When is Scala 2.8.0 going to be released?

Question

Or a release candidate? My google-fu fails me.

Answer 1

Ask the Scala mailing list, Grasshopper.

http://www.scala-lang.org/node/199

Answer 2

That's because no firm dates have been set.

Answer 3

I don't think any release date has been set. 2.8 is a big release though, so don't hold your breath.

In the mean time, you can get a nightly build. I've been using the nightlies for several months, and they work pretty well. Before downloading a nightly though, make sure you check the Hudson server to make sure the build actually succeeded.

Answer 4

This is a little out of date, but gives a rough idea:

http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-Any-guesstimated-release-dates-for-2.8-final--p24919161.html

Based on my experience with the nightlies, and porting some code to 2.8, I would add about 2 months to those estimates. You can get a feel for the activity here:

https: // lampsvn.epfl.ch/trac/scala/timeline

2.8 is a big release, including:

• unnested packages
• new collections library
  • hashCode() of mutable collections now throws Unhashable
• new arrays
• named/default params
  • case classes generate copy() methods
• @specialised
• fixed equality / hash code handling across primitives and boxed primitives
• RichString replaced by WrappedString
  • so that "abc".reverse.reverse == "abc"
• ability to control annotation targeting (i.e. field, getter or setter; class or constructor)
• support for nested annotations
• delimited continuations compiler plugin
• better compiler support for the Eclipse Scala Plugin
• refactored actors implementation
• refactored pattern matcher implementation
• tweaked rules for implicits
• many other bug fixes...

Which is to say that it is likely to take a few release candidates to reach the elusive 2.8.0 status.

Answer 5

2.8.0 Beta 1 Release Candidate 4 was just released. They're getting there!