[fedora-java] Can we go to Groovy 2.0?

[Johannes Lips]

Dan Allen wrote:
> Can we shoot for Groovy 2.0 in Fedora 18? What about Fedora 17 updates?
Hello Allen,

I am currently co-maintaining groovy and I of course saw the new update
as well. Although they claim all the changes are pretty minor and
nothing big, there is one thing preventing me from doing the update
right away. I tried that over the weekend but it was not possible.
The main reason is that they changed the whole build system from ant to
gradlew [1] and I have to find the time to adopt those changes.
Main problem would be to get gradle in fedora first and then it might be
possible to work on an update for groovy.
If there is another, easier way just let me know and I would be glad
implementing this.

Johannes

P.S.: Package review of gradle
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=809950
[1] http://www.gradle.org/
> 
> Groovy 2.0 is a crucial evolution in this widely used language and,
> being all about features first, we want Fedora to be the place to run it.
> 
> The 2.0 update is significant because it introduces a static typing
> mode, allowing it to cater to both the dynamic language crowd as well as
> the traditional Java crowd.
> 
> Of course, the big question for Fedora is backwards compatibility.
> Groovy 2.0 claims to be backwards compatible with 1.8. Hamlet D'Arcy had
> this to say on the topic in an abstract for an article on Groovy 2.0 in
> NFJS, The Magazine [1]:
> 
> "Don’t worry, the major release is backwards compatible with previous
> Groovies. The 2.0 increment is earned because of the size and scope of
> its biggest features: modularization, invoke dynamic support, and most
> importantly an upgrade to the static type system. Groovy 2.0 will
> contain a static type checker which validates your code as part of the
> compiler, similar to what you’re familiar with from Java. The final
> class files and bytecode produced is still the same as before, but with
> this feature you have the safety you expect from Java with the
> conciseness and expressiveness of Groovy."
> 
> Here's a detailed article published on InfoQ about what's new in Groovy
> 2.0. [2]
> 
> -Dan
> 
> [1] http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/home/magazine_subscribe?id=31
> [2] http://www.infoq.com/articles/new-groovy-20
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