After reviewing comments here I switch my vote to +1 On Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 8:18 AM Gavin McDonald <[email protected]> wrote:
> HI ALL, > > > > [X] +1 > > [ ] +0 > > [ ] -1 > > Kind regards > > Gavin > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 12:59 AM P. Ottlinger <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Dear friends of RAT, > > > > the new v0.18 is ready for testing and fixes 13 issues. I've staged a > > new release 0.18 - thanks for all feedback and contributions! > > > > =RELEASE 0.18 ABSTRACT= > > This intermediate release addresses a severe performance issue > > encountered during RAT runs in version 0.17. > > The issue has been resolved by reducing the sample size used for Tika > > charset detection > > from 12,000 bytes to 256 bytes (thanks to Ryan Schmitt). > > > > In addition, the Java language level required to build RAT has been > > raised to 17. > > However, we recommend using at least JDK 21 due to a Javadoc issue > > affecting certain JDK versions (tracked under RAT-497). > > RAT now also uses UTF-8 as its default character set. > > > > These changes allowed us to adopt more modern language features, resolve > > numerous CVEs in dependent plugins and libraries, > > and integrate with SonarCloud’s code analysis. > > > > This release also includes a range of bug fixes, minor improvements, and > > dependency updates. > > Furthermore, RAT’s generated report is now produced in XHTML5, and > > excessive INFO-level logging in the Maven plugin has been reduced. > > > > Many thanks to all contributors and to our users for their valuable > > feedback. > > > > =View on 0.18= > > * https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/RAT/versions/12356398 > > (you need to login) > > > > * > https://github.com/apache/creadur-rat/releases/tag/apache-rat-project-0.18 > > > > =Staging area= > > > > In order to use the staged release add this snippet to your pom: > > <pluginRepositories> > > <pluginRepository> > > <id>staged-releases-rat-018</id> > > <url> > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecreadur-1013/ > </url> > > <pluginRepository> > > </pluginRepositories> > > or browse > > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecreadur-1013/org/apache/rat/ > > directly. > > > > =VOTE is open until 2026-03-19 23:00 UTC= > > Everyone is encouraged to vote, express their opinions and jump in if > > they find anything wrong with the release. Only PMC votes are binding > > on Apache, and for this candidate to become an official Apache > > Software Foundation release 3 +1's are required and more +1's than > > -1's. > > > > This vote is open for at least 72 hours, > > > > [ ] +1 > > [ ] +0 > > [ ] -1 > > > > until 2026-03-19 23:00 UTC. > > > > NOTE > > The downloads page and RAT webpage is not yet changed to reflect changes > > in 0.18 and the dist area does not yet contain the release artifacts. > > > > A preview page (generated before creating the release) is: > > https://creadur.apache.org/rat018/ > > that will be deleted once the release is promoted. > > > > Thanks, > > Phil > > > > > -- > > Gavin McDonald - > Systems Administrator, ASF Infrastructure Team > V.P Travel Assistance Committee > -- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/claudewarren
