Dear development community, I am happy to start the VOTE thread for a Groovy 3.0.0-rc-1 release!
This release includes over 50 bug fixes/improvements as outlined in the changelog: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12318123&version=12345982 Groovy 3 is nearing lockdown status for final release. One part which has only recently been finished and still needs a bit more polishing is a revamped groovydoc. It no longer requires antlr2. Groovy files are parsed using antlr4 and Java using com.github.javaparser. Because this new version is less stable than the rest of the release it currently is disabled by default and enabled with the 'preview.groovydoc.antlr4' system property. The plan is for this property to be removed before final release but feedback on existing functionality welcome. You might need to include additional dependent jars on your classpath when using the current version. Tag: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=groovy.git;a=tag;h=refs/tags/GROOVY_3_0_0_RC_1 Tag commit id: 2ede5187ca8e6adf0986d8284009abfd48876998 The artifacts to be voted on are located as follows (r36439). Source release: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/groovy/3.0.0-rc-1/sources Convenience binaries: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/groovy/3.0.0-rc-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 3.0.0-rc-1. 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-rc-1 [ ] 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-rc-1 because... Here is my vote: +1 (binding)