Update as of 3/26/2012
* Introduced concept of containers and "page types" in layout.
  * Containers replace `Mage_Core_Block_Text_List` and `Mage_Page_Block_Html_Wrapper`
  * Widgets now utilize page types and containers instead of "handles" and "block references"
* Implemented first draft of visual design editor with the following capabilities
  * highlighting and dragging blocks and containers, toggling highlighting on/off
  * switching to arbitrary theme and skin
  * navigating to arbitrary page types (product view, order success page, etc...), so that they would be editable with visual design editor
* Refactored various places across the system in order to accommodate transition to containers, page types and visual design editor, which includes
  * Output in any frontend controller action using layout only
  * Output in any frontend controller specifies one and only one layout handle, which equals to its full action name. There can be other handles that extend it and they are determined by layout loading parameters, provided by controller.
  * No program termination (exit) on logging in admin user
  * Session cookie lifetime is set to 0 for frontend and backend. Session will exist until browser window is open, however backend session lifetime limitation does not depend on cookie lifetime anymore.
* Fixes:
  * Failures of tests in developer mode
  * `app/etc/local.xml` affected integration tests
* Addressed pull requests and issues from Github
* Fetched updates from Magento 1 up to March 2 2012. Refer to [Magento 1 release notes](http://www.magentocommerce.com/download/release_notes) for details.
Update as of 4/13/2012
* Implemented a tool for migrating factory table names from 1.x to 2.x. The tool replaces table names by list of names associations
* Changed Unit tests suite running from usage AllTests.php in each directory to configuration in phpunit.xml.dist. Now all tests in {{testsuite}} directory are launched, there is no necessity to add new tests to the config
* Implemented in Visual Desig Editor:
  * Containers highlighting
  * Dropping of elements
* Fixed some issues:
  * Fixed sorting of elements in Layout in if element is added before its sibling
  * Fixed broken Customer Registration page on Front-End and Back-End
  * Fixed broken Order Create page on Back-End
  * Replaced usages of deprecated Mage_Customer_Model_Address_Abstract::getFormated() to Mage_Customer_Model_Address_Abstract::format()
  * Fixed elements' duplication on pages (downloadable, bundle product view)
* Fetched updates from Magento 1 up to April 6 2012. Refer to [Magento 1 release notes](http://www.magentocommerce.com/download/release_notes) for details
Update as of 4/26/2012
* Introduced `Mage_Backend` module and relocated backend area routing model there (was `Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Router_Admin`). The "adminhtml" area is also declared in the `Mage_Backend` module.
* Introduced declaration of application area in config.xml with the following requirements:
  * Must declare with a router class in `config/global/areas/<area_code>/routers/<router_code>/class`
  * May declare `config/global/areas/<area_code>/base_controller`, which would enforce any controllers that serve in this area, to be descendants of the specified class
* Refined styling of the visual design editor toolbar. Subtle improvements of toolbar usability.
* Fetched updates from Magento 1.x up to April 11 2012. Refer to [Magento 1 release notes](http://www.magentocommerce.com/download/release_notes) for details
Update as of 5/05/2012
* Added theme inheritance ability
* Removed @group annotation usage in integration tests
* Introduced keeping of highlighting state while switching between pages in Visual Design Editor
* Fixed some issues:
  * Fixed producing a misleading message by phpcs and phpmd static tests in a case, when no test is failed, but the tools execution failed itself
  * Fixed automatic publication of images in case when image is changed, but CSS file is not
  * Fixed broken "Customer My Account My OAuth Applications" page type in Visual Design Editor
* Fetched updates from Magento 1.x up to April 30 2012. Refer to [Magento 1 release notes](http://www.magentocommerce.com/download/release_notes) for details