Dear development community, I am happy to start the VOTE thread for a Groovy 3.0.0-alpha-3 release! This version is intended to be released at the same time as Groovy 2.6.0-alpha-4 and is the recommended next version of Groovy for users of JDK8 and above.
This release includes 40 bug fixes/improvements as outlined in the changelog: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12318123&version=12343061 Tag: https://git1-us-west.apache.org/repos/asf?p=groovy.git;a=tag;h=refs/tags/GROOVY_3_0_0_ALPHA_3 Tag commit id: f29fde1781c79c14ec6deb21bbf91913bc220c9f The artifacts to be voted on are located as follows (r27681). Source release: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/groovy/3.0.0-alpha-3/sources Convenience binaries: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/groovy/3.0.0-alpha-3/distribution Release artifacts are signed with a key from the following file: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/groovy/KEYS Please vote on releasing this package as Apache Groovy 3.0.0-alpha-3. Reminder on ASF release approval requirements for PMC members: http://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#release-approval Hints on validating checksums/signatures (but replace md5sum with sha256sum): https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html The vote is open for the next 72 hours and passes if a majority of at least three +1 PMC votes are cast. [ ] +1 Release Apache Groovy 3.0.0-alpha-3 [ ] 0 I don't have a strong opinion about this, but I assume it's ok [ ] -1 Do not release Apache Groovy 3.0.0-alpha-3 because... Here is my vote: +1 (binding)
