The 2 changes from RC1 are:
- LANG-1792: TypeUtils.toString() skips angle brackets for Class type.
Thanks to Mykhailo Hryb, Gary Gregory.
- Mention JDK 25 LTS as a tested version in the release notes #1485.
Thanks to Sebastian Peters, Gary Gregory.
We have fixed a few bugs and added enhancements since Apache Commons
Lang 3.19.0 was released, so I would like to release Apache Commons
Lang 3.20.0.
Apache Commons Lang 3.20.0 RC2 is available for review here:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.20.0-RC2
(svn revision 80661)
The Git tag commons-lang-3.20.0-RC2 commit for this RC is
598dfc163b8b410fb3bb8794521206ec8dcec82a which you can browse here:
https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-lang.git;a=commit;h=598dfc163b8b410fb3bb8794521206ec8dcec82a
You may checkout this tag using:
git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-lang.git
--branch commons-lang-3.20.0-RC2 commons-lang-3.20.0-RC2
Maven artifacts are here:
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-1878/org/apache/commons/commons-lang3/3.20.0/
These are the artifacts and their hashes:
#Release SHA-512s
#Wed Nov 12 20:08:05 UTC 2025
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commons-lang3-3.20.0-javadoc.jar=e75a98ae455ed7c82dc2856d65e3ba081bbaac95630dc4f7f88969508a4e12ecaf7e7566601a17d81bd5dee9f832ffa5136a81a4126d1ecc619e14dfb2a1e43d
commons-lang3-3.20.0-sources.jar=82d1c8158a266a880207a8ac5cdbcdb0d316f53bba52d0b4e230005ebbd0713197ff476ad5703f6774b5bed3457c4af382f5de44fac7818ae668f85a94f2ad4a
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commons-lang3-3.20.0-test-sources.jar=7d1721491ab71c7943dd6269159325d1ca4bbc3bb19dc4370f619cbe8287c0cda75e515c63f82f4d183416ae069be04522760b246c3bb69d30874b58e2fa0d7a
commons-lang3-3.20.0-tests.jar=ed66946619259c1a6380cb8374b7d5145a40c73b17dc5b5305733a795502e6adbfec3614bf125e1f1175efc7a5630ab3d03825a5a9709ad2c64ef7891ecd59c3
org.apache.commons_commons-lang3-3.20.0.spdx.json=27fcbd52db89a110cbd468ee21fbaef4bd514acc1b2fabf60fdd5074c4b013c1c3fe797d662a74e018c57fea22325bb2e78ef724fbdf995345c1d18b97b38eb1
I have tested this with 'mvn' and 'mvn clean install site' using:
openjdk version "25.0.1" 2025-10-21
OpenJDK Runtime Environment Homebrew (build 25.0.1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Homebrew (build 25.0.1, mixed mode, sharing)
Apache Maven 3.9.11 (3e54c93a704957b63ee3494413a2b544fd3d825b)
Maven home: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/maven/3.9.11/libexec
Java version: 25.0.1, vendor: Homebrew, runtime:
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/openjdk/25.0.1/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/Home
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "mac os x", version: "15.7.2", arch: "aarch64", family: "mac"
Darwin ****-MacBook-Pro.local 24.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.6.0: Wed
Oct 15 21:12:15 PDT 2025;
root:xnu-11417.140.69.703.14~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6041 arm64
Docker version 28.4.0, build d8eb465
Details of changes since 3.19.0 are in the release notes:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.20.0-RC2/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.20.0-RC2/site/changes.html
Site:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.20.0-RC2/site/index.html
(note some *relative* links are broken and the 3.20.0 directories
are not yet created - these will be OK once the site is deployed.)
JApiCmp Report (compared to 3.19.0):
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.20.0-RC2/site/japicmp.html
RAT Report:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.20.0-RC2/site/rat-report.html
KEYS:
https://downloads.apache.org/commons/KEYS
Please review the release candidate and vote.
This vote will close no sooner than 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,
Gary Gregory,
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