Dear development community, I am happy to start the VOTE thread for a Groovy 2.6.0-alpha-4 release!
As per discussions on the user list, this is the last planned release for the GROOVY_2_6_X branch. This branch was designed as a cut-back version of Groovy 3.0 back-ported to run on JDK 7 but with features missing that required JDK 8. It was intended to help porting towards Groovy 3.0 for those stuck on JDK 7. This alpha version is the version to use to help with porting towards 3.0 if you are stuck on JDK 7. Our intention now is to prioritise moving towards 3.0 faster. This release includes 65 bug fixes/improvements as outlined in the changelog: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12318123&version=12342855 Tag: https://git1-us-west.apache.org/repos/asf?p=groovy.git;a=tag;h=refs/tags/GROOVY_2_6_0_ALPHA_4 Tag commit id: 469016288baa219f8c04c6ecc95a082074f31901 The artifacts to be voted on are located as follows (r27680). Source release: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/groovy/2.6.0-alpha-4/sources Convenience binaries: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/groovy/2.6.0-alpha-4/distribution Release artifacts are signed with a key from the following file: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/groovy/KEYS Please vote on releasing this package as Apache Groovy 2.6.0-alpha-4. Reminder on ASF release approval requirements for PMC members: http://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#release-approval Hints on validating checksums/signatures (but replace md5sum with sha256sum): https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html The vote is open for the next 72 hours and passes if a majority of at least three +1 PMC votes are cast. [ ] +1 Release Apache Groovy 2.6.0-alpha-4 [ ] 0 I don't have a strong opinion about this, but I assume it's ok [ ] -1 Do not release Apache Groovy 2.6.0-alpha-4 because... Here is my vote: +1 (binding)
