[VOTE] Release Apache Commons Parent 94 based on RC1

We fixed one bug and bumped dependencies since the release of Apache
Commons Parent 93, so I would like to release Apache Commons Parent
94.

Apache Commons Parent 94 RC1 is available for review here:
    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/94-RC1 (svn
revision 81569)

The Git tag commons-parent-94-RC1 commit for this RC is
ef8ac3b8fd3221ebb96b80c08b4b8760aa39e7e4, which you can browse here:
    https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-parent.git;a=commit;h=ef8ac3b8fd3221ebb96b80c08b4b8760aa39e7e4
You may checkout this tag using:
    git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-parent.git
--branch commons-parent-94-RC1 commons-parent-94-RC1

Maven artifacts are here:
    https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-1894/org/apache/commons/commons-parent/94/

These are the artifacts and their hashes:

#Release SHA-512s
#Tue Dec 30 12:51:57 UTC 2025
commons-parent-94-bom.json=f4250e01052df57c0854bfa03c26da90c50cd6430f6b2738ea2ca078bb31460c87c9300bfef4d17303a0431894ecf69b3a4668b7dcd419ab78f70e70be74657b
commons-parent-94-bom.xml=cbcbdce09c7f7a0225d925a9c5c373be1b8364d96ed824b19bd4379b1193d66d7ff495f571095044488b46831bb6e7e7591b7572ac46241c4ac9996476927cfb
commons-parent-94-site.xml=78fbbc6f0f79a0b7c86f7b298675fba49f01f44f08b2211e41a727835c38c4e32e33fb20cf39284ad33afb427116e6a667888f50f87b5f98d64c23788bb7fd3a
commons-parent-94-src.tar.gz=888d32008a574024f12b4410d1e177fa433ff2afec676b8848c287da65eb079d841319d138d48380ae6efb927a3be61fcb2e33b42cc48f7f7d802c8a5c5ace34
commons-parent-94-src.zip=65c853154671250d5c2667b243594ae884a3ca280a887782aa36f8a435d82d206d20ce6fcbe909963f7da0a3a9a5c5f1b4b86b760a983b628fdb78d377c25072
org.apache.commons_commons-parent-94.spdx.json=fc1c2d5d87b33a92d2c38d910d4389464dfae3c915456126ff84f7d2022072b68507c48744e8106fcdc1570f43aaf806ea89f8e84d243d542435d5b3484c916e


I have tested this with 'mvn' and 'mvn clean install site' using:

openjdk version "21.0.9" 2025-10-21
OpenJDK Runtime Environment Homebrew (build 21.0.9)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Homebrew (build 21.0.9, mixed mode, sharing)

Apache Maven 3.9.12 (848fbb4bf2d427b72bdb2471c22fced7ebd9a7a1)
Maven home: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/maven/3.9.12/libexec
Java version: 21.0.9, vendor: Homebrew, runtime:
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/openjdk@21/21.0.9/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/Home
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "mac os x", version: "26.2", arch: "aarch64", family: "mac"

Darwin Garys-MacBook-Pro.local 25.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 25.2.0:
Tue Nov 18 21:09:56 PST 2025;
root:xnu-12377.61.12~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6041 arm64

Docker version 29.1.3, build f52814d


Details of changes since 93 are in the release notes:
    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/94-RC1/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/94-RC1/site/changes.html

Site:
    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/94-RC1/site/index.html
    (Note some *relative* links are broken and the 94 directories are
not yet created - these will be OK once the site is deployed.)

JApiCmp Report (compared to 93):
    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/94-RC1/site/japicmp.html
    This report is _empty_.

RAT Report:
    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/94-RC1/site/rat-report.html

KEYS:
  https://downloads.apache.org/commons/KEYS

Please review the release candidate and vote.
This vote will close no sooner than 72 hours from now.

  [ ] +1 Release these artifacts
  [ ] +0 OK, but...
  [ ] -0 OK, but really should fix...
  [ ] -1 I oppose this release because...

Thank you,

Gary Gregory,
Release Manager (using key 530AA5F25C25011F)

The following is intended as a helper and refresher for reviewers.

Validating a release candidate
==============================

These guidelines are NOT complete.

Requirements: Git, Java, and Maven.

You can validate a release from a release candidate (RC) tag as follows.

1a) Download and decompress the source archive from:

https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/94-RC1/source

1b) Check out the RC tag from git (optional)

This is optional,  as a reviewer must at least check source distributions.

git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-parent.git
--branch commons-parent-94-RC1 commons-parent-94-RC1
cd commons-parent-94-RC1

2) Checking the build

All components should include a default Maven goal, such that you can
run 'mvn' from the command line by itself.

2) Check Apache licenses

This step is not required if the site includes a RAT report page,
which you then must check.
This check should be included in the default Maven build, but you can
check it with:

mvn apache-rat:check

3) Check binary compatibility

This step is not required if the site includes a JApiCmp report page,
which you then must check.
This check should be included in the default Maven build, but you can
check it with:

mvn verify -DskipTests -P japicmp japicmp:cmp

4) Build the package

This check should be included in the default Maven build, but you can
check it with:

mvn -V clean package

You can record the Maven and Java version produced by -V in your VOTE reply.
To gather OS information from a command line:
Windows: ver
Linux: uname -a

4b) Check reproducibility

To check that a build is reproducible, run:

mvn clean verify artifact:compare -DskipTests
-Dreference.repo=https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/staging/
'-Dbuildinfo.ignore=*/*.spdx.json'

Note that this excludes SPDX files from the check.

5) Build the site for a single module project

Note: Some plugins require the components to be installed instead of packaged.

mvn site
Check the site reports in:
- Windows: target\site\index.html
- Linux: target/site/index.html

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