Gianluca, This page lists all the options: https://grails.apache.org/docs/7.0.7/guide/gettingStarted.html#developmentReloading
On smaller projects 3 of them work great. On medium to large project only JRebel reloads ultra fast the others are in the 10's of seconds range. James On 2026/03/05 08:41:33 Gianluca Sartori wrote: > Hi James, > > my participation at the meetings has been inconsistent lately due to other > things going on, so I may have missed something. Does the following mean we > already have the hotswap reloading like in Grails 3? > > > - Make reloading a top level feature & remove the old junit option > @jdaugherty <https://github.com/jdaugherty> (#15437 > <https://github.com/apache/grails-core/pull/15437>) > > > Here is my decorative +1 for the release :) > > Thank you, > Gianluca > > > Gianluca Sartori > -- > https://dueuno.com > > > On Thu, 5 Mar 2026 at 01:38, James Daugherty <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I am happy to start the VOTE thread to release Apache Grails 7.0.8! > > > > Please note the following build reproducibility issues for this release: > > 1. grails-forge-core-7.0.8-javadoc.jar # due to groovy 3 in forge, we > > need to update to groovy 4 to fix this > > 2. grails-datamapping-tck-7.0.8.jar # city & country domains are the > > same according to intellij extract but have a bytecode ordering > > difference (we've seen this before) > > > > Given that these differences are known, explainable, and immaterial, > > we are moving forward with a release vote. > > > > Please also note that this release has a significant change to the > > grails-forge-cli - we have replaced the option to select the broken > > Junit test feature with a reloading option. Please be sure to test the > > CLI thoroughly as part of your testing. > > > > Release notes for the release are here: > > https://github.com/apache/grails-core/releases/tag/v7.0.8 > > > > The tag for this release is: > > https://github.com/apache/grails-core/releases/tag/v7.0.8 > > Tag commit id: 7b074a92fde4a1039e79469a0c5f9c7637d509ce > > > > The artifacts to be voted on are located as follows (r82856): > > Source release: > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/grails/core/7.0.8/sources > > Binary distributions: > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/grails/core/7.0.8/distribution > > > > Release artifacts are signed with a key from the following file: > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/grails/KEYS > > > > Please vote on releasing this package as: Apache Grails 7.0.8. > > > > Reminder on ASF release approval requirements for PMC members: > > https://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#release-approval > > > > Hints on validating checksums/signatures (but replace md5sum with > > sha512sum): > > https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html > > > > Details of our release process are documented at: > > https://github.com/apache/grails-core/blob/HEAD/RELEASE.md > > > > As a reminder, most of our tools support an env `GRAILS_REPO_URL` so > > that the tools can work with staged artefacts. Set it to the staging > > repo like this: `export > > GRAILS_REPO_URL=https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging` > > <https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging> > > > > The vote is open for a minimum of 72 hours and passes if a majority of at > > least > > three +1 PMC votes are cast. > > > > [ ] +1 Release Apache Grails 7.0.8 > > [ ] 0 I don't have a strong opinion about this, but I assume it's ok > > [ ] -1 Do not release Apache Grails 7.0.8 because... > > > > Here is my vote: > > > > +1 (binding) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Please note, here is the diff script output from my testing: > > Differences were found, diffing jar files ... > > Downloading Vineflower decompiler... > > Checking jar grails-datamapping-core-test-7.0.8-tests.jar... > > Extracting grails-datamapping-core-test-7.0.8-tests.jar > > Looking for build artifact > > grails-datamapping-core-test-7.0.8-tests.jar in > > /home/groovy/grails-verify/grails/etc/bin/results > > ✅ First Artifact Found @ > > > > /home/groovy/grails-verify/grails/etc/bin/results/first/grails-datamapping-core-test-7.0.8-tests.jar > > ✅ Second Artifact Found @ > > > > /home/groovy/grails-verify/grails/etc/bin/results/first/grails-datamapping-core-test-7.0.8-tests.jar > > Extracting grails-datamapping-core-test-7.0.8-tests.jar from > > first to /home/groovy/grails-verify/grails/etc/bin/results/firstArtifact > > ✅ First Artifact Extracted > > Extracting grails-datamapping-core-test-7.0.8-tests.jar from > > second to /home/groovy/grails-verify/grails/etc/bin/results/secondArtifact > > ✅ Second Artifact Extracted > > ✅ Extracted grails-datamapping-core-test-7.0.8-tests.jar to > > firstArtifact and secondArtifact directories. > > Decompiling grails-datamapping-core-test-7.0.8-tests.jar class files... > > ✅ Decompiled grails-datamapping-core-test-7.0.8-tests.jar > > ✅ No differences remain for > > grails-datamapping-core-test-7.0.8-tests.jar. Removing from diff.txt. > > Checking jar grails-datamapping-tck-7.0.8.jar... > > Extracting grails-datamapping-tck-7.0.8.jar > > Looking for build artifact grails-datamapping-tck-7.0.8.jar in > > /home/groovy/grails-verify/grails/etc/bin/results > > ✅ First Artifact Found @ > > > > /home/groovy/grails-verify/grails/etc/bin/results/first/grails-datamapping-tck-7.0.8.jar > > ✅ Second Artifact Found @ > > > > /home/groovy/grails-verify/grails/etc/bin/results/first/grails-datamapping-tck-7.0.8.jar > > Extracting grails-datamapping-tck-7.0.8.jar from first to > > /home/groovy/grails-verify/grails/etc/bin/results/firstArtifact > > ✅ First Artifact Extracted > > Extracting grails-datamapping-tck-7.0.8.jar from second to > > /home/groovy/grails-verify/grails/etc/bin/results/secondArtifact > > ✅ Second Artifact Extracted > > ✅ Extracted grails-datamapping-tck-7.0.8.jar to firstArtifact and > > secondArtifact directories. > > Decompiling grails-datamapping-tck-7.0.8.jar class files... > > ✅ Decompiled grails-datamapping-tck-7.0.8.jar > > ❌ Verification failed. ❌ > > ❌ Differences still found in grails-datamapping-tck-7.0.8.jar. > > Checking jar grails-forge-core-7.0.8-javadoc.jar... > > Extracting grails-forge-core-7.0.8-javadoc.jar > > Looking for build artifact grails-forge-core-7.0.8-javadoc.jar in > > /home/groovy/grails-verify/grails/etc/bin/results > > ✅ First Artifact Found @ > > > > /home/groovy/grails-verify/grails/etc/bin/results/first/grails-forge-core-7.0.8-javadoc.jar > > ✅ Second Artifact Found @ > > > > /home/groovy/grails-verify/grails/etc/bin/results/first/grails-forge-core-7.0.8-javadoc.jar > > Extracting grails-forge-core-7.0.8-javadoc.jar from first to > > /home/groovy/grails-verify/grails/etc/bin/results/firstArtifact > > ✅ First Artifact Extracted > > Extracting grails-forge-core-7.0.8-javadoc.jar from second to > > /home/groovy/grails-verify/grails/etc/bin/results/secondArtifact > > ✅ Second Artifact Extracted > > ✅ Extracted grails-forge-core-7.0.8-javadoc.jar to firstArtifact and > > secondArtifact directories. > > Decompiling grails-forge-core-7.0.8-javadoc.jar class files... > > ✅ Decompiled grails-forge-core-7.0.8-javadoc.jar > > ❌ Verification failed. ❌ > > ❌ Differences still found in grails-forge-core-7.0.8-javadoc.jar. > > ❌ Differences Found ❌ > > grails-datamapping-tck-7.0.8.jar > > grails-forge-core-7.0.8-javadoc.jar > > ❌ Differences Found ❌ > > ❌ Verification failed. ❌ > > ✅ Reproducible Build Verified > > >
