I am curious about the status of 1.0-milestone-8. This release is marked as due last Friday (Jan 27, 2012).
My particular need is the fix for GRADLE-2010. I pulled a nightly build that fixes the problem, but it will be nice to have the real milestone build.
Thanks, Dan
The plan is to have a 1.0-milestone-8 snapshot available in the next couple of days for people to try out. If the snapshot proves to be stable over a few days, we’ll release it as 1.0-milestone-8.
How many milestone do you plan before releasing a 1.0 ?
We’re currently reviewing exactly what we want in 1.0. At this stage, the plan is that after milestone 8, there will be a small number of beta releases, followed by at least one rc release, then the final 1.0 release. Depending what issues come up, there may be another milestone before the first beta.
Thanks for the info, Adam. Gradle is fantastic, and I can’t wait to get more. 
Any updates on the status of m8?
There’s a snapshot available now: http://gradle.org/release-candidate
If this proves stable over the next few days, we’ll release it as 1.0-milestone-8.