Why was GWT team reduced? Developers were moved to Dart project?
Is there any schedule for 2.5? We are waiting for SourceMaps, since debug mode is working slow in Chrome & IE, and with Firefox there always is a version gap. Safari plugin is also broken since version 5.
I can't fully explain why it was reduced, but it's several factors:
1) Some people left, for various reasons (like being at Google for 6+ years), for example, 5 left to go to different startups.
2) Some went to work on Dart
3) Some when to work on Chrome
4) Some went to work on a secret project
5) Maturity. At Google, 20 is considered a "big" team. The Closure Compiler, on which GMail, Docs, Google +, Google Search, Google Maps, etc is based is not even staffed, it's just the result of 20% contributions. GWT was, from an organizational standpoint, even in the wrong division. It should have been in infrastructure/dev-tools/etc, but instead it was under a management chain that cared about other stuff.
GWT 2.5 will be released very soon. I am trying to collect all external contributions that have been languishing and land them first.
Is there any schedule for 2.5? We are waiting for SourceMaps, since debug mode is working slow in Chrome & IE, and with Firefox there always is a version gap. Safari plugin is also broken since version 5.