[VOTE] Release Apache Roller 6.1.5 - RC2

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Dear Apache Roller Community,

I am pleased to call for a vote on the release of Apache Roller 6.1.5-RC2
(and cancel the previous vote). This release includes significant
improvements to session management, security enhancements, and important
dependency updates.

This new RC fixes a problem in the ValidateSaltFilter for the file-upload
multu-part form case where the salt is sent as a request attribute instead
of a parameter. It also replaces all references to the old favicon.ico with
the new favicon.svg.

The release candidate files can be found at:

https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/roller/roller-6.1/v6.1.5/

Please review the release candidate and cast your vote:

[ ] +1 Release this package as Apache Roller 6.1.5
[ ] 0 No opinion
[ ] -1 Do not release this package because...

The vote will be open for at least 72 hours.

## Key Changes in Apache Roller 6.1.5

### Security & Session Management
* New RollerLoginSessionManager implementation for improved session trackin=
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* Enhanced session invalidation for disabled users and password changes
* Improved cache handling for user sessions

### Dependency Updates
* Added Java 23 support to test matrix
* Log4j2 updated to 2.24.3
* Lucene updated to 9.12.1
* Spring Security updated to 5.8.14
* Ant updated to 1.10.15
* Commons libraries refreshed to latest versions
* jQuery UI updated to 1.14.1

### UI Improvements
* New SVG favicons for better visual scaling across devices
* Updated web interface components

### Testing Enhancements
* New comprehensive test suite for session management
* Enhanced Selenium test compatibility
* Additional unit test coverage

## Complete Dependency Updates
* ASM 9.7 =E2=86=92 9.7.1
* Commons Codec 1.17.1 =E2=86=92 1.18.0
* Commons Text 1.12.0 =E2=86=92 1.13.0
* Commons Lang3 3.16.0 =E2=86=92 3.17.0
* Eclipse Link 4.0.4 =E2=86=92 4.0.5
* Mockito 5.12.0 =E2=86=92 5.15.2
* Instancio 5.0.1 =E2=86=92 5.3.0
* Velocity 2.3 =E2=86=92 2.4.1

Thank you for your time and contributions to the Apache Roller project.

Best regards,
Dave Johnson

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