Re: [VOTE] Approval of Apache Grails (incubating) 7.0.0-RC2 release by Groovy PMC

Carrying forward my vote from the Grails dev list:

+1 paulk (binding)
> I checked:
> * "incubating" in distribution file names
> * NOTICE, LICENSE and DISCLAIMER files exist
> * No unexpected binary files in src zip
> * Verified signatures and checksums for all zips manually
> * Checked grailsw executes as expected on Windows and Ubuntu
> * Manual check of gradlew bootstrap for src zip
> * Manual rat check for src zip



On Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM James Daugherty <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> The Apache Grails community has voted to approve the release of Apache
> Grails 7.0.0-RC2.
>
> As the incubation host, we now kindly request the Groovy PMC to review
> & approve our ASF release.
>
> Grails vote thread:
> * https://lists.apache.org/thread/pzv5y8wgn6nl0tpv5v1s0ntwbrnjg94p
>
> Vote result thread:
> * https://lists.apache.org/thread/jprkxwjn17dm7yhy11oloh0tr322zxf9
>
> The tag for this release is:
> * (grails-core)
> https://github.com/apache/grails-core/releases/tag/v7.0.0-RC2
>
> The artifacts to be voted on are located as follows (r79021):
> Source release:
>
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/grails/core/7.0.0-RC2/sources
> Binary distributions:
>
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/grails/core/7.0.0-RC2/distribution
>
> Release artifacts are signed with a key from the following file:
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/incubator/grails/KEYS
>
> Please vote on releasing this package as Apache Grails (incubating)
> 7.0.0-RC2.
>
> Hints on validating checksums/signatures (but replace md5sum with
> sha512sum):
> https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html
>
> Our release process, including verification steps, are documented
> here: https://github.com/apache/grails-core/blob/HEAD/RELEASE.md The
> last section of this document `Appendix: Verification from a
> Container` is likely relevant.  For the differing artifacts, we have
> compared the decompiled classes to ensure they are as we expect to
> meet the ASF security team's requirements.
>
> The vote for this release is open for a minimum of 72 hours.
> [ ] +1 Release Apache Grails (incubating) 7.0.0-RC2
> [ ]  0 I don't have a strong opinion about this, but I assume it's ok
> [ ] -1 Do not release Apache Grails (incubating) 7.0.0-RC2 because...
>