> Please vote to approve this release:
> 
>       [ ] +1 Approve the release

+1

>       [ ]  0 Don't care
>       [ ] -1 Don't release, because ...

> + does everything work on OS X?

Yes.

> + are the GPG signatures fine?

Yes.

> + is there a source archive?

Yes.

> + can the source archive really be built?

Yes.

ajs6f

> On Mar 29, 2018, at 2:28 PM, Andy Seaborne <a...@apache.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Here is a vote on a release of Jena 3.7.0.
> 
> This is the first proposed candidate for a 3.7.0 release.
> 
> There are process changes.
> 
> Deadline:
> 
>       2018-04-01 22:00 UTC
> 
> April 1st!
> 
> ==== Process Changes
> 
> 1/
> MD5 files are being discouraged because MD5 is not secure.  Projects are now 
> asked to not publish md5.
> 
> There are no md5 files in the proposed dist/jena area - files on Apache 
> hardware.
> 
> There are sha1 and sha512 checksums.
> * The sha512 is in Linux sha512sum checkable format.
> * The sha1 is whatever maven generated and is the same as will go to maven 
> central.
> 
> Having the sha1 ties the dist/jena artifacts to maven central (as does the 
> .asc).
> 
> There are md5 and sha1 in the proposes maven repo staging area for sending to 
> maven central. That part of maven is hardwired to md5/sha1 still.
> 
> There's a script to setup the sha512.
> 
> 2/
> To establish the proof chain for signed artifacts in /dist/project/, I have 
> been asked to try out the new META files.
> 
> https://checker.apache.org/doc/README.html#ch-meta
> 
> There are two files
> 
> /dist/jena/META
> /dist/jena/META.asc
> 
> META says who signs what, and is itself signed by the PMC chair.
> 
> ==== Release changes
> 
> 55 JIRA:
> https://s.apache.org/jena-3.7.0-jira
> 
> == Significant Changes
> 
> ** Java9: Building and running on a Java9 platform is supported
> 
> JENA-1461 - Allow ARQ custom functions to be written in JavaScript
> 
> JENA-1389 - Return `this` rather than `void` from Dataset (API change)
> JENA-1495 - Return Model from PrefixMapping methods (API change)
> 
> JENA-1458, JENA-1483 - Transaction Promotion
> 
> JENA-1453 - Lucene indexes using a graph field are smaller
> 
> JENA-1490 - Working with Blank Nodes with Fuseki
> 
> == Upgrades to libraries (runtime dependencies):
> 
> No dependency changes.
> 
> ==== Release Vote
> 
> Everyone, not just committers, is invited to test and vote.
> Please download and test the proposed release.
> 
> Proposed dist/ area:
>  https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/jena/
> 
> Keys:
>  https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jena/dist/KEYS
> 
> Staging repository:
>  https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachejena-1022/
> 
> Git commit (browser URL):
> https://git1-us-west.apache.org/repos/asf?p=jena.git;a=commit;h=d4e7063e
> 
> Git Commit Hash:
>  d4e7063e7a6db8ce77699bd0388e1a1bd6816626
> 
> Git Commit Tag:
>     jena-3.7.0-rc1
> 
> Please vote to approve this release:
> 
>       [ ] +1 Approve the release
>       [ ]  0 Don't care
>       [ ] -1 Don't release, because ...
> 
> This vote will be open until at least
> 
>       2018-04-01 22:00 UTC
> 
> If you expect to check the release but the time limit does not work
> for you, please email within the schedule above with an expected time
> and we can extend the vote period.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>     Andy
> 
> Checking needed:
> 
> + does everything work on Linux?
> + does everything work on MS Windows?
> + does everything work on OS X?
> + are the GPG signatures fine?
> + are the checksums correct?
> + is there a source archive?
> 
> + can the source archive really be built?
>         (NB This requires a "mvn install" first time)
> + is there a correct LICENSE and NOTICE file in each artifact
>         (both source and binary artifacts)?
> + does the NOTICE file contain all necessary attributions?
> + have any licenses of dependencies changed due to upgrades?
>          if so have LICENSE and NOTICE been upgraded appropriately?
> + does the tag/commit in the SCM contain reproducible sources?

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