Hi folks, just an update. The Grails team has been making great progress on getting Grails 7 ready, e.g.:
* An update after the recent Spring security plugin migration: https://youtu.be/UsJk2iNOGMY * A little more status info: https://github.com/orgs/grails/projects/3/views/2 Grails 7 is the version that is planned to come to the ASF. Much of the finishing up part of Grails 7 could happen after "arriving" at the ASF but Grails is large with many repos/plugins including numerous legacy ones and arriving at the ASF with a leaner footprint will make onboarding easier. So I expect that we'll see things happening shortly and we'll need to have further discussions with a concrete proposal and ultimately vote on Grails entering the ASF. Separate to Grails, a couple of other projects are considering joining us. I'll keep folks updated when things are ready for discussion/voting. Cheers, Paul. On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 3:09 PM Paul King <pa...@asert.com.au> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > The Grails project is wanting to enter the ASF. They have two paths. > They can enter in the normal way via the Incubator. Alternatively, the > Groovy project can sponsor their incubation. > > If you do/don't support the Grails project joining the ASF, let us > know. If you favor either of the two paths, let us know. > > Personally, I am in favor of them joining and believe having the > Groovy project sponsor their incubation makes a lot of sense. > > In terms of process, the Incubator has a standard template they use > for project proposals. I have proposed to the Grails project that they > fill out that template regardless of which path they take. [Shout if > you want to help with that goal.] > > Once the project proposal is ready, there is typically a [DISCUSS] > thread for initial discussions and perhaps revisions to the proposal, > then a [VOTE] thread. Those threads would appear on the Incubator or > Groovy mailing lists, and would be voted on by the Incubator PMC or > the Groovy PMC depending on which path was taken. Regardless of which > path, I think the goal is for Grails to become its own top-level > project (and it would in due course get its own PMC). A less likely > but possible other outcome is that Grails becomes a subproject of > Groovy (and we'd share a PMC). > > This email is mostly just a heads-up and a chance for folks to give > preliminary feedback or become involved. I expect more discussions > when the [DISCUSS] thread is sent. > > Cheers, Paul.
