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Request Git repo from INFRA
Import project
Remove deprecated plugins - moved to struts-archive.git repo
- we need place for deprecated stuff (to move the source code to) - new project "struts-archive"
- drop support for Struts 1 (remove plugin)
- dojo plugin
- codebehind plugin
- jsf plugin
Remove deprecated APIs
1. if it cannot be removed, mark to be removed during work on 3.0
Switch to Java 7
Merge XWork code into Struts Core (without renaming packages)
Prepare the first beta release
Mark current logging layer as @deprecated and use Log4j2 as default one
Add plugin to support bean validation
- Implement plugin
- Add showcase example
- Add documentation to wiki
Upgrade spring plugins spring version to 4.x
Move struts2 blank, jboss-blank and mailreader app to struts2-examples
Switch to strict DMI by default - allow only defined methods to be accessible via DMI - user can always change that list
prepare second beta
drop support for "top" object - this can be painful, users are using so migration path is needed
Cleanup website
- new user guide totally developed out of Confluence - people will be able to contribute to it via GitHub
- Confluence (wiki) used only to explain more detailed given aspect of the framework (ie.: how to implement your own converter in details)
- keep just one version of the doc (no more release/2.3.x, release/2.2.x and so on - Google indexes everything and people are confused)
prepare the last beta

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Servlets 3.0, JSP 2.2, Java 8
Finish merging XWork code base (rename packages)
Rename Struts 2 packages to org.apache.struts3
Switch to OGNL 4
1. we must release it first
2. also we need better API interfaces to allow integrate Struts with other EL engines, ie.: MVEL - right now the whole conversion layer is hardly tied with OGNL
Switch to Servlet Specification 3.0
1. drop embedded JSP plugin

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move plugins to separated project (need to be discussed)
1. disconnect plugins release cycle from core release

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