[VOTE] Release Apache Commons BCEL 6.12.0 based on RC1

We have fixed a few bugs and added enhancements since the release of
Apache Commons BCEL 6.11.0, so I would like to release Apache Commons
BCEL 6.12.0.

Apache Commons BCEL 6.12.0 RC1 is available for review here:
    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/bcel/6.12.0-RC1
(svn revision 81960)

The Git tag commons-bcel-6.12.0-RC1 commit for this RC is
fc617c0ff5046732b769bfbee39b73858d1db346, which you can browse here:
    https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-bcel.git;a=commit;h=fc617c0ff5046732b769bfbee39b73858d1db346
You may checkout this tag using:
    git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-bcel.git
--branch commons-bcel-6.12.0-RC1 commons-bcel-6.12.0-RC1

Maven artifacts are here:
    https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-1910/org/apache/bcel/bcel/6.12.0/

These are the artifacts and their hashes:

#Release SHA-512s
#Sun Jan 18 22:28:49 UTC 2026
bcel-6.12.0-bin.tar.gz=b723568e2641d09971275a8d0914cc5515d0c60333e9fb7d70f777449e0ab600c70defcc1fd71fa076c52c7acd3d925fed0349d6607dfc6fe06ada0bf1919bbc
bcel-6.12.0-bin.zip=5e7d3ba3423d0b7f37ae680025aebe3616c439ca983673d1053b134a3c27e4c398a8a78d0878695ad8f945e738d71fbe97a6e6775cc5ca8ec7c6ba1adb796ade
bcel-6.12.0-bom.json=e9dfcb7270a6466f3058785ff11b405f8805f025783f6c4778eef43726b1fe23a11d84bd9d49fa1ad0fc803d55033771109183449850fb81b39c35507dce2e1c
bcel-6.12.0-bom.xml=49478817efc98f508ee7032d438eeaf2e237be2b9c83dc8c5edae32bcc98057d97008e6ec75f419352f90428ef0d6ebcfa224ab763111a2c09d8420baa049742
bcel-6.12.0-javadoc.jar=9b29473dfa4a8bba2ea7e14e8e44a35194d20f8fb0e1d2ac24b5620287c310f8d83f0aca8dde36622f67a8ce87c3bdd4beedd500ebc322b4b29546d5322bbfa9
bcel-6.12.0-sources.jar=6ec87cffda0e65d3ebd653d6f0fa9173556ae90514ea6c0e4d4cf5c1ca7badd084430da3c94ed36ba1cf12fb2603f99d46cbcfcf1c62e36e6c7394b552f42b48
bcel-6.12.0-src.tar.gz=0633e4ba82e8648a556a3e2e8dc3e43c3f2b8ff8c6000ff06cebfb816e86f73d463b047fa0ca39c04bc7c89fe0a5e42d892b17608c204799cb7ecc9aa5a01a71
bcel-6.12.0-src.zip=4d4b41227dd84451bb622fb8c2a43c35213d142b9f86e2030cefeaf67f3cb2fb74d2200ca638ef682a5473f6c352f2089021bbbb04dd750db984a2ce983f5f8d
bcel-6.12.0-test-sources.jar=f5a4275f125c3347ef30aba8a57d01a52b4e2cef84f3827dd0c3d3a68d8c3f4066d97e66f7ab043e05bc1077af3e91e5e3d1208a17e898325a0a24254a9acb4d
bcel-6.12.0-tests.jar=eefdc275664fcc605075d0f2a7de66b59a519834106845f88683fa5770478626e75a64247cc989120b6168dd0adf3db5a5e8efbdead274b2c47ae8e3892be145
org.apache.bcel_bcel-6.12.0.spdx.json=4d11d8b08a6a3306e953c46d3e24f25c946de811187212e7fd4da4011fe2d6891a67a3dfc6235d27782647fecd3597bd7e80fa0fd769ba2d4847d8fab365fa07



I have tested this with 'mvn' and 'mvn clean install site' using:
***
Use the output from "mvn -version" for each combination you tested.
Windows: ver
Linux: uname -a
***

Details of changes since 6.11.0 are in the release notes:
    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/bcel/6.12.0-RC1/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/bcel/6.12.0-RC1/site/changes.html

Site:
    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/bcel/6.12.0-RC1/site/index.html
    (Note some *relative* links are broken and the 6.12.0 directories
are not yet created - these will be OK once the site is deployed.)

*** JApiCmp Report (compared to 6.11.0):
    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/bcel/6.12.0-RC1/site/japicmp.html

    ***
    Note that the above report notes several errors.
    These are considered OK for the reasons stated below.
    These exceptions are also noted in the Changes and Release Notes.

    Errors reported:
    - methods added to interface: OK because that does not affect
binary compatibility.
    - etc.
    ***

RAT Report:
    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/bcel/6.12.0-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/bcel/6.12.0-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-bcel.git
--branch commons-bcel-6.12.0-RC1 commons-bcel-6.12.0-RC1
cd commons-bcel-6.12.0-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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