[CANCELLED][VOTE] Release Apache Groovy 4.0.0-alpha-2

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

I'll try again. We could almost get away with describing a workaround in
the release notes, but better to fix anyway.

Paul.

On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 9:41 PM Paul King <pa...@asert.com.au> wrote:

> Unfortunately, it seems versions.properties never made the src zip. I
> think I'll have to re-roll.
>
> Paul.
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> On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 9:07 PM Guillaume Laforge <gl...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> Any particular advice on building 4.0?
>>
>> I had a build failure when trying to create the wrapper, as it seems my
>> local Gradle version was too ancient.
>>
>> Once upgraded, I wanted to run ./gradlew test (with the latest Gradle),
>> but the build fails with:
>> (build scan: https://gradle.com/s/iinyezrvkygrw)
>>
>> * Where:
>>
>> Build file '/Users/glaforge/Downloads/groovy-4.0.0-alpha-2/build.gradle'
>> line: 46
>>
>>
>> * What went wrong:
>>
>> An exception occurred applying plugin request [id:
>> 'org.apache.groovy-core']
>>
>> > Failed to apply plugin 'org.apache.groovy-asciidoctor'.
>>
>>    > Cannot query the value of this provider because it has no value
>> available.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 11:53 AM Paul King <pa...@asert.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Dear development community,
>>>
>>> I am happy to start the VOTE thread for a Groovy 4.0.0-alpha-2 release!
>>>
>>> This release includes 60 bug fixes/improvements as outlined in the
>>> changelog:
>>>
>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12318123&version=12348839
>>>
>>> Tag:
>>> https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=groovy.git;a=tag;h=refs/tags/GROOVY_4_0_0_ALPHA_2
>>> Tag commit id: e369ceeb9cafcc9bf656aa3d6c6652942eaa0b28
>>>
>>> The artifacts to be voted on are located as follows (r-1).
>>> Source release:
>>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/groovy/4.0.0-alpha-2/sources
>>> Convenience binaries:
>>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/groovy/4.0.0-alpha-2/distribution
>>> (Maven artifacts are also at:
>>> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachegroovy-1033/org/apache/groovy/
>>> but you'll need to login to see them.)
>>>
>>> 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 4.0.0-alpha-2.
>>>
>>> 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 4.0.0-alpha-2
>>> [ ]  0 I don't have a strong opinion about this, but I assume it's ok
>>> [ ] -1 Do not release Apache Groovy 4.0.0-alpha-2 because...
>>>
>>> Here is my vote:
>>>
>>> +1 (binding)
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Guillaume Laforge
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