[VOTE] Release Apache Auron (Incubating) v8.0.0-incubating-rc0

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Hello Incubator Community,

The Apache Auron community has voted on and approved the release of
Apache Auron (Incubating) v8.0.0-incubating-rc0.

We now kindly request the Incubator PMC members to review and vote on
this release candidate.

Auron community vote thread:

https://lists.apache.org/thread/kpfpbozon1slmb5c21wr5qrdd8vq2rxk

Auron community vote result thread:

https://lists.apache.org/thread/261pg7gzg50rq2plqh7cm110pgc2vt8y

The release candidate:

https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/auron/v8.0.0-incubating-rc0/

Release artifacts:

- apache-auron-8.0.0-incubating-source.tgz
- apache-auron-8.0.0-incubating-source.tgz.asc
- apache-auron-8.0.0-incubating-source.tgz.sha512

Git tag for the release:

https://github.com/apache/auron/releases/tag/v8.0.0-rc0

Git commit hash:

f2a603aef286a15f609bc302870fc6f92d99d151

The source artifact is signed with the following GPG key:

03BDF29842A1E3BE3D4C202BC8748C760193CC20

The public KEYS file:

https://downloads.apache.org/incubator/auron/KEYS

The change log is available at:

https://github.com/apache/auron/compare/v7.0.0...v8.0.0-rc0

The vote will remain open for at least 72 hours and will close at:

2026-07-16 00:00 UTC

Please vote accordingly:

[ ] +1 approve
[ ] +0 no opinion
[ ] -1 disapprove (please provide a reason)

More details about the Incubator release checklist:

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/Incubator+Release+Checklist

Steps to verify the release:

https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html

Thanks,
Shilun Fan
On behalf of the Apache Auron (Incubating) community

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