Changelog for Groovy 2.5.4

Bug

• [GROOVY-3278] - Using referenced String constant as value of Annotation causes compile error
• [GROOVY-7854] - Annotation value cannot be concatenated constant
• [GROOVY-7975] - Use of static final field in an annotation element causes compile errors
• [GROOVY-8766] - Groovy packages not compatible with OSGi (ServiceLoader Capability)
• [GROOVY-8865] - Specifying initial heap size results in an error
• [GROOVY-8871] - Long Constants Defined in Groovy 2.5.3 Under OpenJDK 11 Cause an IllegalAccessError

Dependency upgrade

• [GROOVY-8829] - Bump spotbugs plugin to 1.6.4
• [GROOVY-8830] - Bump spotbugs to 3.1.7
• [GROOVY-8862] - Bump asm to 7.0
• [GROOVY-8867] - Bump picocli to 3.7.0 from 3.6.0

Documentation

• [GROOVY-8848] - Named parameters documentation missing explanation for mixing multiple parameters use case
• [GROOVY-8870] - Spread-dot operator on list of lists

Improvement

• [GROOVY-8858] - Refine GCL to avoid occupying Permanent Area/Metaspace repeatedly for same source code

Task

• [GROOVY-8864] - Backwards compatibility of traits