Merge with master

Author: kalaiyarasiganeshalingam

.github/CODEOWNERS

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Lines starting with '#' are comments.
+# Each line is a file pattern followed by one or more owners.
+
+# See: https://help.github.com/articles/about-codeowners/
+
+# These owners will be the default owners for everything in the repo.
+*       @daneshk @kalaiyarasiganeshalingam

.github/workflows/stale_check.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: 'Close stale pull requests'
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '30 19 * * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  stale:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/stale@v3
+        with:
+          stale-pr-message: 'This PR has been open for more than 15 days with no activity. This will be closed in 3 days unless the `stale` label is removed or commented.'
+          close-pr-message: 'Closed PR due to inactivity for more than 18 days.'
+          days-before-pr-stale: 15
+          days-before-pr-close: 3
+          days-before-issue-stale: -1
+          days-before-issue-close: -1

gradle.properties

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ org.gradle.caching=true
 group=io.ballerina.stdlib
 version=1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 
-ballerinaLangVersion=2.0.0-beta.3-20210819-105900-12ae88f7
+ballerinaLangVersion=2.0.0-beta.3-20210902-205000-02e8474f
 
 ballerinaGradlePluginVersion=0.11.0
 testngVersion=6.14.3