4.7.0 is a large release. The clock tick is during December.
Here's the status - there are a several items still to be completed. It's unlikely to be at the start of December.
== In this release: https://s.apache.org/jena-4.7.0-issues Currently 38 issues 81 PRs Major: * Lucene upgrade 8.11.1 to 9.4.1 - @OyvindLGjesdal There are changes to the stopword setting in the default configuration of Lucene's StandardAnalyzer Issue: https://github.com/apache/jena/issues/1581 PR: https://github.com/apache/jena/pull/1582 * LATERAL joins This is an experimental feature. Issue: https://github.com/apache/jena/issues/1615 PR: https://github.com/apache/jena/pull/1631 Documentation: * RDF Patch https://lists.apache.org/thread/8oc1gn2qnzx4ddwovx8h545jm270gpyx Issue: https://github.com/apache/jena/issues/1618 PR: https://github.com/apache/jena/pull/1619 Documentation: https://github.com/apache/jena-site/pull/131 * Path improvements - @SimonBin et al Plan: https://github.com/apache/jena/issues/1629 In-progress: https://github.com/apache/jena/pull/1616 In-progress: https://github.com/apache/jena/pull/1620 and also: * ShEx: align naming with the SheX specs. @ericprud / Eric Prud'hommeaux Issue: https://github.com/apache/jena/issues/1592 PR: https://github.com/apache/jena/pull/1589 ShapeMap -> ShExMap issue-1592 There is a test-related companion PR to merge. * Vue3 upgrade https://github.com/apache/jena/issues/1306 https://github.com/apache/jena/pull/1480 This may require a hard refresh in the browser. * Source code folder reorganisation Rename jena-tdb directory as jena-tdb1 Move jena-tdb2 directory to the top level directory Issue: https://github.com/apache/jena/issues/1539 Issue: https://github.com/apache/jena/issues/1540 Other contributions: * Improved AsyncParser - @Aklakan / Claus Stadler Issue: https://github.com/apache/jena/issues/1477 PR: https://github.com/apache/jena/pull/1478 * Improve Graph.isEmpty - @Aklakan / Claus Stadler Issue: https://github.com/apache/jena/issues/1548 PR: https://github.com/apache/jena/issues/1549, 1450 * Fix error handling for tabs in URI - @bvosburgh-tq Issue: https://github.com/apache/jena/issues/1551 PR: https://github.com/apache/jena/pull/1552 * CrossOriginFilter handles OPTIONS request - @SimonBin Issue: https://github.com/apache/jena/issues/1516 PR: https://github.com/apache/jena/pull/1529 * Service Enhancer fix - @Aklakan Issue: https://github.com/apache/jena/issues/1517 PR: https://github.com/apache/jena/pull/1518/files
