Hi, We solved 15 issues: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12316922&version=12339665&styleName=Text
There are still 10 issues left in JIRA for 3.5.0, but I do not think any of those are blocking an beta release and perhaps could be descoped for 3.5.0: https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20MNG%20AND%20resolution%20%3D%20Unresolved%20AND%20fixVersion%20in%20(3.5.0%2C%203.5.0-candidate)%20ORDER%20BY%20due%20ASC%2C%20priority%20DESC%2C%20created%20ASC In addition there are 313 issues left in JIRA for Maven core: https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20MNG%20AND%20resolution%20%3D%20Unresolved%20ORDER%20BY%20due%20ASC%2C%20priority%20DESC%2C%20created%20ASC Staging repo: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/maven-1325 The distributable binaries and sources for testing can be found here: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/maven-1325/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.0-beta-1/ Specifically the zip, tarball, and source archives can be found here: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/maven-1325/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.0-beta-1/apache-maven-3.5.0-beta-1-bin.zip https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/maven-1325/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.0-beta-1/apache-maven-3.5.0-beta-1-bin.tar.gz https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/maven-1325/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.0-beta-1/apache-maven-3.5.0-beta-1-src.zip https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/maven-1325/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.0-beta-1/apache-maven-3.5.0-beta-1-src.tar.gz Source release checksum(s): apache-maven-3.5.0-beta-1-src.tar.gz sha1: 6f24770bfff1882ab7ff7120cda6774332c452ff apache-maven-3.5.0-beta-1-src.zip sha1: c4ea6e55687f4c02338490dbe99bab9eca027841 Git tag: https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=maven.git;a=commit;h=214540c2ae5431645bb927d6dc5498ebafc27359 Staging site: https://maven.apache.org/components/ref/3-LATEST/ Vote open for 72 hours. [ ] +1 [ ] +0 [ ] -1 Thanks, -Stephen