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

[Aleksandar Kurtakov]

One more project lost for us thanks to gradle :(

Alex

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Johannes Lips" <johannes.lips at gmail.com>
> To: java-devel at lists.fedoraproject.org
> Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2012 9:32:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [fedora-java] Can we go to Groovy 2.0?
> 
> 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
> > 
> > --
> > Dan Allen
> > Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action
> > Registered Linux User #231597
> > 
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> > 
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