Re: [VOTE] Release Apache Geb 8.0.0

Hi All,

+1 (non-binding)

I checked on MacOS Sequoia 15.6.1 on M2 Chip: * sha256 and sha512 
checksums * valid signature * NOTICE and LICENSE files present. * ran 
bootstrap: gradle -p bootstrap * checked licenses with: gradlew rat * 
built from source (and published locally) using: gradlew 
publishToMavenLocal Used successfully from local maven in my Geb test 
project. I downloaded the staged jars from geb-core and geb-spock and 
verified the source jar META-INF dirs contain LICENSE and NOTICE files. 
I also noted that the Nexus validation had passed. Best regards, Carl


On 9/9/25 4:16 PM, Jonny wrote:
> Dear development community,
>
> After much anticipation, I am happy to start the VOTE thread for a Geb 
> 8.0.0 release!
>
> This release updates a lot of the dependencies and build tooling for 
> the Geb project. There are also some quality of life improvements from 
> community contributors, including better support for closures in 
> JavaScript execution (see PR 275 
> <https://github.com/apache/groovy-geb/pull/275>). The biggest breaking 
> change is that the group in the maven coordinates for artifacts will 
> change from org.gebish to org.apache.groovy.geb. The second biggest 
> breaking change is that Java 11 is the minimum target version for the 
> compiled artifacts.
>
> The complete changelog is on GitHub: 
> https://github.com/apache/groovy-geb/compare/v7.0...v8.0.0
>
> Tag: v8.0.0 (https://github.com/apache/groovy-geb/tree/v8.0.0)
> Tag commit id: 75d12d5fe9e52409daf74082bfda351d9f55f76c
>
> The artifacts to be voted on are located as follows (r79217):
> Source release: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/groovy/geb/
>
> Additionally, there are staged Maven artifacts at 
> https://repository.apache.org/service/local/repositories/orgapachegroovy-1090/content/org/apache/groovy/geb/
>
> 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 Geb 8.0.0.
>
> 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 or sha512sum):
> https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html
>
> Since Geb is a subproject of Groovy, the same Groovy PMC votes that 
> are required for a Groovy release will be required here.
>
> 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 Geb 8.0.0
> [ ]  0 I don't have a strong opinion about this, but I assume it's ok
> [ ] -1 Do not release Apache Geb 8.0.0 because...
>
> Here is my vote:
> +1 (non-binding)