Re: [ANNOUNCE] Apache Groovy 6.0.0-beta-1 Released

Thanks everyone for the great team effort in getting the Groovy 6
beta-1 release ready. The release is out and I have created beta-2 in
Jira. I think we are feature complete with Groovy 6 and we won't get
further feedback from some parts of our ecosystem until we get 6 to
GA. So my plan is to rename beta-2 to RC-1 before the next release IF
we only have bug fixes and minor or opt-in improvements. I'd also like
to release sooner rather than later - maybe kicking off in a week or
two. But we'll do a beta-2 if we need it - there are some pending PRs
that might warrant a beta-2.

Cheers, Paul.

On Tue, Aug 4, 2026 at 4:40=E2=80=AFPM Paul King <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Dear community,
>
> The Apache Groovy team is pleased to announce version 6.0.0-beta-1 of
> Apache Groovy.
> Apache Groovy is a multi-faceted programming language for the JVM.
> Further details can be found at the https://groovy.apache.org website.
>
> This is a pre-release of a new version of Groovy.
> We greatly appreciate any feedback you can give us when using this versio=
n.
>
> This release includes 88 bug fixes/improvements as outlined in the change=
log:
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=3D123181=
23&version=3D12357232
>
> Sources, convenience binaries, downloadable documentation and an SDK
> bundle can be found at: https://groovy.apache.org/download.html
> We recommend you verify your installation using the information on that p=
age.
>
> Jars are also available within the major binary repositories.
>
> We welcome your help and feedback and in particular want
> to thank everyone who contributed to this release.
>
> For more information on how to report problems, and to get involved,
> visit the project website at https://groovy.apache.org/
>
> Best regards,
>
> The Apache Groovy team.