Hi all,
Notes from today's Grails PMC call.
1. Micronaut merge / unanswered question
PR https://github.com/apache/grails-core/pull/16320 was merged without
the question on the related change being answered. That question was for
the other repo. James commented on the relevant commit at the time:
https://github.com/apache/grails-micronaut/commit/4b86b739bdcdd2628fbf182805c23a1047cd670e#r200084970
2. grails.org and grails.io
Both domains are now in the ASF Namecheap account. DNS is pointed at the
Cloudflare free account managed by the PMC. Planned domain and DNS work
is complete.
3. Grails trademarks
USPTO records:
-
https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87172851&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch
-
https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87173404&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch
Question on the call: do we want both marks (with and without the word
"Grails"), or only the three-cups mark without the word? Current
practice is the three cups without "Grails" as the favicon on the sites:
https://grails.apache.org/favicon.png
James will email Mark, leaning toward yes on the three-cups-only mark
for that reason.
4. Dinner Monday night in Glasgow
Two options under discussion:
- Mharsanta:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Mharsanta+-+Scottish+Restaurant+%26+Bar
- Chez Mal Glasgow: https://www.google.com/search?q=Chez+Mal+Glasgow
Please chime in if you have a preference.
5. Grails 8.0.0-RC1
Items in play:
- Multipart uploads: https://github.com/apache/grails-core/pull/16040
- Give read-only transactions the same meaning on Mongo as on Hibernate:
https://github.com/apache/grails-core/pull/16214
- Enhance supported lock modes in GORM across Hibernate 5. Evaluate
whether this can be pulled forward:
https://github.com/apache/grails-core/pull/16344
Community Over Code is 12 October. 8.0.0 GA needs to be out before then.
6. Grails 8.1.0 and 8.2.0
- 8.1.0 can be based on Spring Boot 4.1.x, only if needed.
- 8.2.0 is planned against Spring Boot 4.2.x (expected December 2026).
7. Grails 9.0.0-M1
Target shortly after 8.0.0 GA.
8. Convert Grails Forge to Grails 8 and fold it into the root build
Question was whether to merge for 8.0, 8.1, or 9. Decision on the call:
move to 8.1.x.
Full PR: https://github.com/apache/grails-core/pull/16337
The Community Over Code hackathon will still focus on a single
application generator and CLI, even if Forge lands on 8.1.x. We will
still need the web/API generator regardless of how that work lands.
Hackathon write-up:
https://github.com/apache/comdev-events-site/blob/main/source/events/2026/community-over-code/groovy-grails.md
Goal stated there: one Grails application generator instead of two
(Forge vs Profiles), plus an agreed CLI command structure.
Please reply on-list with corrections or anything I missed.
Thanks,
James
