I second that. Reto
> Am 04.10.2026 um 19:08 schrieb James Daugherty via dev > <[email protected]>: > > I'm going to move forward with the 8.0.0 release. I've merged all of the > PRs that I think were fully resolved. I've also merged 7.0.x up to 8.0.x. > If anyone feels that something should not have been merged, please say so > here and I can reroll the release late tonight. > > > On Sat, Oct 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM James Fredley <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> https://github.com/apache/grails-core/pulls?q=is%3Apr+state%3Aopen+milestone%3Agrails%3A8.0.0 >> is much improved and 3 of remaining 5 are approved. >> >> Looking good for staging a vote on schedule. >> >> James >> >> 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 >>> >>
