Dear development community, I am happy to start the VOTE thread for a Groovy 5.0.0-alpha-4 release!
This release includes 16 bug fixes/improvements as outlined in the changelog: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12318123&version=12353967 Tag: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=groovy.git;a=tag;h=refs/tags/GROOVY_5_0_0_ALPHA_4 Tag commit id: 433daecc3942257fc33c159765b25bb3aa77d3ed The artifacts to be voted on are located as follows (r66155). Source release: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/groovy/5.0.0-alpha-4/sources Convenience binaries: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/groovy/5.0.0-alpha-4/distribution Release artifacts are signed with a key from the following file: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/groovy/KEYS Please vote on releasing this package as Apache Groovy 5.0.0-alpha-4. 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 5.0.0-alpha-4 [ ] 0 I don't have a strong opinion about this, but I assume it's ok [ ] -1 Do not release Apache Groovy 5.0.0-alpha-4 because... Here is my vote: +1 (binding) <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free.www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>