We have fixed a few bugs and added enhancements since the release of
Apache Commons Parent 96, so I would like to release Apache Commons
Parent 97.
Apache Commons Parent 97 RC1 is available for review here:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/97-RC1 (svn
revision 82645)
The Git tag commons-parent-97-RC1 commit for this RC is
e47e665a43a8d864bd18d387f75c5a72d2170628, which you can browse here:
https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-parent.git;a=commit;h=e47e665a43a8d864bd18d387f75c5a72d2170628
You may checkout this tag using:
git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-parent.git
--branch commons-parent-97-RC1 commons-parent-97-RC1
Maven artifacts are here:
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-1922/org/apache/commons/commons-parent/97/
These are the artifacts and their hashes:
#Release SHA-512s
#Sat Feb 21 12:00:59 UTC 2026
commons-parent-97-bom.json=3e5cdec718a4114c15c6d00c0298ade57f82aeb6a192641c5d5732f5ae0a7760813755aa943ab61a9e40d10c595fb50500f78c769b2bfe131d67c6693a45cb08
commons-parent-97-bom.xml=3384a22f23b00560d9a64cdbac14a6ed24be3aa63d7cf88b0892d179ee33c7746f8152957de097a9f1b7a7ef8f4977a457898da46e38abeb6f08e677475d552e
commons-parent-97-site.xml=78fbbc6f0f79a0b7c86f7b298675fba49f01f44f08b2211e41a727835c38c4e32e33fb20cf39284ad33afb427116e6a667888f50f87b5f98d64c23788bb7fd3a
commons-parent-97-src.tar.gz=fbc2839982c233914749bfe5b6984c96c6e3d2abcb31e9f679b1966953944b0c3b3b7ee0007174910d98ee820549e1b461ecea1f3ae80eadb098869d0a2bd84d
commons-parent-97-src.zip=771e990bae32bd6f3c07aef89a6c18b58aca6142d81b212af73f036c022ae46f402f6ebfcedef755e61bd542add5cf468e4551494d5539315854e443d7d1120e
org.apache.commons_commons-parent-97.spdx.json=acaafa8de9c120ae7e311eaf190c4cd3e0f9829981abaef76b508477a9bc07e55e080990da3cc45dd4ba019e2246508d9c1c42f62dc03e8e9fa25c28d770f0ac
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 3.9.12 (848fbb4bf2d427b72bdb2471c22fced7ebd9a7a1)
Maven home: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/maven/3.9.12/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: "26.3", arch: "aarch64", family: "mac"
Darwin Garys-MacBook-Pro.local 25.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 25.3.0:
Wed Jan 28 20:48:41 PST 2026;
root:xnu-12377.81.4~5/RELEASE_ARM64_T6041 arm64
Docker version 29.2.0, build 0b9d198
Details of changes since 96 are in the release notes:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/97-RC1/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/97-RC1/site/changes.html
Site:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/97-RC1/site/index.html
(Note some *relative* links are broken and the 97 directories are
not yet created - these will be OK once the site is deployed.)
JApiCmp Report (compared to 96):
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/97-RC1/site/japicmp.html
This report is empty, there is no Java code in this component.
RAT Report:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/97-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/97-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-97-RC1 commons-parent-97-RC1
cd commons-parent-97-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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