M4 target was 7/22, it being early without https://lists.apache.org/thread/nq8f7yqtfp13wjbckkjxt1y82lrwkjq2 address, really caught me off guard.
2. Release 8.0.0-M4 by Wednesday (July 22) next week - would include the undertow support + reproducible fixes + cli split - last release of new features or breaking changes If we are committed to getting some form of Grails 7 plugin in Grails 8 backwards compatibility in RC1 or M5, I will be willing to change my vote to 0. https://github.com/apache/grails-core/pull/16011 - is being updated right now to hopefully somewhere closer to a comprise. I think the number of hours and days of week we have worked on this as volunteers was historically unsustainable and is not something I have been able to maintain this year and will not be doing going forward. 72 hour turn around is the ASF expectation and that's what I will try to do. Many time sooner, but I can't look at Apache Grails every day of the month. James On 2026/07/21 13:29:06 James Fredley wrote: > I am a -1 until we figure out a path for end users that does not require them > waiting on plugins to be re-released to use plugin commands in Grails 8. > Grails 7 is EOL and users have to move to Grails 8 basically upon release, > let's not break their ability to use Plugin Commands from the existing > already published Grails 7 plugins, if we do not have to. > > https://github.com/apache/grails-core/pull/15948 was merged before a path was > identified and we only addressed 1 of 4 paths that provide commands. > > https://github.com/apache/grails-core/pull/16011 - provides a path, we can > debate that path, but I am firm that it should be the default for the reason > in the first paragraph. Let's not hurt the framework. > > James > > On 2026/07/21 09:35:43 Mattias Reichel wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > I am happy to start the VOTE thread to release Apache Grails 8.0.0-M4! > > > > Release notes for the release are here: > > https://github.com/apache/grails-core/releases/tag/v8.0.0-M4 > > > > The tag for this release is: > > https://github.com/apache/grails-core/releases/tag/v8.0.0-M4 > > > > Tag commit id: cb35496301c5423a557034394ce814dc1e1a36fa > > > > The artifacts to be voted on are located as follows (r86111): > > Source release: > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/grails/core/8.0.0-M4/sources > > Binary distributions: > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/grails/core/8.0.0-M4/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-M4. > > > > 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-M4 > > [ ] 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-M4 because... > > > > Here is my vote: > > +1 (binding) > > >
