[LAZY][VOTE] Release Apache Commons Parent 97 based on RC1

We have fixed a few bugs and added enhancements since the release of
Apache Commons Parent 96, so I would like to release Apache Commons
Parent 97.

Apache Commons Parent 97 RC1 is available for review here:
    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/97-RC1 (svn
revision 82645)

The Git tag commons-parent-97-RC1 commit for this RC is
e47e665a43a8d864bd18d387f75c5a72d2170628, which you can browse here:
    https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-parent.git;a=commit;h=e47e665a43a8d864bd18d387f75c5a72d2170628
You may checkout this tag using:
    git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-parent.git
--branch commons-parent-97-RC1 commons-parent-97-RC1

Maven artifacts are here:
    https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-1922/org/apache/commons/commons-parent/97/

These are the artifacts and their hashes:

#Release SHA-512s
#Sat Feb 21 12:00:59 UTC 2026
commons-parent-97-bom.json=3e5cdec718a4114c15c6d00c0298ade57f82aeb6a192641c5d5732f5ae0a7760813755aa943ab61a9e40d10c595fb50500f78c769b2bfe131d67c6693a45cb08
commons-parent-97-bom.xml=3384a22f23b00560d9a64cdbac14a6ed24be3aa63d7cf88b0892d179ee33c7746f8152957de097a9f1b7a7ef8f4977a457898da46e38abeb6f08e677475d552e
commons-parent-97-site.xml=78fbbc6f0f79a0b7c86f7b298675fba49f01f44f08b2211e41a727835c38c4e32e33fb20cf39284ad33afb427116e6a667888f50f87b5f98d64c23788bb7fd3a
commons-parent-97-src.tar.gz=fbc2839982c233914749bfe5b6984c96c6e3d2abcb31e9f679b1966953944b0c3b3b7ee0007174910d98ee820549e1b461ecea1f3ae80eadb098869d0a2bd84d
commons-parent-97-src.zip=771e990bae32bd6f3c07aef89a6c18b58aca6142d81b212af73f036c022ae46f402f6ebfcedef755e61bd542add5cf468e4551494d5539315854e443d7d1120e
org.apache.commons_commons-parent-97.spdx.json=acaafa8de9c120ae7e311eaf190c4cd3e0f9829981abaef76b508477a9bc07e55e080990da3cc45dd4ba019e2246508d9c1c42f62dc03e8e9fa25c28d770f0ac


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

openjdk version "21.0.10" 2026-01-20
OpenJDK Runtime Environment Homebrew (build 21.0.10)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Homebrew (build 21.0.10, mixed mode, sharing)

Apache Maven 3.9.12 (848fbb4bf2d427b72bdb2471c22fced7ebd9a7a1)
Maven home: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/maven/3.9.12/libexec
Java version: 21.0.10, vendor: Homebrew, runtime:
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/openjdk@21/21.0.10/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/Home
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "mac os x", version: "26.3", arch: "aarch64", family: "mac"

Darwin Garys-MacBook-Pro.local 25.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 25.3.0:
Wed Jan 28 20:48:41 PST 2026;
root:xnu-12377.81.4~5/RELEASE_ARM64_T6041 arm64

Docker version 29.2.0, build 0b9d198


Details of changes since 96 are in the release notes:
    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/97-RC1/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/97-RC1/site/changes.html

Site:
    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/97-RC1/site/index.html
    (Note some *relative* links are broken and the 97 directories are
not yet created - these will be OK once the site is deployed.)

JApiCmp Report (compared to 96):
    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/97-RC1/site/japicmp.html
    This report is empty, there is no Java code in this component.

RAT Report:
    https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/97-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/97-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-97-RC1 commons-parent-97-RC1
cd commons-parent-97-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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