RE: [ANNOUNCE] Apache Groovy 2.5.0-rc-3 released

2018-05-22 Thread Winnebeck, Jason
Thanks, I see the notes. Mostly looks like new features. Are there any benefits to upgrading if not taking advantage of the new features yet (that is, does it improve existing code)? I see some improvements for example around the Optional usage, although if we were using Optional now it appears

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Apache Groovy 2.5.0-rc-3 released

2018-05-22 Thread Paul King
This is the place to look: http://groovy-lang.org/releasenotes/groovy-2.5.html We still need to do some updates between now and GA release. Cheers, Paul. On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 2:16 AM, Winnebeck, Jason < jason.winneb...@windstream.com> wrote: > Is there a page summarizing the changes since

RE: [ANNOUNCE] Apache Groovy 2.5.0-rc-3 released

2018-05-22 Thread Winnebeck, Jason
Is there a page summarizing the changes since 2.4, to evaluate if/where any issues are with backwards compatibility? Jason Winnebeck -Original Message- From: Paul King [mailto:pa...@apache.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 12:03 PM To: d...@groovy.apache.org; users@groovy.apache.org;

[ANNOUNCE] Apache Groovy 2.5.0-rc-3 released

2018-05-22 Thread Paul King
Dear community, The Apache Groovy team is pleased to announce version 2.5.0-rc-3 of Apache Groovy. Apache Groovy is a multi-facet programming language for the JVM. Further details can be found at the http://groovy.apache.org website. Pending any last minute feedback we anticipate this being the