doh….I the validations here using this email subbing in 1966 and RC2 responded 
to the incorrect thread. One moment. 

-Rob

> On Sep 28, 2026, at 6:01 PM, Rob Tompkins <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Signatures all look good, build looks good on java: 25, 21, 17, and 11. Site 
> and it’s reports look good. There are a considerable number of fixes, but 
> admittedly it has been almost a year so that make sense. RELEASE-NOTES.txt 
> look reasonable and good. I think it generally looks good just has a lot of 
> changes.
> 
> +1, and thank you Gary for the release and all that helped.
> 
> Cheers,
> -Rob
> 
>> On Sep 22, 2026, at 8:37 AM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> We have fixed a few bugs and added enhancements since the release of
>> Apache Commons Lang 3.20.0, so I would like to release Apache Commons
>> Lang 3.21.0.
>> 
>> Apache Commons Lang 3.21.0 RC1 is available for review here:
>>   https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.21.0-RC1
>> (svn revision 87792)
>> 
>> The Git tag commons-lang-3.21.0-RC1 commit for this RC is
>> e9e546b0c442b55418fce822737f6f9a0dd292f1, which you can browse here:
>>   
>> https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-lang.git;a=commit;h=e9e546b0c442b55418fce822737f6f9a0dd292f1
>> You may checkout this tag using:
>>   git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-lang.git
>> --branch commons-lang-3.21.0-RC1 commons-lang-3.21.0-RC1
>> 
>> Maven artifacts are here:
>>   
>> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-1965/org/apache/commons/commons-lang3/3.21.0/
>> 
>> These are the artifacts and their hashes:
>> 
>> #Release SHA-512s
>> #Tue Sep 22 12:22:44 UTC 2026
>> commons-lang3-3.21.0-bin.tar.gz=6a081b8e73c818708cafc33a3cb85b316a70315ae71219e2a6f870043934cfd16686f66c740cb10d671f4eaa6277bd1bb16dc893d495ca684c0642faf931f3c3
>> commons-lang3-3.21.0-bin.zip=43ef924d857a2f3991235ddd84a251e4bbdb1245d0b926625794161e71dcffbbc5844c1e9c23e7da4eed9da24c9d1e032a7f79620ab70bc9d1bbb2b598fe34f9
>> commons-lang3-3.21.0-bom.json=ee343340e34e6493f0f18f5cd5a3f5b1030231613afc4b781b90f2e084b448114cd7fe5915b4bf8b0ece5ba477ddc4b085cd440389ee01ee95188a237415616c
>> commons-lang3-3.21.0-bom.xml=3665535f645ee227012b6a3d594e16d1e643d04357cb73fce70472e11b790b32ce75835d94dde9427c8c227092953bbd5e9aac722363884febe6757ddff1d875
>> commons-lang3-3.21.0-javadoc.jar=3db2e407b39c9557159f5293b06181724db324090c02e1499895fad8c9bd092ff91ad4d9ef52c79519809c9ca08ed5bd4fac72f2c3e53681b21c3ce871ebad98
>> commons-lang3-3.21.0-sources.jar=366230321cb2aeff70ef84c0dd301ce7c7ffaa0e56c69a7c385475779467a4771509337767082006e2e2a0a8c19a353b7a16a5e935bd780a8c789058aceed8db
>> commons-lang3-3.21.0-src.tar.gz=cbc0fad7c211da65bdc65ff6ca4ec10eb357be16c6d0c403bd97df5ec91ff52eb6f53ce02d6561ddccf01fffdd1c694ad2b420e208b273db502c4305512aefee
>> commons-lang3-3.21.0-src.zip=43330d0c34114b7b2c8e1aa65149f9dcc4c4b7fcd763eb5d616853a59f7f5c7bd9ce6750f67374c401e9ebcb714e9125bfb8352eca6ec90ca114689ff0ea7dec
>> commons-lang3-3.21.0-test-sources.jar=2a7049d5866efd152cd5c2b3ccb347c123eb831a0f2c85b75ad570b1862cd1794dc0947aafb49d75e38616f06d6e7934ac5db90c6d6c3fe2fc588aeb9f44bb22
>> commons-lang3-3.21.0-tests.jar=c458be473d3f968c388adef0474fb102fc7603cb4a9468a58cf6258aa69641fdd3b53158c96678d7e54821efde5d482c128d10a4432727fde839cf2809b0b55e
>> org.apache.commons_commons-lang3-3.21.0.spdx.json=e7e78f7d2628b77c125bb52420e8103883fd158294d95afe880337728b1f35476ece66f4050da0cdcaae362ff3fcd065995b36ecc9472347a29ffceea2c56306
>> 
>> 
>> I have tested this with 'mvn' and 'mvn clean install site' using:
>> 
>> openjdk version "25.0.4.1" 2026-08-18
>> OpenJDK Runtime Environment Homebrew (build 25.0.4.1)
>> OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Homebrew (build 25.0.4.1, mixed mode, sharing)
>> 
>> Apache Maven 3.9.16 (2bdd9fddda4b155ebf8000e807eb73fd829a51d5)
>> Maven home: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/maven/3.9.16/libexec
>> Java version: 25.0.4.1, vendor: Homebrew, runtime:
>> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/openjdk@25/25.0.4.1/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/Home
>> Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
>> OS name: "mac os x", version: "26.7", arch: "aarch64", family: "mac"
>> 
>> Darwin Garys-MacBook-Pro.local 25.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 25.6.0:
>> Tue Aug 18 17:48:46 PDT 2026;
>> root:xnu-12377.161.15.700.19~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T6041 arm64
>> 
>> Docker version 29.8.0, build 88096ef
>> 
>> I also tested a snapshot build with all Commons components that depend on 
>> Lang.
>> 
>> Details of changes since 3.20.0 are in the release notes:
>>   
>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.21.0-RC1/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
>>   
>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.21.0-RC1/site/changes.html
>> 
>> Site:
>>   
>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.21.0-RC1/site/index.html
>>   (Note some *relative* links are broken and the 3.21.0 directories
>> are not yet created - these will be OK once the site is deployed.)
>> 
>> JApiCmp Report (compared to 3.20.0):
>>   
>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.21.0-RC1/site/japicmp.html
>> 
>> RAT Report:
>>   
>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.21.0-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/lang/3.21.0-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-lang.git
>> --branch commons-lang-3.21.0-RC1 commons-lang-3.21.0-RC1
>> cd commons-lang-3.21.0-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,
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>> 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 
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>> 
>> mvn site
>> Check the site reports in:
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>> 
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