Release Plan

This page shows the release plan for JCrypTool. Each version contains a short description of the required and optional included parts and at least a time-frame as release date. See our issue trackers for detailed information about a task.

Final 1.0.0 (scheduled for 2020)

First stable release 1.0.0.

Each core plug-in will have 1.0.0 as version information.

Release v1.0 roadmap

For progress in A -- closing remaining critical issues -- see the milestones https://github.com/jcryptool/core/milestone/2 and https://github.com/jcryptool/crypto/milestone/2.

• A) Issues lösen: (Hr. Leischnig + ?). Danach generell keine Änderungen mehr zulassen (d.h. nicht Neues)
• B) Währenddessen: 1) Tests minimaler Funktion auf allen Systemen, 2) Weekly Builds monitoring (Hr. Leischnig)
• C) Finale Tests (Alle)
• D) Signierung und Release v1.0: (Hr. Groos + Hr. Kopal + Hr. Schadow) -> Wir erhalten signierte Executables
• E) *Deadline komplementärer Infos für Texte auf cryptool.org + Funktionsliste
• F) Anpassung der Texte auf cryptool.org, github.com (Hr. Esslinger, Schadow)
• G) Wikipedia + cryptool.org news (Esslinger/Schadow)

Projections

• Finishing A) (solving all remaining milestone-1.0 issues) is scheduled for end of July 2020

Release of the product

• The release of version 1.0 is scheduled for April 2020.
• The release of version 1.0 is scheduled for end of May 2020.
• The release of version 1.0 is scheduled for end of August 2020.

Release Candidate 9 (2019-02-16)

• Completed Online Help/ context help in German and English
• Bugfixes and minor feature updates

Based on Eclipse 4.10. Each core plug-in will have 0.9.10 as version information.

Release Candidate 8 (2016-10-03)

• Completed Online Help/ context help in German and English
• Bugfixes and minor feature updates

Based on Eclipse 4.6.1. Each core plug-in will have 0.9.9 as version information.

Release Candidate 7 (2013-12-30)

• Completed Online Help/ context help in German and English
• Bugfixes and minor feature updates

Based on Eclipse 3.7.2. Each core plug-in will have 0.9.8 as version information.

Release Candidate 6 (2012-07-15)

Sixth release candidate.

• Completed Online Help/ context help in German and English
• Bugfixes and minor feature updates

Based on Eclipse 3.7.2. Each core plug-in will have 0.9.7 as version information.

Release Candidate 5a (2012-01-28)

Maintenance release for RC5 with the new update site URL.

Based on Eclipse 3.7.1. Each core plug-in will have 0.9.6 as version information.

Release Candidate 5 (2011-12-29)

Fifth release candidate which finalizes all features and the documentation.

• Extended Online Help/ context help in German and English
• Eclipse 3.7.1 migration
• New crypto plug-ins
• Bugfixes and minor feature updates

Based on Eclipse 3.7.1. Each core plug-in will have 0.9.5 as version information.

Release Candidate 4 (2010-12-29)

Fourth release candidate which finalizes all features and the documentation.

• Extended Online Help/ context help in German and English
• Eclipse 3.6.1 migration
• Bugfixes and minor feature updates

Based on Eclipse 3.6.1. Each core plug-in will have 0.9.4 as version information.

Release Candidate 3 (2010-07-29)

Third release candidate which finalizes all features and the documentation.

• Extended Online Help/ context help in German and English
• Bugfixes

Based on Eclipse 3.5.2. Each core plug-in will have 0.9.3 as version information.

Release Candidate 2 (2010-05-16)

Second release candidate which finalizes all features and the documentation.

• Extended Online Help/ context help in German and English
• Bugfixes

Based on Eclipse 3.5.2. Each core plug-in will have 0.9.2 as version information.

Release Candidate 1a (2010-01-17)

First release candidate which begins to complete all features and provides more end user documentation.

• Major Bugfixes

Based on Eclipse 3.5.1. Each core plug-in will have 0.9.1 as version information.

Release Candidate 1 (2009-12-28)

First release candidate which begins to complete all features and provides more end user documentation.

• Extended Online Help/ context help in German and English
• Bugfixes

Based on Eclipse 3.5.1. Each core plug-in will have 0.9.0 as version information.

Milestone 6 (2009-11-29)

Milestone 6 will be the last milestone version of JCrypTool.

• Extended Online Help/ context help in German and English
• First steps cheat sheet
• Actions View
• Console View
• New crypto plug-ins
• Bugfixes

Based on Eclipse 3.5.1. Each core plug-in will have 0.6.0 as version information.

Milestone 5 (2009-09-20)

Milestone 5 will complete the JCrypTool platform and will move really close to the final version.

• Extended Online Help/ context help in German and English
• Configurable log level
• Switchable language via preferences
• p2 integration
• Bugfixes and lots of minor enhancements

Based on Eclipse 3.5.0. Each core plug-in will have 0.5.0 as version information.

Milestone 4a (2009-02-28)

Milestone 4a is a maintenance release which improves the milestone 4 release.

• Bugfixes and lots of minor enhancements

Based on Eclipse 3.4.2. Each core plug-in will have 0.4.2 as version information.

Milestone 4 (2009-02-04)

Milestone 4 will complete the JCrypTool platform and will move closer to the final version.

• Extended Algorithm View
• Extended File System Explorer View
• Bugfixes and lots of minor enhancements

Based on Eclipse 3.4.1. Each core plug-in will have 0.4.0 as version information.

Milestone 3 (2008-12-04)

Milestone 3 of JCrypTool improves the changes started in the Milestone 2 release.

• Final Update Site
• Extended Welcome Page and Online Help (including dynamic help)
• Cheat Sheet support and sample Cheat Sheet
• Complete internationalization
• New hex editor
• New File Explorer View
• Extended Algorithms View
• GUI clean up (menu bar, tool bar)
• Bugfixes and minor enhancements

Based on Eclipse 3.4.1. Each core plug-in will have 0.3.0 as version information.

Milestone 2 (2008-08-21)

Milestone 2 is intended for end users and plug-in developers. With Milestone 2, JCrypTool will follow in the footsteps of CrypTool by introducing e-learning capabilities.

• Branding
• Different convenience improvements
• Internationalization
• Navigator View for file system
• Platform independent binary release (Linux, Mac, Windows)
• Toolbars
• Update Site
• Views/Perspectives
• Welcome Page

Each plug-in will have 0.2.0 as version information, except third party plug-ins (like FlexiProvider or Bouncy Castle) which depend on their release information.

Milestone 1 (2007-08-23)

JCrypTool Milestone 1 is intended as a stable basis for developers who would like to join the JCrypTool bandwagon and contribute plug-ins for JCrypTool.

• Core Features: runtime, logging, wizards, online-help
• Text- and HexEditor
• Internationalization (as a sample in the Caesar plug-in and the core)
• Crypto Provider integration: FlexiProvider (as default) and Bouncy Castle
• Sample plug-ins for classic and modern algorithms ** Classic: ADFGVX, Caesar, Substitution, Transposition and Vigenère ** Modern: AES, RSA, hybrid operations with RSA and AES, MD5, SHA-1 and WHIRLPOOL

Each plug-in will have 0.1.0 as version information, except third party plug-ins (like FlexiProvider or Bouncy Castle) which depend on their release information.