Given that no votes have yet been cast, perhaps we can just clarify now
that the hash of the RC we're voting on is:

bd09adb4feac11fe49d1604f296618866702be610c86e2d513b561d877de6b18
 apache-arrow-23.0.1.tar.gz

...and include it in future vote threads. I believe previous updates to the
distribution directories are logged and checked out (e.g., svn log
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/arrow) should there be a question on
a past release).

Cheers,

-dewey

On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 1:36 PM Julian Hyde <[email protected]> wrote:

> -1 jhyde PMC
>
> I have concerns about Arrow’s release provenance that I have raised in a
> recent thread [1] and have not been resolved.
>
> Specifically, there does not seem to be a permanent record of the SHA of
> the RC that people vote on. This creates an opportunity for someone to
> substitute a bad .tar.gz for the good .tar.gz at some point after the
> release vote has passed. My concerns were about apache-arrow-adbc-21 but
> this RC seems to have the same problems.
>
> In Calcite, we include the SHA in the vote thread [2] and it is also
> available in the dist/dev tree [3]. That’s belt-and-suspenders; either is
> sufficient.
>
> Sorry to be a**hole. But this needs to be resolved.
>
> Julian
>
> [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/fvfvv4hdkp5fqn2x7wn4wcwxt63yqnq3
> [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/1zdx79dbplx7czbqbo5m8dff5tst5c8y
> [3]
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/calcite/apache-calcite-avatica-go-5.2.0-rc0/
>
> > On Feb 11, 2026, at 5:30 AM, Raúl Cumplido <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to propose the following release candidate (RC0) of Apache
> > Arrow version 23.0.1. This is a release consisting of 27
> > resolved GitHub issues[1].
> >
> > This release candidate is based on commit:
> > 82a374e5f3de5b744f26591e6cd96de6349c76d9 [2]
> >
> > The source release rc0 is hosted at [3].
> > The binary artifacts are hosted at [4][5][6][7][8][9].
> > The changelog is located at [10].
> >
> > Please download, verify checksums and signatures, run the unit tests,
> > and vote on the release. See [11] for how to validate a release
> candidate.
> >
> > See also a verification result on GitHub pull request [12].
> >
> > The vote will be open for at least 72 hours.
> >
> > [ ] +1 Release this as Apache Arrow 23.0.1
> > [ ] +0
> > [ ] -1 Do not release this as Apache Arrow 23.0.1 because...
> >
> > [1]:
> https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A23.0.1+is%3Aclosed
> > [2]:
> https://github.com/apache/arrow/tree/82a374e5f3de5b744f26591e6cd96de6349c76d9
> > [3]:
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/arrow/apache-arrow-23.0.1-rc0
> > [4]: https://packages.apache.org/artifactory/arrow/almalinux-rc/
> > [5]: https://packages.apache.org/artifactory/arrow/amazon-linux-rc/
> > [6]: https://packages.apache.org/artifactory/arrow/centos-rc/
> > [7]: https://packages.apache.org/artifactory/arrow/debian-rc/
> > [8]: https://packages.apache.org/artifactory/arrow/ubuntu-rc/
> > [9]:
> https://github.com/apache/arrow/releases/tag/apache-arrow-23.0.1-rc0
> > [10]:
> https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/82a374e5f3de5b744f26591e6cd96de6349c76d9/CHANGELOG.md
> > [11]: https://arrow.apache.org/docs/developers/release_verification.html
> > [12]: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/49212
>
>

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