Swift 4.0, it is important for us to have a clean and steady API to start with. The expectation is to **have the API cleanup and the reviewing to be concluded in ReactiveSwift 2.0**, before we move on to ReactiveSwift 3.0 and Swift 4.0. Any contribution to help realising this goal is welcomed.
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+#### ReactiveSwift 3.0
+It targets Swift 4.0.x. The estimated schedule is late 2017.
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+The release may contain breaking changes, depending on what features are being delivered by Swift 4.0.
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+ReactiveSwift 3.0 would focus on two main goals:
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+1. Swift 4.0 Resilience
+2. Adapt to new features introduced in Swift 4.0 Phase 2.
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 [ReactiveCocoa]: https://github.com/ReactiveCocoa/ReactiveCocoa/#readme
 [Actions]: Documentation/FrameworkOverview.md#actions
 [Basic Operators]: Documentation/BasicOperators.md