+1 binding Walter
> On Jun 29, 2026, at 9:24 AM, James Fredley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > I am happy to start the VOTE thread to release Apache Grails 8.0.0-M2! > > This one has taken a long time and we can have N more, as needed, it just > takes a release volunteer to do a milestone or release candidate with 2 hours > of time. In hindsight, since we are behind schedule, we should have done > more milestones. > > Release notes for the release are here: > https://github.com/apache/grails-core/releases/tag/v8.0.0-M2 > > The tag for this release is: > https://github.com/apache/grails-core/releases/tag/v8.0.0-M2 > Tag commit id: 137977e4cb352f6b91165d2129faa1f04b270beb > > The artifacts to be voted on are located as follows (r85513): > Source release: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/grails/core/8.0.0-M2/sources > Binary distributions: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/grails/core/8.0.0-M2/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 8.0.0-M2. > > 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` > > 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 8.0.0-M2 > [ ] 0 I don't have a strong opinion about this, but I assume it's ok > [ ] -1 Do not release Apache Grails 8.0.0-M2 because... > > Here is my vote: > > +1 (binding) > > James Fredley
