Congrats! And now we have more than one person who knows how to do it :)
> On Jun 22, 2026, at 1:48 PM, Michael Gentry <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Here's the final voting result:
>
> Andrus Adamchik (PMC): +1
> Nikita Timofeev (PMC): +1
> John Huss (PMC): +1
> Michael Gentry (PMC): +1
>
> We'll get the release publicly published shortly.
>
> Thank you everyone!
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 1:10 PM John Huss <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I am +1 as well.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 12:02 PM Michael Gentry <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I've updated my scripts that check for files that aren't properly
>> licensed
>>> and saw the two I missed before. I think these can be fixed for the next
>>> release.
>>>
>>> Everything checks out on my end, so I'm also a +1.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> mrg
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 6:14 AM Nikita Timofeev <
>> [email protected]
>>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> +1
>>>>
>>>> - sources parity - good
>>>> - signatures - good (Windows assembly is signed with my key)
>>>> - full build from sources - good
>>>> - MacOS Modeler and MCP - runs on MacOS, JDK 25
>>>> - Generic Modeler and MCP - runs on MacOS, JDK 25 and 21
>>>> - Windows Modeler - runs on Windows 11, JDK 25 unsupported, only JDK 21
>>>> checked
>>>> - RAT - missing headers in TestMcpServer.java and in
>>>> org.slf4j.spi.SLF4JServiceProvider
>>>> (we have headers in other providers). Good enough for the milestone
>>>> release, it may be fixed later.
>>>> - Staging Maven repo - good, verified with a demo project
>>>>
>>>> Also a note about the RAT: a bunch of new `.md` files are not excluded,
>>>> need to fix config.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jun 14, 2026 at 8:01 PM Andrus Adamchik <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Ok, to back up my intuition on the license headers I am going to lean
>>> on
>>>>> the "lack of creativity" exception and "PMC judgement" clause in the
>>> ASF
>>>>> policy :)
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#faq-exceptions
>>>>>
>>>>> Andrus
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jun 14, 2026, at 11:53 AM, Andrus Adamchik <[email protected]
>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am +1. I added MCP checks to my previous checklist (and they
>> pass).
>>>>> Haven't tested Modeler on Windows.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Noticed the Mac .dmg doesn't have the background image and our
>> custom
>>>>> layout. The contents of the .dmg are correct though, so this is not a
>>>>> blocker either. (I've seen my own builds losing the layout on rare
>>>>> occasions; never got to the bottom of it though).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One of the unit tests was missing the Apache header (my fault, I
>>> fixed
>>>>> that already on the "past-M2" branch). I don't think this
>> disqualifies
>>>> the
>>>>> release. This is an internal unit test, and is not expected to be
>>>>> referenced or embedded by the end users in their code. Also the new
>> .md
>>>>> files don't have Apache headers, which I think is totally ok.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone has a different opinion on this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Andrus
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Jun 13, 2026, at 12:20 PM, Michael Gentry <[email protected]
>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello everyone!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Finally time for the 5.0 M2 release!
>>>>>>> Thanks Nikita and Andrus for helping with my environmental issues!
>>>>>>> Hopefully smoother in the future. (I'll have to give Windows the
>>>> stinky
>>>>>>> eye.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Release Notes:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> https://github.com/apache/cayenne/blob/cayenne-parent-5.0-M2/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maven Repo:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecayenne-1063/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Assemblies (Note the updated KEYS file there):
>>>>>>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/cayenne/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please evaluate the assemblies and cast your votes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> mrg
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Nikita Timofeev
>>>>
>>>
>>
