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

I'll try to do 6.0.0-beta-2 (and 5.1.0) later in the week - still a
few PRs to finish reviews for.

Cheers, Paul.

On Wed, Aug 5, 2026 at 7:27 AM Paul King <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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 PM 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 version.
> >
> > This release includes 88 bug fixes/improvements as outlined in the changelog:
> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12318123&version=12357232
> >
> > 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 page.
> >
> > 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.