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Please be sure to update rcverify before voting; there is a fix to change from http to https for verifying against the official text of the Apache 2.0 License. This is a call to vote on releasing version 1.16.0 release candidate rc1 of the following 3 project modules with artifacts built from the Git repositories and commit IDs listed below. * OpenWhisk Runtime Java: a23100707ca84924edb61f00e4576d32c43e3ed1 https://github.com/apache/openwhisk-runtime-java/commit/a23100707ca84924edb61f00e4576d32c43e3ed1 https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/openwhisk/rc1/openwhisk-runtime-java-1.16.0-sources.tar.gz https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/openwhisk/rc1/openwhisk-runtime-java-1.16.0-sources.tar.gz.asc https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/openwhisk/rc1/openwhisk-runtime-java-1.16.0-sources.tar.gz.sha512 * OpenWhisk Runtime Python: 0e9b0ea53bb32911eccba0bdc2a748c9e7153080 https://github.com/apache/openwhisk-runtime-python/commit/0e9b0ea53bb32911eccba0bdc2a748c9e7153080 https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/openwhisk/rc1/openwhisk-runtime-python-1.16.0-sources.tar.gz https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/openwhisk/rc1/openwhisk-runtime-python-1.16.0-sources.tar.gz.asc https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/openwhisk/rc1/openwhisk-runtime-python-1.16.0-sources.tar.gz.sha512 * OpenWhisk Runtime Ruby: 3b8742b455a77f1a12684629877190d3dee192a0 https://github.com/apache/openwhisk-runtime-ruby/commit/3b8742b455a77f1a12684629877190d3dee192a0 https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/openwhisk/rc1/openwhisk-runtime-ruby-1.16.0-sources.tar.gz https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/openwhisk/rc1/openwhisk-runtime-ruby-1.16.0-sources.tar.gz.asc https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/openwhisk/rc1/openwhisk-runtime-ruby-1.16.0-sources.tar.gz.sha512 This release is comprised of source code distribution only. You can use this UNIX script to download the release and verify the checklist below: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=openwhisk-release.git;a=blob_plain;f=tools/rcverify.sh;hb=a47ff78 Usage: curl -s " https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=openwhisk-release.git;a=blob_plain;f=tools/rcverify.sh;hb=a47ff78 " -o rcverify.sh chmod +x rcverify.sh ./rcverify.sh openwhisk-runtime-java 'OpenWhisk Runtime Java' 1.16.0 rc1 ./rcverify.sh openwhisk-runtime-python 'OpenWhisk Runtime Python' 1.16.0 rc1 ./rcverify.sh openwhisk-runtime-ruby 'OpenWhisk Runtime Ruby' 1.16.0 rc1 Please vote to approve this release: [ ] +1 Approve the release [ ] 0 Don't care [ ] -1 Don't release, because ... Release verification checklist for reference: [ ] Download links are valid. [ ] Checksums and PGP signatures are valid. [ ] Source code artifacts have correct names matching the current release. [ ] LICENSE and NOTICE files are correct for each OpenWhisk repository. [ ] All files have license headers as specified by OpenWhisk project policy [1]. [ ] No compiled archives bundled in source archive. This majority vote is open for at least 72 hours. [1] https://github.com/apache/openwhisk-release/blob/master/docs/license_compliance.md