We have fixed a few bugs and added enhancements since the release of
Apache Commons Parent 97, so I would like to release Apache Commons
Parent 98.
Apache Commons Parent 98 RC1 is available for review here:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/98-RC1 (svn
revision 83601)
The Git tag commons-parent-98-RC1 commit for this RC is
cd0753049db26d011f760087cad3999fabb9bc59, which you can browse here:
https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-parent.git;a=commit;h=cd0753049db26d011f760087cad3999fabb9bc59
You may checkout this tag using:
git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-parent.git
--branch commons-parent-98-RC1 commons-parent-98-RC1
Maven artifacts are here:
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-1926/org/apache/commons/commons-parent/98/
These are the artifacts and their hashes:
#Release SHA-512s
#Fri Apr 03 21:33:28 UTC 2026
commons-parent-98-bom.json=6c71138b75769e17a1b62f6193e176a7bf9d109be80d3bcada037a0243f2926b9a06cfa8c44cfc9fc65876837f6964a98c8ab00497b1d85cb197bdf42a181807
commons-parent-98-bom.xml=46b49fd4d9d136261c1da7dc6e32653c7702dc5a7cceb0bca79b61b21c581b7a3d173492fae512a8246fa61ea2f726ce69504c697cae19e20a99ae7c0650db44
commons-parent-98-site.xml=78fbbc6f0f79a0b7c86f7b298675fba49f01f44f08b2211e41a727835c38c4e32e33fb20cf39284ad33afb427116e6a667888f50f87b5f98d64c23788bb7fd3a
commons-parent-98-src.tar.gz=e29b30d4626c6a6cdd4d96b2e23a7f70a92ef2efc9c4c4599f5f665e263a6d7f454567bd331feea4627a2c3e549495191221c421f9d57c8693dd0536de8ced3c
commons-parent-98-src.zip=e1c48271c12292c6bc8e534e9c5acef1283bf8f28e1960fe4c5593da25ffaee4f677efaaf4753922cfe21239f84ac5641539aa1919bb652d6d042940290ad94e
org.apache.commons_commons-parent-98.spdx.json=81c0f0d2b8f9b9ecdb4cc01e7a576da2c48f59eea1f769e311aadd003f7e70a07b09e24245e29647af726d004105522eaf3c7ed03cc0a0acb49d1c99afab5193
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 3.9.14 (996c630dbc656c76214ce58821dcc58be960875b)
Maven home: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/maven/3.9.14/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", arch: "aarch64", family: "mac"
Darwin Garys-MacBook-Pro.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 29.2.1, build a5c7197
Details of changes since 97 are in the release notes:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/98-RC1/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/98-RC1/site/changes.html
Site:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/98-RC1/site/index.html
(Note some *relative* links are broken and the 98 directories are
not yet created - these will be OK once the site is deployed.)
JApiCmp Report (compared to 97):
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/98-RC1/site/japicmp.html
This report is empty since there is no Java code here.
RAT Report:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/parent/98-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/98-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-98-RC1 commons-parent-98-RC1
cd commons-parent-98-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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