[VOTE] Release Apache groovy 6.0.0-beta-1

Paul King <[email protected]> Sat, 1 Aug 2026 13:03:46 +1000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.groovy.devel
Message-ID <CAMbkE7TReZraOY_fz_mziq=WxS95wjSDZ70Lk0vPgMW-KqB=gA@mail.gmail.com>
Dear development community,

I am happy to start the VOTE thread for a Groovy 6.0.0-beta-1 release!

This release includes 88 bug fixes/improvements as outlined in the changelo=
g:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=3D12318123=
&version=3D12357232

Tag: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=3Dgroovy.git;a=3Dtag;h=3Drefs/ta=
gs/GROOVY_6_0_0_BETA_1
Tag commit id: 413e8f5dc72b0c83519c6abb656c4bb00da9bf8d

The artifacts to be voted on are located as follows (r86410).
Source release:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/groovy/6.0.0-beta-1/sources
Convenience binaries:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/groovy/6.0.0-beta-1/distribution
Temp artifacts:
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachegroovy-1115

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 6.0.0-beta-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 6.0.0-beta-1
[ ]  0 I don't have a strong opinion about this, but I assume it's ok
[ ] -1 Do not release Apache Groovy 6.0.0-beta-1 because...

Here is my vote:

+1 (binding)

GroovyPolicyMSP assessment:
Assessed Groovy 6.0.0-beta-1 RC artifacts against ASF release policy:
everything passed (signatures, checksums, LICENSE/NOTICE, source
hygiene, full Maven staging sweep)

verify.sh results:
=E2=9C=85 Source Distribution Verified
=E2=9C=85 Binary Distribution Verified
=E2=9C=85 Docs Distribution Verified
=E2=9C=85 SDK Distribution Verified
=E2=9C=85 RAT passed
=E2=9C=85=E2=9C=85=E2=9C=85 Automatic verification finished.