On behalf of the team and all contributors, I am pleased to announce that Spring Shell 4.0.0-M2 is now available on Maven Central!

What's new?

This second milestone release continues our efforts toward a modern version of Spring Shell, aligned with the rest of the Spring portfolio.

This milestone includes several bug fixes and improvements based on the feedback we received after the 4.0.0-M1 release.

Major changes include:

• Upgrade to Spring Framework 7.0 GA and Spring Boot 4.0 GA
• Migrate nullability annotations and checks to jSpecify
• Improve project modularity to streamline dependencies
• Improve command programming model and APIs

For the complete list of changes, please check the release notes.

What's next?

We plan to release a third milestone and a release candidate, and eventually Spring Shell 4.0 GA by the end of this year.

Feedback

Thanks to all contributors who helped make this release possible! As we continue our work on Spring Shell 4.0, we look forward to your feedback on GitHub Issues and GitHub Discussions.

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