Let's talk the next release (again)

[travisbrown]

This is a follow-up to #486, and some of the conversation there (and on Gitter this morning) is relevant.

A lot has happened since 0.2.0, and there seems to be general agreement that we're ready for an 0.3.0 release. From my (totally selfish) perspective there's no real need for this to happen before Shapeless 2.3.0, which I'm waiting on for circe 0.2 anyway.

If there are particular issues that people would like to see resolved before 0.3.0, maybe it would be a good idea to attach a new milestone to them? Otherwise I'm happy to start putting together a draft of release notes for review.

[non]

I'm fine with doing this now. As far as I know, things are in a relatively coherent stage.

Some future release milestones I can think of are:

• Removing default implementations from type classes (Built-in test suites for typeclass instances #168)
• Integration with catalysts etc. (mostly an internal change)
• Type tagging (related to Newtype/tagged types/value classes for different type class instances? #425)
• Adding monoidal, reworking applicative, syntax, etc. (Generalize ApplyBuilder to Monoidal structures #555)
• Some kind of async/task support (A cats asynchronous monad (eg Task) #32)
• Better simulacrum/machinist integration (possibly through typeclassic)

I don't think 0.3.0 needs to wait for any of these, I just wanted to let you all know what was on my mind.

[ceedubs]

I have already said so on Gitter, but just for to make it official, 👍 for an immediate-ish 0.3.0 release.

[fthomas]

I'm a fan of "release early, release often", so 👍 from me.

[travisbrown]

I've gotten bogged down in circe stuff the past couple of days, and now that 0.2.0 is out this is less urgent for me, but I haven't forgotten my promise to write up release notes. 😄

[travisbrown]

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