a) +1 b) b2/b3 (if other CVEs are approaching) Examples: https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-9.0.x-eos.html
> Am 18.06.2026 um 05:23 schrieb Martin Wiesner <[email protected]>: > > Hi all, > > given recent security fixes that landed in OpenNLP's main branch and the > request for back porting these changes to the very oldskoolish 1.9.x line > [1], the people involved noticed that the efforts to maintain three separate > version lines along the road were pretty high and resource consuming. > > Therefore, I'd like to propose to (finally) declare Apache OpenNLP 1.9.x EOL > publicly via a News announcement on the project's website. > > Primary questions: > (a) Do we have consensus that such an EOL announcement is long overdue and > should be put out rather soonish? > (b) Time of the announcement: Options that I see: > - b1: Directly with the projected release of the 1.9.5, marking it as the > last release ever to be expected for OpenNLP 1.x. > - b2: Shortly after - with a grace period - for instance End of July 2026, or > similar short ranged targets. > - b3: End of year 2026, that is Dec 31, 2026 > (c) Are there any requirements by the ASF to put out an EOL announcement? > Jeff, do you have infos about it? > > Open for others to add thoughts and related aspects to this discussion. > Please share your opinions and provide (your) answers to question (a) to (c). > > Best > Martin | mawiesne > -- > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/nvzl4g2b6rc149nf54xpnorjso5h0mlp
