Hi all, We've just pushed another release candidate with RC-3. A few minor bug fixes got included in this new version.
As usual, you can download this version here: http://groovy.codehaus.org/Download We're planning to release the final version of Groovy 2.1.0 in the coming days, stay tuned! Thanks for your attention. Guillaume On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Guillaume Laforge <glafo...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi all, > > The Groovy team is pleased to announce the *second release candidate of > Groovy 2.1.0*. > > The final release is merely days away, so please be sure to test > that release and give us your feedback, before we go gold. > > Unless really critical bugs or regressions arise, we're aiming at going > final next week or the following. > > Download and try Groovy 2.1.0-rc-2 here: > http://groovy.codehaus.org/Download?nc > > The JIRA release notes: > * > http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10242&version=19054 > * > > As a reminder of what's coming, here's what you can expect from Groovy 2.1: > > - *complete invoke dynamic support* when running with the "indy" JAR > on JDK 7 > - *upgrade to GPars 1.0*: the Groovy distribution now bundles the > GPars 1.0 final release > - *@DelegatesTo annotation*: to help IDEs and the static type checker > and compiler to know that method calls in a method parameter closure are > delegated to another parameter of the method -- nice for DSLs like in > Gradle build files > - *custom type checking extensions*: so you can type check your DSLs > at compile-time with your own logic > - a *meta-annotation* system: which allows you to define a new > annotation actually combining several others -- which also means being able > to apply several AST transformations with a single custom annotation > - *custom base script class flag* for the groovyc compiler: to set a > base script class when compiling Groovy scripts > - *compiler configuration script*: to let you define various > configuration options for the Groovy compiler, like specifying custom file > extensions, various compilation customizers to apply, etc. > - *compilation customizer builder*: a special builder for specifying > compilation customizers > - jar://, file://, http:// prefix support for launching Groovy scripts > from the command line > - and many bug fixes and various minor improvements > > Thanks a lot for your great contributions, in whichever form it takes, and > particular thanks to some of our most prolific contributors sending us > frequent patches and pull requests: André Steingreß, Tim Yates, and Pascal > Schumacher. > > Keep on Groovy'ing :-) > > -- > Guillaume Laforge > Groovy Project Manager > SpringSource, a division of VMware > > Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/ > Social: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge> / > Google+<https://plus.google.com/u/0/114130972232398734985/posts> > -- Guillaume Laforge Groovy Project Manager SpringSource, a division of VMware Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/ Social: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge> / Google+<https://plus.google.com/u/0/114130972232398734985/posts>
