+1 binding
[X] Downloaded the source tarball from dist [3]
[X] Verified the SHA512 checksum
[X] Verified the GPG signature against the project KEYS file
[X] Confirmed the tarball contents match the apache-sedona-db-0.5.0-rc0
tag (751453f), including the vendored s2geography/s2geometry submodules
[X] Checked LICENSE and NOTICE; Apache RAT reports no unapproved licenses
[X] Ran dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh 0.5.0 0 on macOS 26.6
arm64 (M1 Max, GDAL 3.13.1, --features bindgen): all Rust and Python
tests passed
Minor and non-blocking: NOTICE still reads "Copyright 2025"; it could be
updated to 2025-2026 in a future release.
Jia
On Fri, Oct 2, 2026 at 8:10 AM Dewey Dunnington
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I would like to propose the following release candidate (rc0) of Apache
> SedonaDB [0] version 0.5.0. This is a release consisting of 138 resolved
> GitHub issues from 17 contributors [1].
>
> This release candidate is based on commit:
> 751453f04cd6e09842adf3073b2b3dac7d1777bc [2]
>
> The source release rc0 is hosted at [3].
>
> Please download, verify checksums and signatures, run the unit tests, and
> vote on the release. See [4] for how to validate a release candidate.
>
> The vote will be open for at least 72 hours.
>
> [ ] +1 Release this as Apache SedonaDB 0.5.0
> [ ] +0
> [ ] -1 Do not release this as Apache SedonaDB 0.5.0 because...
>
> [0] https://github.com/apache/sedona-db
> [1] https://github.com/apache/sedona-db/milestone/4?closed=1
> [2] https://github.com/apache/sedona-db/tree/apache-sedona-db-0.5.0-rc0
> [3] https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/sedona/apache-sedona-db-0.5.0-rc0
> [4]
> https://github.com/apache/arrow-nanoarrow/blob/main/dev/release/README.md
