We have fixed quite a few bugs and added some significant enhancements since Apache Commons Lang 3.8.1 was released, so I would like to release Apache Commons Lang 3.9.
Apache Commons Lang 3.9 RC2 is available for review here: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.9-RC2 (svn revision 33558) The Git tag commons-lang-3.9-RC2 commit for this RC is abb39c22c0e538fff03ea4e53d78ee60c6c08092 which you can browse here: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-lang.git;a=commit;h=abb39c22c0e538fff03ea4e53d78ee60c6c08092 You may checkout this tag using: git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-lang.git --branch commons-lang-3.9-RC2 Maven artifacts are here: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-1434/org/apache/commons/commons-lang3/3.9/ These are the Maven artifacts and their hashes in Nexus: #Nexus SHA-1s commons-lang3-3.9-sources.jar=8f1cb192e229bc4cd1c900c51171d96706e6d195 commons-lang3-3.9.pom=2b7f0896fc2f13bbe7b0022c85738e3b6a3f201a commons-lang3-3.9.jar=0122c7cee69b53ed4a7681c03d4ee4c0e2765da5 commons-lang3-3.9-tests.jar=611d1375aed0bbacc28f88e5c80bf156a5167d09 commons-lang3-3.9-test-sources.jar=82db03243e6a388c9a2d6a061e847fb25f673051 #Release SHA-512s #Wed Apr 10 21:30:38 EDT 2019 commons-lang3-3.9-src.tar.gz=bf69e747a2ed1a0a1b67e5c0e7bdb2344f7d8b0a88e0b535d8bdee627cbdc7be769593b58b76c84149acbb6f284f9b125095ba5a9d222413c033d1b72e07ac98 commons-lang3-3.9-src.zip=e4de802a3889451c35c60336134089980d8d1f08f02625b3b7f3f157349b8d659cd1159ffdf57f29f15277340a015375d9c4bdfade51535bc76ace0f0d107470 commons-lang3-3.9-bin.tar.gz=f9c76b0848e28bd230cd034aff9f632da0548659461dcf5c7d34a7fcab15f031b6fece1f5096661336362b1a23b8bd899a2b14a32e91b2ac5fa27e4e7a489288 commons-lang3-3.9-bin.zip=0a868109016e1d06934b5ab556b5bfff0a060e415cc8261689225a494a80230afce4524876d04b0898068d8bb0d46a36d427811fd1441a1e32d4977e1fe7605a I have tested this with ***'mvn clean install site'*** using: Apache Maven 3.6.0 (97c98ec64a1fdfee7767ce5ffb20918da4f719f3; 2018-10-24T14:41:47-04:00) Maven home: /usr/local/Cellar/maven/3.6.0/libexec Java version: 11.0.2, vendor: Amazon.com Inc., runtime: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/amazon-corretto-11.jdk/Contents/Home Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8 OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.14.4", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac" Details of changes since 3.8.1 are in the release notes: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.9-RC2/RELEASE-NOTES.txt https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.9-RC2/site/changes-report.html Site: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.9-RC2/site (note some *relative* links are broken and the 3.9 directories are not yet created - these will be OK once the site is deployed.) CLIRR Report (compared to 3.8.1): https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.9-RC2/site/clirr-report.html JApiCmp Report (compared to 3.8.1): https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.9-RC2/site/japicmp.html RAT Report: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/lang/3.9-RC2/site/rat-report.html KEYS: https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/KEYS Please review the release candidate and vote. This vote will close no sooner that 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, Rob Tompkins, Release Manager (using key B6E73D84EA4FCC47166087253FAAD2CD5ECBB314) For following is intended as a helper and refresher for reviewers. Validating a release candidate ============================== These guidelines are NOT complete. Requirements: Git, Java, Maven. You can validate a release from a release candidate (RC) tag as follows. 1) Clone and checkout the RC: git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/lang.git -b commons-lang-3.9-RC2 cd commons-lang-3.9-RC2 2) Check Apache licenses: mvn apache-rat:check 3) Build the package: mvn -V clean package You can record the Maven and Java version produced by -V in your VOTE reply. 4) Build the site for a single module project: mvn site Check the site reports in: target\site\index.html 4) Build the site for a multi-module project: mvn site mvn site:stage Check the site reports in: target\site\index.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org