webpack 2.2: The Release Candidate

Summary

Webpack 2.2.0-rc.0 has been released and is available for download and community feedback, marking a significant milestone after a series of development efforts and the establishment of a core team and new documentation.

Abstract

Webpack 2.2.0-rc.0 is now available as a release candidate, following extensive discussions since January 2015 and the formation of a dedicated core team. This version, which succeeds the 2.1-beta.28 release, includes bug fixes and improvements. The team has emphasized the importance of community involvement by encouraging users to upgrade, test, and report feedback. The final release of webpack 2 is contingent upon a two-week regression period and the community's response. The webpack project has also made strides in securing its future through partnerships with the JS Foundation and Open Collective, and by launching a brand new documentation webpage.

Opinions

The webpack team values the community's role in the development process, emphasizing the need for adoption, installation, and feedback on the release candidate.
The project has a positive outlook on the future, with plans to improve documentation and maintain loaders and plugins within the core GitHub organization.
There is a sense of gratitude expressed towards all contributors, including the core team, first-time committers, and those who have assisted with troubleshooting, acknowledging their essential role in webpack's growth and distinction in the JavaScript ecosystem.
The team is committed to sustainability, as evidenced by their collaboration with the JS Foundation and Open Collective, ensuring the project's longevity and community support.

webpack 2.2: The Release Candidate

The talks of webpack 2 started back in January of 2015. Since then we have published multiple versions from 2.0 to 2.1-beta.28.

For awhile, things were moving slowly, and then as of June, we had formed a Core Team, conducted weekly meetings, published meeting notes, and completed our first milestone for our brand new documentation webpage. In addition, we secured our organization for the future through sustainable efforts of the JS Foundation and Open Collective.

Today, we are happy to announce that webpack 2.2.0-rc.0 is available to download right now!

npm install webpack@beta --save-dev

Running the command above will give you the latest webpack release candidate!!!

What next?

We will wait on you, the community to adopt, install, and use webpack 2.2.0-rc.0 and provide feedback and bug reports. After a 2 week regression, we will release webpack 2 final. So please upgrade from v1, or v2 beta, and submit any bugs you come across. In the meantime we will be shaping up our documentation, and giving tender loving care to our other loaders and plugins in our core github org.

Thank you.

To all of those involved on our contributor team, the core team, loader and plugin authors, those who submitted their first time commits, or assisted with troubleshooting: we cannot thank you enough. We have said this many times in the past, but the community is what makes webpack strong, sustainable, and vibrant in this JavaScript Renaissance we live in today. Without you all, we would still be Yet Another Build Tool (YABT).

webpack 2.2: The Release Candidate

Whats changed since webpack 1?

Whats new in this RC from webpack 2.1.0-beta.28?

What next?

Thank you.