On Mon, Jun 1, 2026, 08:09 Arturo Bernal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Oleg, Gary > > Thanks. I updated the 5.5-beta1 release notes. > > The Notable changes section now summarizes the whole 5.5 release series, > based on the 5.5-alpha1 notes, and only adds the Java 17 build requirement. > > I also reworded it following Gary's comment: Java 17 or newer is required > to > build HttpCore with Maven, while published artifacts remain compatible with > Java 8. >
Perfect! I'll read the rest later today. Ty! Gary > Arturo > > > Arturo > > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2026 at 1:38 PM Gary Gregory <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2026 at 7:08 AM Oleg Kalnichevski <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 2026-06-01 at 08:40 +0200, Arturo Bernal wrote: > > > > Folks > > > > > > > > Please review and amend HttpCore 5.5-beta1 release notes as you deem > > > > necessary. > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/httpcomponents-core/blob/release-5.5-beta1/RELEASE_NOTES.txt > > > > > > > > > > > > Arturo > > > > > > Hi Arturo > > > > > > The 'Notable changes' section looks all wrong. First off, it says 5.5- > > > alpha1, which is not the case. The section should summarize the > > > important changes in the _entire release series_, not just the current > > > release. > > > > > > 1. Please copy over the 'Notable changes' section from previous > > > release. > > > > > > 2. Who truly cares about 'Optimize ContentType parsing' and such? It is > > > a minor detail. There is the detailed Change Log section for such > > > things. The 'Notable changes' is an Executive Summary of the release > > > series. TLDR style. Based on it people should decide if they want to > > > upgrade or they should pass this release on. > > > > > > The only thing that needs to be mentioned in my opinion is "Require > > > Java 17+ for Maven runtime". > > > > I haven't done a full review of the notes but that entry is confusing. > > Normally, when we talk about any "runtime", it's the Java runtime for > > an app. We talk about what Java version is required to _build_ using > > Maven. The current entry makes it sound like we require Maven at > > runtime (as opposed to compile test test time). > > > > Gary > > > > > > > > Oleg > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > >
