I also think it's reasonable to drop support for older versions. I'm just wondering if releasing one last version bound to a specific IntelliJ version makes sense? That way, you can tell the 1.3.9 and 2.5.6 users, that if you want to continue on those versions, that they will be stuck on IntelliJ 2026.x since we stop upgrading the plugin for old versions.
/Søren Den ons. 26. aug. 2026 kl. 15.40 skrev Mattias Reichel <[email protected]>: > I think it is reasonable to drop support for older Grails versions on > a regular basis if keeping support hinders maintenance or makes the > plugin work badly. > > /Mattias > > Den sön 23 aug. 2026 kl 18:31 skrev James Daugherty <[email protected] > >: > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I've been working on the intellij plugin so we can have our first ASF > > release. As part of that, several issues were identified. The main > > blocker is that older versions of Grails included GPL / LGPL code and > > the intellij plugin copied those jar files to support those versions. > > For now, I've gone ahead and referenced them via Maven, but I think we > > should discuss what Grails Versions the IntelliJ plugin should > > actually support. > > > > Are people wanting to maintain legacy Grails support? Should we > > instead publish a "Legacy Plugin"? The differences between a Grails > > 1/2 and a Grails 3.3+ app are completely opposite - Grails 3 is what > > introduced the Gradle build system instead of the home grown solution. > > > > I also suspect it's only a matter of time, if not already, that > > IntelliJ itself won't support the java versions or gradle versions > > that older Grails versions need. Dropping support for anything older > > than Grails 3.3 would greatly simplify the code base. Splitting the > > plugin into a Grails 1/2 version vs later versions would be another > > alternative. > > > > What do people prefer and what are people willing to support? > > > > -James > -- Best regards Søren Berg Glasius Apache Groovy™ and Apache Grails® PMC --- Press ESC once to quit - twice to save the changes.
