• Added support for Java 8
• Upgraded to Groovy 2.3.0
• Upgraded to Kryo 2.24.0
• New splitter operators: 'splitText', 'splitFasta', 'splitFastq', 'splitCsv'
• New operator 'collectFile' to gather file chunks
• New operator Channel.fromPath which allows fine control on paths traversal
• Operator Channel.from has been deprecated in favor of Channel.fromPath
• Operator Channel.watch has been deprecated in favor of Channel.watchPath
• Clean-up API for operators: 'into', 'choice', 'separate', 'filter'
• Operator 'grep' has been removed and features included in 'filter' operator
• Deprecated 'chopXxx' operators
• Deprecated 'chunkXxx' operators
• Deprecated 'each' operator in favor of 'subscribe'
• Deprecated process 'merge' directive
• Executor service now uses a fixed thread pool
• Fixed issue on 'maxForks' process directive
• Added 'info' cli parameter
• Improved documentation