Re: [VOTE] Apache Cayenne 5.0 Milestone 2 Release

Nikita may have some insight on the errors. I could never build it =
locally, so I just send my changes straight to prod via CI/CD and then =
fix anything that doesn't look right =F0=9F=A4=A6=E2=80=8D=E2=99=82=EF=B8=8F=



> On Jun 24, 2026, at 4:42=E2=80=AFPM, Michael Gentry =
<[email protected]> wrote:
>=20
> Trying to update the website, but when I run 'mvn' in cayenne-website, =
I
> get this error:
>=20
> [INFO] [16:40:00] Finished 'scripts' after 3.64 s
> [INFO] [16:40:00] Starting 'copy-js-map'...
> [INFO] [16:40:00] Finished 'copy-js-map' after 63 ms
> [INFO]
> [INFO] events.js:183
> [INFO]       throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
> [INFO]       ^
> [INFO] Error: spawn
> =
/Users/mrg/Projects/cayenne-website/src/main/assets/node_modules/jpegtran-=
bin/vendor/jpegtran
> ENOENT
> [INFO]     at _errnoException (util.js:1024:11)
> [INFO]     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit
> (internal/child_process.js:190:19)
> [INFO]     at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:372:16)
> [INFO]     at _combinedTickCallback =
(internal/process/next_tick.js:138:11)
> [INFO]     at process._tickCallback =
(internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)
> [INFO]
> =
------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [INFO] BUILD FAILURE
> [INFO]
> =
------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [INFO] Total time:  6.083 s
> [INFO] Finished at: 2026-06-24T16:40:00-04:00
> [INFO]
> =
------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [ERROR] Failed to execute goal
> com.github.eirslett:frontend-maven-plugin:1.15.0:gulp (gulp) on =
project
> cayenne-website: Failed to run task: 'gulp.js serve --host localhost =
--port
> 3000 --prod_host https://cayenne.apache.org/' failed.
> org.apache.commons.exec.ExecuteException: Process exited with an =
error: 1
> (Exit value: 1) -> [Help 1]
>=20
> I've tried changing -Ddev.port and -Ddev.host, but still hitting the =
same
> error. Any ideas for updating this?
>=20
> Thanks,
> mrg
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>=20
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2026 at 9:09=E2=80=AFAM Andrus Adamchik =
<[email protected]> wrote:
>=20
>> Ah great. Thanks for doing that.
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>>> On Jun 24, 2026, at 8:29=E2=80=AFAM, Michael Gentry =
<[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> Yeah, I got the files published yesterday and was going to do the
>>> announcement, website update, etc, today.
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>>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2026 at 8:01=E2=80=AFAM Andrus Adamchik =
<[email protected]>
>> wrote:
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>>>> We were actually thinking with Nikita to pre-build and commit the =
.exe
>>>> launcher, so that Windows assemblies could be done on any platform.
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>>>> So I see the files are published. Let me try to find time and write =
the
>>>> announcement.
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>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Andrus
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>>>>> 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:
>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Congrats! And now we have more than one person who knows how to =
do it
>> :)
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>> On Jun 22, 2026, at 1:48=E2=80=AFPM, Michael Gentry =
<[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>> Here's the final voting result:
>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> mrg
>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 6:14=E2=80=AFAM Nikita Timofeev <
>>>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>> +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:
>>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>>> 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 :)
>>>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#faq-exceptions
>>>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>>> Andrus
>>>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jun 14, 2026, at 11:53=E2=80=AFAM, Andrus Adamchik <
>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>>>> I am +1. I added MCP checks to my previous checklist (and =
they
>>>>>>>> pass).
>>>>>>>>>>> Haven't tested Modeler on Windows.
>>>>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>>>> 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?
>>>>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>>>> Andrus
>>>>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jun 13, 2026, at 12:20=E2=80=AFPM, Michael Gentry <
>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Release Notes:
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>> =
https://github.com/apache/cayenne/blob/cayenne-parent-5.0-M2/RELEASE-NOTES=
.txt
>>>>>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maven Repo:
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>> =
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecayenne-1063/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>>>> Nikita Timofeev
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