Hello All: This is a VOTE to release Commons Codec 1.8-RC4.
Commons Codec 1.8 requires a minimum of Java 1.6 Changes from 1.8-RC3 are: Add pmd.xml to source distribution to build the site. Changes from 1.8-RC2 are: Clarify NOTICE.txt Changes from 1.8-RC1 are: o Set the correct version for the Ant build in default.properties o Fix URLs in NOTICE.txt file and Java source for ASpell. Changes in this version include: New features: o CODEC-168: Add DigestUtils.updateDigest(MessageDigest, InputStream). Thanks to Daniel Cassidy. o CODEC-167: Add JUnit to test our decode with pad character in the middle. o CODEC-161: Add Match Rating Approach (MRA) phonetic algorithm encoder. Thanks to crice. Fixed Bugs: o CODEC-163: ColognePhonetic encoder unnecessarily creates many char arrays on every loop run. Thanks to leo141. o CODEC-160: Base64.encodeBase64URLSafeString doesn't add padding characters at the end. This VOTE is open for at least 72 hours until April 22 2013 at 1:00 PM EST. The files: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-121/ The tag: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/codec/tags/1.8-RC4 The site: https://people.apache.org/~ggregory/commons-codec/1.8-RC4/site/ Thank you, Gary Gregory -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition<http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory