This vote passes with the following +1 votes:

- Paul King (paulk, non-binding)
- Gary Gregory (ggregory, binding)
- Alex Herbert (aherbert, binding)
- Piotr P. Karwasz (ppkarwasz, binding)

Gary

On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 7:30 AM Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2026 at 8:48 AM Alex Herbert <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Release notes has this duplicate entry:
> >
> > "Add a Maven benchmark profile for JMH. Thanks to Gary Gregory."
> >
> > This also shows in the changes report on the site build.
> >
> > Downloaded the src.tar.gz bundle.
> >
> > Build with:
> >
> > Apache Maven 3.9.4 (dfbb324ad4a7c8fb0bf182e6d91b0ae20e3d2dd9)
> > Maven home: /Users/ah403/mvn/mvn
> > Java version: 21.0.11, vendor: Eclipse Adoptium, runtime:
> > /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/temurin-21.jdk/Contents/Home
> > Default locale: en_GB, platform encoding: UTF-8
> > OS name: "mac os x", version: "26.5.2", arch: "aarch64", family: "mac"
> >
> > mvn clean verify site artifact:compare -Dreference.repo=
> > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/staging/
> > '-Dbuildinfo.ignore=*/*.spdx.json' -Duser.timezone=UTC
> >
> > All clean, including reproducibility check.
> >
> > Note that the site build has the prepare-checkout goal which downloads the
> > current site. This is not required and only useful when updating the site
> > during a release. It should be disabled by default.
> >
> > There are some warnings about using the <centre> tag in all the
> > 'src/site/xdoc/release_X_Y.xml' files.
> >
> > There are some skipped tests in the map, bidimap and properties packages,
> > possibly due to unsupported functionality. A check should be made that they
> > are not skipped as they do not pass.
> >
> > The JIRA report only has old tickets. The latest is 2020. IIRC this report
> > is not fully supported by maven going forward in favour of the changes
> > report with links to JIRA.
> >
> > RAT report OK.
> >
> > Checkstyle report has an error for every source file about missing a
> > header. I do not know why as they have a header when I look at the source.
> >
> > JApiCmp OK.
> >
> > +1
>
> Thank you for the details Alex, I will address them post release.
>
> Gary
>
> >
> > Alex
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 7 Aug 2026 at 12:10, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > My +1 (binding)
> > >
> > > Gary
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2026, 06:18 Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > We have fixed a few bugs and added enhancements since the release of
> > > > Apache Commons Collections 4.5.0, so I would like to release Apache
> > > > Commons Collections 4.6.0.
> > > >
> > > > Apache Commons Collections 4.6.0 RC1 is available for review here:
> > > >     https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/collections/4.6.0-RC1
> > > > (svn revision 86577)
> > > >
> > > > The Git tag commons-collections-4.6.0-RC1 commit for this RC is
> > > > 4107624de41aeed37985d2a069fad41992fd71a2, which you can browse here:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-collections.git;a=commit;h=4107624de41aeed37985d2a069fad41992fd71a2
> > > > You may checkout this tag using:
> > > >     git clone
> > > https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-collections.git
> > > > --branch
> > > > <https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-collections.git--branch>
> > > > commons-collections-4.6.0-RC1 commons-collections-4.6.0-RC1
> > > >
> > > > Maven artifacts are here:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-1956/org/apache/commons/commons-collections4/4.6.0/
> > > >
> > > > These are the artifacts and their hashes:
> > > >
> > > > #Release SHA-512s
> > > > #Thu Aug 06 10:04:34 UTC 2026
> > > >
> > > >
> > > commons-collections4-4.6.0-bin.tar.gz=b54c61737ff2ec7eaf6e1caf4d2adae42534dd28a9383c3fae1d5f299bce97b00ca15aee2c81ba4a4b50e64db69103cc3629a43af39b52f90990cdee944d3aa5
> > > >
> > > >
> > > commons-collections4-4.6.0-bin.zip=7dd17310d9cde4148efca1c077040b4fc390056ac6ed93891037e012db89e5e5fac7cf6b7031c053f66fb36f7a246dab3c9b11a09c8974a8ad2a4b29c4ce7c01
> > > >
> > > >
> > > commons-collections4-4.6.0-bom.json=af24476bfeebbec0ba5d2cea15671b3f6d7df0b43db5f1b007749e41b6807386e00f04259804099c6e0b30d42cf68691607ae9de69c325765a169ca55c34c190
> > > >
> > > >
> > > commons-collections4-4.6.0-bom.xml=3afc64e7fe828d3fbd176e378fe3a87187331c22c3270f97bc53e51a3a0f648afdf3249b8b10ee2e8903779bb3ac6cf6cbe99696c719c69668d802ebe4770bd8
> > > >
> > > >
> > > commons-collections4-4.6.0-javadoc.jar=e41380ffeeef2cea4b1d3b573fa797785a892a69dcf67d12f3ea6933eca0deed9a274c088a030094e8813010cc3568866d9997141262e886876cf7de05ab998b
> > > >
> > > >
> > > commons-collections4-4.6.0-sources.jar=11f08ac33ed6b8736599884d1b39ddf5dbb176b7b65873bcc6f2afc7112c1549c4b86ee74f68bbe7fad693ff4839af384480bcde516c04dfda8b37852c711a40
> > > >
> > > >
> > > commons-collections4-4.6.0-src.tar.gz=445a1771c01ca87dd37e5ed16304858add36b4f7b8a0032ef2ba6aae8c4e59fa31e45ebcc67c1c71c64f34784c4382b2378ddc212819000a1f04ec25e77513d5
> > > >
> > > >
> > > commons-collections4-4.6.0-src.zip=6c58b8fd8eee2bc2b081e26c18685a0f13074ba92ef4ca5bd413ffaad71f3df04c977aa56f0eac9472cc8ddee5cb86bfc9525e60816e5e71c78f762566c0c9d2
> > > >
> > > >
> > > commons-collections4-4.6.0-test-sources.jar=e1c1e2f2906c867728317db4851082ea6ffa81c4b1ec6a59ba676761347c959b0b32a0731deea06cca4ce99ada8ac9499a4272c2fbe3e23f75ed7ffe2a79ad3b
> > > >
> > > >
> > > commons-collections4-4.6.0-tests.jar=9f06898680a41b32d3bb16324d58a20a8ec1cbc36bd5cb2cb369ed51b762d83ff45c018ffefea47ef0a526d3278512ca337dcf4e43f15a67d0b4d725be00a5aa
> > > >
> > > >
> > > org.apache.commons_commons-collections4-4.6.0.spdx.json=7459288c9504a8be96d5d5b55ada620be9c15b30d64dc7f0e2892985e1bb62e6888163e755487c56ada472dab8e00387c6be020329f5f776f275c8f60c7b66f9
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I have tested this with 'mvn' and 'mvn clean install site' using:
> > > >
> > > > openjdk version "21.0.12" 2026-07-21
> > > > OpenJDK Runtime Environment Homebrew (build 21.0.12)
> > > > OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Homebrew (build 21.0.12, mixed mode, sharing)
> > > >
> > > > Apache Maven 3.9.16 (2bdd9fddda4b155ebf8000e807eb73fd829a51d5)
> > > > Maven home: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/maven/3.9.16/libexec
> > > > Java version: 21.0.12, vendor: Homebrew, runtime:
> > > > /opt/homebrew/Cellar/openjdk@21
> > > /21.0.12/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/Home
> > > > Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
> > > > OS name: "mac os x", version: "26.6", arch: "aarch64", family: "mac"
> > > >
> > > > Darwin Garys-MacBook-Pro.local 25.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 25.6.0:
> > > > Sat Jul 11 15:27:27 PDT 2026;
> > > > root:xnu-12377.161.13~4/RELEASE_ARM64_T6041 arm64
> > > >
> > > > Docker version 29.6.2, build dfc4efb
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Details of changes since 4.5.0 are in the release notes:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/collections/4.6.0-RC1/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
> > > >
> > > >
> > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/collections/4.6.0-RC1/site/changes.html
> > > >
> > > > Site:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/collections/4.6.0-RC1/site/index.html
> > > >     (Note some *relative* links are broken and the 4.6.0 directories
> > > > are not yet created - these will be OK once the site is deployed.)
> > > >
> > > > JApiCmp Report (compared to 4.5.0):
> > > >
> > > >
> > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/collections/4.6.0-RC1/site/japicmp.html
> > > >
> > > > RAT Report:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/collections/4.6.0-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/collections/4.6.0-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-collections.git
> > > > --branch
> > > > <https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-collections.git--branch>
> > > > commons-collections-4.6.0-RC1 commons-collections-4.6.0-RC1
> > > > cd commons-collections-4.6.0-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
> > > >
> > > > -the end-
> > > >
> > >

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