Re: [VOTE] Apache Cayenne 5.0 Milestone 2 Release

We were actually thinking with Nikita to pre-build and commit the .exe =
launcher, so that Windows assemblies could be done on any platform.

So I see the files are published. Let me try to find time and write the =
announcement.

Thanks,
Andrus


> On Jun 22, 2026, at 2:26=E2=80=AFPM, Michael Gentry =
<[email protected]> wrote:
>=20
> Excluding Windows...
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> On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 2:16=E2=80=AFPM Andrus Adamchik =
<[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Congrats! And now we have more than one person who knows how to do it =
:)
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>>> On Jun 22, 2026, at 1:48=E2=80=AFPM, Michael Gentry =
<[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> Here's the final voting result:
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>>> Andrus Adamchik (PMC): +1
>>> Nikita Timofeev (PMC): +1
>>> John Huss (PMC): +1
>>> Michael Gentry (PMC): +1
>>>=20
>>> We'll get the release publicly published shortly.
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>>> Thank you everyone!
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>>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 1:10=E2=80=AFPM John Huss =
<[email protected]> wrote:
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>>>> I am +1 as well.
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>>>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 12:02=E2=80=AFPM Michael Gentry =
<[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
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>>>>> I've updated my scripts that check for files that aren't properly
>>>> licensed
>>>>> and saw the two I missed before. I think these can be fixed for =
the
>> next
>>>>> release.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Everything checks out on my end, so I'm also a +1.
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>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> mrg
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>>>>>=20
>>>>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 6:14=E2=80=AFAM Nikita Timofeev <
>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>=20
>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>> +1
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> - sources parity - good
>>>>>> - signatures - good (Windows assembly is signed with my key)
>>>>>> - full build from sources - good
>>>>>> - MacOS Modeler and MCP - runs on MacOS, JDK 25
>>>>>> - Generic Modeler and MCP - runs on MacOS, JDK 25 and 21
>>>>>> - Windows Modeler - runs on Windows 11, JDK 25 unsupported, only =
JDK
>> 21
>>>>>> checked
>>>>>> - RAT - missing headers in TestMcpServer.java and in
>>>>>> org.slf4j.spi.SLF4JServiceProvider
>>>>>> (we have headers in other providers). Good enough for the =
milestone
>>>>>> release, it may be fixed later.
>>>>>> - Staging Maven repo - good, verified with a demo project
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Also a note about the RAT: a bunch of new `.md` files are not
>> excluded,
>>>>>> need to fix config.
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>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> On Sun, Jun 14, 2026 at 8:01=E2=80=AFPM Andrus Adamchik =
<[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>>> Ok, to back up my intuition on the license headers I am going to =
lean
>>>>> on
>>>>>>> the "lack of creativity" exception and "PMC judgement" clause in =
the
>>>>> ASF
>>>>>>> policy :)
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>>>>>>> https://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#faq-exceptions
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>>>>>>> Andrus
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>>>>>>>> On Jun 14, 2026, at 11:53=E2=80=AFAM, Andrus Adamchik =
<[email protected]
>>>>>=20
>>>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>>>> I am +1. I added MCP checks to my previous checklist (and they
>>>> pass).
>>>>>>> Haven't tested Modeler on Windows.
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>>>>>>>> Noticed the Mac .dmg doesn't have the background image and our
>>>> custom
>>>>>>> layout. The contents of the .dmg are correct though, so this is =
not a
>>>>>>> blocker either. (I've seen my own builds losing the layout on =
rare
>>>>>>> occasions; never got to the bottom of it though).
>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>> One of the unit tests was missing the Apache header (my fault, =
I
>>>>> fixed
>>>>>>> that already on the "past-M2" branch). I don't think this
>>>> disqualifies
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> release. This is an internal unit test, and is not expected to =
be
>>>>>>> referenced or embedded by the end users in their code. Also the =
new
>>>> .md
>>>>>>> files don't have Apache headers, which I think is totally ok.
>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>> Anyone has a different opinion on this?
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>>>>>>>> Andrus
>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>> On Jun 13, 2026, at 12:20=E2=80=AFPM, Michael Gentry =
<[email protected]
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>>>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>>>>> Hello everyone!
>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>> Finally time for the 5.0 M2 release!
>>>>>>>>> Thanks Nikita and Andrus for helping with my environmental =
issues!
>>>>>>>>> Hopefully smoother in the future. (I'll have to give Windows =
the
>>>>>> stinky
>>>>>>>>> eye.)
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>>>>>>>>> Release Notes:
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>> =
https://github.com/apache/cayenne/blob/cayenne-parent-5.0-M2/RELEASE-NOTES=
.txt
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>>>>>>>>> Maven Repo:
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>> =
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecayenne-1063/
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>>>>>>>>> Assemblies (Note the updated KEYS file there):
>>>>>>>>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/cayenne/
>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>> Please evaluate the assemblies and cast your votes.
>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> mrg
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>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>> Nikita Timofeev
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