I agree with you. “Better is the enemy of good”. Gianluca Sartori -- https://dueuno.com
On Sat, 3 Oct 2026 at 20:34, James Fredley <[email protected]> wrote: > Since there will always be bugs found and fixed in 8.0.1+, we should fix > waht we can on > https://github.com/apache/grails-core/pulls?q=is%3Apr+state%3Aopen+milestone%3Agrails%3A8.0.0 > and then call the vote. Not reason to hold up the release since 100% of > the time we will fix bugs on 8.0.1+. > > James Fredley > > On 2026/10/03 18:22:15 James Daugherty via dev wrote: > > These are the open items for the release: > > > https://github.com/apache/grails-core/pulls?q=is%3Apr+state%3Aopen+milestone%3Agrails%3A8.0.0 > > > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2026 at 1:04 PM James Fredley <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > It is critical to have 8.0.0 out for the Apache Community over Code > > > Conference, so this timeline is ideal. > > > > > > Anything found later or even known before can be part of 8.0.1, > 8.1.0-M1 > > > and or 9.0.0-M1. > > > > > > James Fredley > > > > > > On 2026-10-01 07:05 UTC James Daugherty wrote: > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > > > > > In the weekly, we spoke about when to release 8.0.0. As stated in > slack > > > & > > > > in the weekly, I've worked to clear our 8.x backlog so no changes > remain. > > > > Based on the current votes, 8.0.0-RC2 should come out on Friday (Oct > 2). > > > > > > > > The only "known" action items I have are: > > > > 1. release a final version of the asset pipeline & ensure Grails 8 > uses > > > it > > > > 2. sitemesh 3.x final version > > > > > > > > I'm proposing that we stage 8.0 on Sunday, assuming these are > finished by > > > > then and no major issues are raised. Any issues that are found > during > > > the > > > > 8.0 vote can easily be addressed by a quick hotfix to 8.0 and this > > > ensures > > > > that 8.0 is out before the ASF conference. > > > > > > > > I would also like to propose we release the intellij plugin in > tandem to > > > > the 8.0.0 release since its latest code has fixes related to Grails 8 > > > (plus > > > > it adds community edition support). > > > > > > > > I'm assuming we'll release grails-micronaut some time shortly after > > > Grails > > > > 8's release date. Hopefully shortly after 8 goes live. If a > volunteer is > > > > available to make this happen sooner, please speak up =) > > > > > > > > -James > > > > > > > > > >
