Hi all, I'd like to call a vote for a dual release of Apache Daffodil 4.1.0-rc1 and Apache Daffodil SBT Plugin 1.6.0-rc1.
For Apache Daffodil: All distribution packages, including signatures, digests, etc. can be found at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/daffodil/4.1.0-rc1/ Staging artifacts can be found at: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachedaffodil-1058/ The release candidate has been tagged in git with v4.1.0-rc1. For reference, here is a list of all resolved JIRA issues tagged with 4.1.0: https://s.apache.org/daffodil-issues-4.1.0 For a summary of the changes in this release, see: https://daffodil.apache.org/releases/4.1.0/ For Apache Daffodil SBT Plugin: All distribution packages, including signatures, digests, etc. can be found at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/daffodil/daffodil-sbt/1.6.0-rc1/ Staging artifacts can be found at: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachedaffodil-1059/ The release candidate has been tagged in git with v1.6.0-rc1. For reference, here is a list of all resolved issues in the 1.6.0 milestone: https://github.com/apache/daffodil-sbt/milestone/7?closed=1 For a summary of the changes in this release, see: https://daffodil.apache.org/sbt/1.6.0/ Both releases have been signed with PGP key 24E1775CC44ED9CED4CF03672F0FBAA76B492842, corresponding to the Apache Daffodil Automated Release Signing Key, which is included in the KEYS file here: https://downloads.apache.org/daffodil/KEYS Please review and vote. Steps to automate some verification steps are described here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/DAFFODIL/Release+Verification The vote will be open for at least 72 hours (Monday, 02 February 2026, 6:00 PM EST). [ ] +1 approve [ ] +0 no opinion [ ] -1 disapprove (and reason why) Thanks, - Steve
