In order to prevent any interference with the latest stable version, the `develop` branch was created. Once `develop` reaches it's official stable state, it will be merged into `master` as `3.0.0`.
The WordPress Plugin Boilerplate was originally written by [Tom McFarlin](http://twitter.com/tommcfarlin/), but is now under development thanks to the contributions from the many WordPress developers throughout the world.
The current `develop` branch is maintained by Tom McFarlin, Ulrich Pogson, Josh Eaton, and Brad Vincent.