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

+1

Gary

On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 7:05 AM Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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)
>
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>
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> 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
>
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> -the end-