We have fixed one bug and bumped dependencies since the release of
Apache Commons Parent 94, so I would like to release Apache Commons
Parent 95.
Apache Commons Parent 95 RC1 is available for review here:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/95-RC1 (svn
revision 81730)
The Git tag commons-parent-95-RC1 commit for this RC is
3fd78bd9be8547dae43ddc350309acb6bcdfce61, which you can browse here:
https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-parent.git;a=commit;h=3fd78bd9be8547dae43ddc350309acb6bcdfce61
You may checkout this tag using:
git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-parent.git
--branch commons-parent-95-RC1 commons-parent-95-RC1
Maven artifacts are here:
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-1906/org/apache/commons/commons-parent/95/
These are the artifacts and their hashes:
#Release SHA-512s
#Thu Jan 08 13:41:54 UTC 2026
commons-parent-95-bom.json=1d9ca882afcb0f9bf8781b78ee9daebdacc1956e9f82db37117d2edbda97ad3b9ae30993a47929a1df3004c4a70cea6ee88d80cffe2ef0f49ee8e8a2defa5146
commons-parent-95-bom.xml=28de2da66cdb62b6749a4e41352b607db5549e231105ec04949686644d389ac12d111110f8514898ff56d07f418596c4ccbda70d424d34489bf8101182851a39
commons-parent-95-site.xml=78fbbc6f0f79a0b7c86f7b298675fba49f01f44f08b2211e41a727835c38c4e32e33fb20cf39284ad33afb427116e6a667888f50f87b5f98d64c23788bb7fd3a
commons-parent-95-src.tar.gz=a3958c28cdb30c30917425f403c1d021adde9d53da7bd4a239132c6e3222a7a1ce5fc0af9900be9f1aa12e4bb06fb82504c57bd89d095728c8234fed34ecc7bd
commons-parent-95-src.zip=a077e426c974607f08f6e9ab8b841bea568e8b8249763441ecb3eb73b78a3b7b016fd6d5f6fa90213fe1be7d30052f74423166cfdd76a7d89b709b182e91e305
org.apache.commons_commons-parent-95.spdx.json=b4c3e36ed8f19eba7cf2151c6eed52260a4cdbda73b19b8b886ad33b73e3fd129f41cdf9704041098b680f820f6bd212b7d14c59cd45a11c76b4c38d73e8796e
I have tested this with 'mvn' and 'mvn clean install site' using:
openjdk version "21.0.9" 2025-10-21
OpenJDK Runtime Environment Homebrew (build 21.0.9)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Homebrew (build 21.0.9, mixed mode, sharing)
Apache Maven 3.9.12 (848fbb4bf2d427b72bdb2471c22fced7ebd9a7a1)
Maven home: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/maven/3.9.12/libexec
Java version: 21.0.9, vendor: Homebrew, runtime:
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/openjdk@21/21.0.9/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/Home
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "mac os x", version: "26.2", arch: "aarch64", family: "mac"
Darwin Garys-MacBook-Pro.local 25.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 25.2.0:
Tue Nov 18 21:09:56 PST 2025;
root:xnu-12377.61.12~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6041 arm64
Docker version 29.1.3, build f52814d
Details of changes since 94 are in the release notes:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/95-RC1/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/95-RC1/site/changes.html
Site:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/95-RC1/site/index.html
(Note some *relative* links are broken and the 95 directories are
not yet created - these will be OK once the site is deployed.)
JApiCmp Report (compared to 94):
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/95-RC1/site/japicmp.html
This is an empty report.
RAT Report:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/95-RC1/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,
Release Manager (using key 530AA5F25C25011F)
The following is intended as a helper and refresher for reviewers.
Validating a release candidate
==============================
These guidelines are NOT complete.
Requirements: Git, Java, and Maven.
You can validate a release from a release candidate (RC) tag as follows.
1a) Download and decompress the source archive from:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/95-RC1/source
1b) Check out the RC tag from git (optional)
This is optional, as a reviewer must at least check source distributions.
git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-parent.git
--branch commons-parent-95-RC1 commons-parent-95-RC1
cd commons-parent-95-RC1
2) Checking the build
All components should include a default Maven goal, such that you can
run 'mvn' from the command line by itself.
2) Check Apache licenses
This step is not required if the site includes a RAT report page,
which you then must check.
This check should be included in the default Maven build, but you can
check it with:
mvn apache-rat:check
3) Check binary compatibility
This step is not required if the site includes a JApiCmp report page,
which you then must check.
This check should be included in the default Maven build, but you can
check it with:
mvn verify -DskipTests -P japicmp japicmp:cmp
4) Build the package
This check should be included in the default Maven build, but you can
check it with:
mvn -V clean package
You can record the Maven and Java version produced by -V in your VOTE reply.
To gather OS information from a command line:
Windows: ver
Linux: uname -a
4b) Check reproducibility
To check that a build is reproducible, run:
mvn clean verify artifact:compare -DskipTests
-Dreference.repo=https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/staging/
'-Dbuildinfo.ignore=*/*.spdx.json'
Note that this excludes SPDX files from the check.
5) Build the site for a single module project
Note: Some plugins require the components to be installed instead of packaged.
mvn site
Check the site reports in:
- Windows: target\site\index.html
- Linux: target/site/index.html
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