Re: [DISCUSS] Minimum version for Groovy 6

Sounds doable, considering that Maven 4 will also use Java 17.

They have long discussed whether jumping to 21 should be the case as they
want to support the last 2 LTS. With Java 25 coming closer (next month)
there's a group pushing for jumping to 21.
In our case I think staying with 17 is OK.

Cheers,
Andres

On Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM Paul King <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Hi folks,
>
> Now that 5 is out, I created a GROOVY_5_0_X branch, and master has become
> Groovy 6.
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> We should discuss a minimum JDK version we plan to support for Groovy 6.
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> My current thinking is that since we are typically very conservative with
> the minimum version, we should bump to JDK17. I am hoping Groovy 6 will be
> delivered with a quicker window than Groovy 5, but there hasn't been any
> discussion about features as yet, so it's a little hard to predict. I think
> JDK17 gives us a nice increment where we can make numerous advances, and if
> the release is taking longer than we expected, we can always adjust our
> decision. But, I'm interested in what others think ...
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>
> Cheers, Paul.
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