Changelog for Groovy 2.5.13

Bug

[GROOVY-4945] - Incorrect "Possible solutions" when calling a method on super in a non-derived class
[GROOVY-6809] - VerifyError With Inner Class
[GROOVY-7094] - Semantic of access super fields is not consistent: super.@field == super.field
[GROOVY-7549] - java.lang.IllegalAccessError occurs when attempting to run code built with CompileStatic
[GROOVY-7701] - org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.typehandling.GroovyCastException in Groovy ".with { ... }" - Block
[GROOVY-7848] - Closure generic parameters ignored and return types missing from collections methods
[GROOVY-8441] - IllegalAccessError when calling a public method on a field whose type is declared to be a package-private implementation one
[GROOVY-8999] - Access to private fields and methods from subclass exhibits strange behavior
[GROOVY-9031] - Traits using generics generate incorrect stub for Properties
[GROOVY-9106] - @CompileStatic and @PackageScope support for inner classes and package peers
[GROOVY-9168] - Default Arguments: non-static inner class constructor call in default value not supported
[GROOVY-9288] - Compilation error when accessing a protected super class field from inside a closure
[GROOVY-9292] - Compilation error when accessing a protected super class field from a closure using owner, delegate or thisObject qualifier (different package)
[GROOVY-9422] - @CompileStatic non-static inner class instantiation in closure
[GROOVY-9477] - FastStringServiceFactory SPI loading in OSGi
[GROOVY-9499] - VerifyError when AIC used as argument to special constructor call
[GROOVY-9554] - @Field variable access within closures broken
[GROOVY-9558] - Wrong code for putAt on Map that is member of closure delegate
[GROOVY-9562] - Base class property causes CCE
[GROOVY-9569] - SC: new compiler error for access of static, non-final, outer-class field *
[GROOVY-9580] - STC: return type checking for generic, covariant property gives false error
[GROOVY-9581] - コンパイラで、クロージャから静的クラス変数を参照できない.
[GROOVY-9584] - CLONE - Error when creation a variable named "context"
[GROOVY-9587] - Scope of method call changed from non-static to static 2.4->2.5
[GROOVY-9597] - CompileStatic: @ClosureParams in @DelegatesTo doesn't work
[GROOVY-9599] - CliBuilder: Option with "type: String, defaultValue ''" (empty String) results in NullObject if default value is applied
[GROOVY-9600] - Picocli-related VersionProvider helper classes should be public to avoid access warnings
[GROOVY-9603] - Assignment of Map literal to Map element fails to compile (static)
[GROOVY-9605] - leftShift operator does not work on BigInteger (throws UnsupportedOperationException)
[GROOVY-9606] - Traits using generics generate incorrect stub for Methods
[GROOVY-9608] - MetaClassImpl.getAttribute(Class,Object,String,boolean) drops super
[GROOVY-9615] - super.method() can trigger method on outer class in case of missing method
[GROOVY-9620] - MetaClassImpl uses findPropertyInClassHierarchy inefficiently
[GROOVY-9642] - Inner interface of parent class unresolved in anon. inner class expression

Improvement

[GROOVY-9274] - Add DGM `minus` to `LocalDate`
[GROOVY-9578] - Also output aborted tests in JUnit 5 GroovyJUnitRunnerHelper
[GROOVY-9594] - Rename whitelist/blacklist in SecureASTCustomizer to more meaningful names *
[GROOVY-9602] - return more specific type for ifS/ifElseS helper methods in GeneralUtils
[GROOVY-9619] - Adjust pom for groovy-test-junit5 so that junit-jupiter-api is compile time not runtime

* potentially breaking change (read issue for details - even minor differences are sometimes flagged as potentially breaking changes)