[VOTE][RESULT] Release HttpComponents HttpClient 5.4-alpha1 based on RC1

The vote to release HttpComponents HttpClient 5.4-alpha1 based on RC1 has passed with the following results +1 (4 binding votes in total) Michael Osipov * Arturo Bernal * Oleg Kalnichevski * Ryan Schmitt * no other votes * binding votes Original voting thread: https://lists.apache.org/threa

[PR] Bump log4j.version from 2.22.0 to 2.22.1 [httpcomponents-client]

dependabot[bot] opened a new pull request, #530: URL: https://github.com/apache/httpcomponents-client/pull/530 Bumps `log4j.version` from 2.22.0 to 2.22.1. Updates `org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl` from 2.22.0 to 2.22.1 Updates `org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core` from 2.

[PR] Bump com.googlecode.maven-download-plugin:download-maven-plugin from 1.7.1 to 1.8.0 [httpcomponents-client]

dependabot[bot] opened a new pull request, #531: URL: https://github.com/apache/httpcomponents-client/pull/531 Bumps [com.googlecode.maven-download-plugin:download-maven-plugin](https://github.com/maven-download-plugin/maven-download-plugin) from 1.7.1 to 1.8.0. Release notes Sour

[PR] Bump log4j.version from 2.22.0 to 2.22.1 [httpcomponents-core]

dependabot[bot] opened a new pull request, #450: URL: https://github.com/apache/httpcomponents-core/pull/450 Bumps `log4j.version` from 2.22.0 to 2.22.1. Updates `org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl` from 2.22.0 to 2.22.1 Updates `org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core` from 2.22

[ANNOUNCEMENT] HttpComponents Client 5.4-alpha1 Released

The Apache HttpComponents project is pleased to announce 5.4-alpha1 release of HttpComponents HttpClient. This is the first ALPHA release in the 5.4 release series that improves HTTP protocol support by ensuring conformance to the latest HTTP specification (RFC 9110, RFC 9111, RFC 7616, RFC 7617),