Dear community, I am happy to start the VOTE thread for a Groovy 2.5.0-alpha-1 release!
This release includes 165 bug fixes/improvements as outlined in the changelog: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12318123&version=12338913 Tag: https://git1-us-west.apache.org/repos/asf?p=groovy.git;a=tag;h=refs/tags/GROOVY_2_5_0_ALPHA_1 Tag commit id: d25391516078e97ea20404d8e8b5cfe8e2391a1f The artifacts to be voted on are located as follows (r18966). Source release: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/groovy/2.5.0-alpha-1/sources Convenience binaries: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/groovy/2.5.0-alpha-1/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 2.5.0-alpha-1. 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 2.5.0-alpha-1 [ ] 0 I don't have a strong opinion about this, but I assume it's ok [ ] -1 Do not release Apache Groovy 2.5.0-alpha-1 because... Here is my vote: +1 (binding)