Hello! I just wanted to explain my reasoning for proposing this RC1 as a release. There's a lot of good work sitting in PRs that could have been in this release, and (personally) I will start having more time to review and curate! In the meantime, there are are bug fixes and version bumps that people are relying on.
I've tested the RC0 release pretty thoroughly on some internal projects for Java and Python, and I plan on going and doing the same with the RC1. I think we should push through, release this and consider doing a major 1.13.0 release (and another minor release) in the next quarter. I'll be back with my vote when I've tested these artifacts again. All my best, Ryan On Sat, 20 Jun 2026 at 19:06, Ryan Skraba <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I'd like to propose the following RC1 to be released as the official Apache > Avro 1.12.2 release. > > The commit id is 3dd516fb146a8e733867ece19b15a01a37a68595 > * This corresponds to the tag: release-1.12.2-rc1 > * https://github.com/apache/avro/releases/tag/release-1.12.2-rc1 > > The release tarball, signature, and checksums are here (revision 85347) > * https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/avro/avro-1.12.2-rc1/ > > You can find the KEYS file here: > * https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/avro/KEYS > > Binary artifacts for Java are staged in Nexus here: > * > https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/avro/avro/1.12.2/ > > This release includes ~30 Jira issues: > * > https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%3DAVRO%20AND%20fixVersion%3D1.12.2 > > I'll send a follow-up email with the notable highlights for each > language and SDK, but I wanted to give everyone a head start to > check their favourite fixed JIRAs and features! > > Please download, verify, and test. This vote will remain open for at least > 72 hours. I would like to close at 18h00 UTC Wednesday, June 24th, 2026. > > [ ] +1 Release this as Apache Avro 1.12.2 > [ ] +0 > [ ] -1 Do not release this because... > > Best regards, > Ryan Skraba > [Countdown to vote]: > https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20260624T180000&p0=1440
