We have fixed a few bugs and added enhancements since the release of
Apache Commons Parent 98, so I would like to release Apache Commons
Parent 99.
Apache Commons Parent 99 RC1 is available for review here:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/99-RC1 (svn
revision 83916)
The Git tag commons-parent-99-RC1 commit for this RC is
db50901ea52785464bf562933292adfa7ea2bd70, which you can browse here:
https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-parent.git;a=commit;h=db50901ea52785464bf562933292adfa7ea2bd70
You may checkout this tag using:
git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-parent.git
--branch commons-parent-99-RC1 commons-parent-99-RC1
Maven artifacts are here:
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-1931/org/apache/commons/commons-parent/99/
These are the artifacts and their hashes:
#Release SHA-512s
#Sun Apr 19 14:01:31 UTC 2026
commons-parent-99-bom.json=6dfe53af1fd00c3b4ad4bf7742d59da249afcc74dcf779fa418edc856fcd4fc5cf05ec9575ee5a8ac1794df81ba195ca1811f8e812be8a83982953b60a2f694d
commons-parent-99-bom.xml=42b0a670ced972f9901857d2b7171d2b962bf8ecc2a0759214643cf5a3b3eed97125a0625594803570dee2efbe8de97b44da1fb8cc1cfd27b1e3b597a21ec942
commons-parent-99-site.xml=78fbbc6f0f79a0b7c86f7b298675fba49f01f44f08b2211e41a727835c38c4e32e33fb20cf39284ad33afb427116e6a667888f50f87b5f98d64c23788bb7fd3a
commons-parent-99-src.tar.gz=6563ee4c1130d71ebbfeb844d19f2daf469e361465a05d04fa96d252ec60c72dc5c0d8ffae6c15c45303c03a7c1bdbeb815ce3a627275d9ff74ef08f47f05e5e
commons-parent-99-src.zip=1245ae190ccd7e8c41d8abb5f6d024f36ef805b5dc08905988e187a5ed5157bb8348df4f310ca82a1426446f2dea34dd4112c8bc9ce1936da3957cc0cceaf919
org.apache.commons_commons-parent-99.spdx.json=5cce7812b31df182da61c12dcb13c43d6ec2e7747c0bdcf98de070cd6598f18a05aab889f89d9daa19b52330725f715e8e24bee68789555a72754402a2bd5772
I have tested this with 'mvn' and 'mvn clean install site' using:
openjdk version "21.0.10" 2026-01-20
OpenJDK Runtime Environment Homebrew (build 21.0.10)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Homebrew (build 21.0.10, mixed mode, sharing)
Apache Maven 3.9.15 (98b2cdbfdb5f1ac8781f537ea9acccaed7922349)
Maven home: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/maven/3.9.15/libexec
Java version: 21.0.10, vendor: Homebrew, runtime:
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/openjdk@21/21.0.10/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/Home
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "mac os x", version: "26.4.1", arch: "aarch64", family: "mac"
Darwin ****.local 25.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 25.4.0: Thu Mar 19
19:33:25 PDT 2026; root:xnu-12377.101.15~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6041 arm64
Docker version 29.4.0, build 9d7ad9f
Details of changes since 98 are in the release notes:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/99-RC1/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/99-RC1/site/changes.html
Site:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/99-RC1/site/index.html
(Note some *relative* links are broken and the 99 directories are
not yet created - these will be OK once the site is deployed.)
JApiCmp Report (compared to 98): There is no JApiCmp report for this
component because it contains no Java code.
RAT Report:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/99-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/99-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-99-RC1 commons-parent-99-RC1
cd commons-parent-99-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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