• Don't resolve dependency configurations during config phase (Issue #128)
• Build plugin with Gradle 2.14
• Fix docs regarding inheriting Jar manifest (Issue #251)
• https://github.com/ethankhall[Ethan Hall] - Support projects that configure uploading to Ivy repositories (Pull Request #256)
• Force task to depend on dependency configuration (Issue #152)
• Do not explode ZIP files into shadow jar (Issue #196)
• John Szakmeister - Preserve timestamps on merged jar entries (Pull Request #260)