Release generator-jhipster 8.8.0

[mraible]

Overview of the feature request

Release 8.8.0 with support for Spring Boot 3.4.0 and Angular 19.

• Spring Boot: https://spring.io/blog/2024/11/21/spring-boot-3-4-0-available-now
• Angular: https://blog.angular.dev/meet-angular-v19-7b29dfd05b84

Motivation for or Use Case

We should stay up-to-date with Spring Boot and Angular.

Related issues or PR

• Spring Boot: Update Spring Boot to v3.4.0. #27962

• Angular: Update Angular to v19 #27930

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[mshima]

@mraible angular v19 should take a couple more weeks, I think we should remove from the tasks from v8.8.0.

[mraible]

@mshima OK. Please adjust the description of this PR to reflect that.

[mshima]

@mraible are we going to announce jhipster and blueprints at once?
We probably should link blueprints here at main repository readme

[mraible]

I'm OK with announcing everything at once. However, that might warrant waiting for Angular 19 support, otherwise there's not much added to blueprints.

Also, this might be our last release for 2025 so we should make it awesome, like a cool gift under the Christmas tree. 🎄

[mshima]

I'm OK with announcing everything at once. However, that might warrant waiting for Angular 19 support, otherwise there's not much added to blueprints.

• Angular experimental esbuild support.
• @yeoman/conflicter issue JHipster generator can't regenerate a jdl change (using issue for one or more Application JDLs) #27944.

Also, this might be our last release for 2025 so we should make it awesome, like a cool gift under the Christmas tree. 🎄

If we are waiting for Angular 19 (which should take at least 1 more week, my guess is 2 weeks) we should wait for Spring Boot 3.4.1 due by Dec 19.

[mraible]

I'm fine with waiting until Dec 19. React 19 is out too, so I added that to the list.

[mshima]

React 19 will not be ready for v8.8.0

[mshima]

@mraible any plan for v8.8.0?

[mraible]

@mshima I can do a release whenever y'all say it's ready.

[mshima]

Should be ready.

[mraible]

I'm starting the release now.

[mraible]

@mshima Do you want me to pause before announcing the release so we can upgrade blueprints?

[mshima]

Once generator-jhipster package is released, I will starting upgrading

[mraible]

v8.8.0 is released and published. https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/releases/tag/v8.8.0

[mshima]

I've opened #28291 to track blueprints.

Released:

• migrate
• entity-audit
• jooq
• ionic
• micronaut

Ready to review:

• react-native
• dotnetcore

Not ready:

• native
• quarkus
• nodejs blocked on SQL server docker image seems to be broken. #28258

I may have time to work on missing blueprint in 2 days, but I can't guarantee. So announce can be done without those blueprints.

[mraible]

The Ionic blueprint v8.4.0 has been released.

[mraible]

The Micronaut blueprint v3.6.0 is now available.

[mraible]

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[mraible]

Bug bounty claimed: https://opencollective.com/generator-jhipster/expenses/232981