[RESULT][VOTE] Release Apache Groovy 2.6.0-alpha-4

[Paul King <pa...@asert.com.au>]

Thanks for everyone who voted. The vote has passed with 4 +1 PMC votes and
one additional +1 vote.

I'll proceed with next steps.

Regards, Paul.

On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 1:42 PM Paul King <pa...@asert.com.au> wrote:

>
> Dear development community,
>
> I am happy to start the VOTE thread for a Groovy 2.6.0-alpha-4 release!
>
> As per discussions on the user list, this is the last planned release for
> the
> GROOVY_2_6_X branch. This branch was designed as a cut-back version
> of Groovy 3.0 back-ported to run on JDK 7 but with features missing that
> required JDK 8. It was intended to help porting towards Groovy 3.0 for
> those stuck on JDK 7. This alpha version is the version to use to help
> with porting towards 3.0 if you are stuck on JDK 7. Our intention now is
> to prioritise moving towards 3.0 faster.
>
> This release includes 65 bug fixes/improvements as outlined in the
> changelog:
>
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12318123&version=12342855
>
> Tag:
> https://git1-us-west.apache.org/repos/asf?p=groovy.git;a=tag;h=refs/tags/GROOVY_2_6_0_ALPHA_4
> Tag commit id: 469016288baa219f8c04c6ecc95a082074f31901
>
> The artifacts to be voted on are located as follows (r27680).
> Source release:
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/groovy/2.6.0-alpha-4/sources
> Convenience binaries:
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/groovy/2.6.0-alpha-4/distribution
>
> Release artifacts are signed with a key from the following file:
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/groovy/KEYS
>
> Please vote on releasing this package as Apache Groovy 2.6.0-alpha-4.
>
> 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 2.6.0-alpha-4
> [ ]  0 I don't have a strong opinion about this, but I assume it's ok
> [ ] -1 Do not release Apache Groovy 2.6.0-alpha-4 because...
>
> Here is my vote:
>
> +1 (binding)
>
>