We have fixed quite a few bugs and added some significant enhancements since Apache Commons Lang 3.8.1 was released, so I would like to release Apache Commons Lang 3.9.
Apache Commons Lang 3.9 RC1 is available for review here: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.9-RC1 (svn revision 33538) The Git tag commons-lang-3.9-RC1 commit for this RC is 8b378885152075b44c5710d6dbcb8df4a5fb3223 which you can browse here: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-lang.git;a=commit;h=8b378885152075b44c5710d6dbcb8df4a5fb3223 You may checkout this tag using: git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-lang.git --branch commons-lang-3.9-RC1 Maven artifacts are here: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-1433/org/apache/commons/commons-lang3/3.9/ These are the Maven artifacts and their hashes in Nexus: #Nexus SHA-1s commons-lang3-3.9-sources.jar=6dce2c1ea3cbb6c438b2313786a501b38e5ad7b0 commons-lang3-3.9.pom=a0204d47009f50de96af0b87acfd1c6b3b16419a commons-lang3-3.9-javadoc.jar=c643c72d73f70ed7d71783f3ce8f37b057e33777 commons-lang3-3.9.jar=d76bbd8a0213744a14af3ba80ab3ab69b02bdbae commons-lang3-3.9-tests.jar=411ede8701d31196bc28c2c60607e6de47da4922 commons-lang3-3.9-test-sources.jar=a28a97bb8d4fa3e05230d3eed5b8f934f3f55889 #Release SHA-512s #Tue Apr 09 14:23:45 EDT 2019 commons-lang3-3.9-src.tar.gz=8e85013ae7629b205ed39c54f9c14d8d7801c47226373ccb0482a0149dbf9c7654d6b5c81815b594f45b4426917bbe1618db7ba6758665e39771efbb98c49e20 commons-lang3-3.9-bin.tar.gz=8ebaa30565d80d32dbb1ba19047f61027fd043294b85aa1f6f1613c7ac4739da030ff2a5ea2ad119283d13fb5db7b41c1bd784f95828cb9727a3f7e9f302d9fc commons-lang3-3.9-src.zip=30595b6f5df73aca6542bb70c626234d6ec43e2f11316f7a5123982ba100027437b7ecc44bbfd0f665152c3e98e997bc145d7976b33a48526aa6d929a8c1f7ad commons-lang3-3.9-bin.zip=072c67c4793e7f4fa070202ab5ebe3fa29d81bfd23982a00bfd1d752e54991b696042ba791706458f9993d3721198f08fce70a6f9d1f16fd94d6cc54856393f8 I have tested this with 'mvn clean test package site' using: Apache Maven 3.6.0 (97c98ec64a1fdfee7767ce5ffb20918da4f719f3; 2018-10-24T14:41:47-04:00) Maven home: /usr/local/Cellar/maven/3.6.0/libexec Java version: 1.8.0_202, vendor: Amazon.com Inc., runtime: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/amazon-corretto-8.jdk/Contents/Home/jre Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8 OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.14.4", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac" Details of changes since 3.8.1 are in the release notes: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.9-RC1/RELEASE-NOTES.txt https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.9-RC1/site/changes-report.html Site: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.9-RC1/site (note some *relative* links are broken and the 3.9 directories are not yet created - these will be OK once the site is deployed.) CLIRR Report (compared to 3.8.1): https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.9-RC1/site/clirr-report.html JApiCmp Report (compared to 3.8.1): https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.9-RC1/site/japicmp.html RAT Report: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.9-RC1/site/rat-report.html KEYS: https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/KEYS Please review the release candidate and vote. This vote will close no sooner that 72 hours from now. [ ] +1 Release these artifacts [ ] +0 OK, but... [ ] -0 OK, but really should fix... [ ] -1 I oppose this release because... Thank you, Rob Tompkins, Release Manager (using key B6E73D84EA4FCC47166087253FAAD2CD5ECBB314) For following is intended as a helper and refresher for reviewers. Validating a release candidate ============================== These guidelines are NOT complete. Requirements: Git, Java, Maven. You can validate a release from a release candidate (RC) tag as follows. 1) Clone and checkout the RC: git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/lang.git -b commons-lang-3.9-RC1 cd commons-lang-3.9-RC1 2) Check Apache licenses: mvn apache-rat:check 3) Build the package: mvn -V clean package You can record the Maven and Java version produced by -V in your VOTE reply. 4) Build the site for a single module project: mvn site Check the site reports in: target\site\index.html 4) Build the site for a multi-module project: mvn site mvn site:stage Check the site reports in: target\site\index.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org