Hello! I'm not ready to call a vote on a release candidate :D But I'd like to practice building the release candidate and give people a head start on validating the release with an RC0 today... and update some of the release instructions so this should be an easier process with an RC1.
It's building on my machine right now and I'm pretty sure it'll succeed this time! NOTE: One odd consequence with our release process is that between the first RC0 and the actual release, `branch-1.12` will be set at version `1.12.2` and not -SNAPSHOT -- take care over the next few days if you're building locally!! You can set MAVEN_ARGS=-Dmaven.repo.local=/tmp/m2 (for example) to avoid putting non-official snapshots in the local maven repository. After the build, we can see the Java jars in maven staging, but not the other SDKs. Is anyone motivated to write the changelog we send to announce@ ? All my best, Ryan On Mon, 11 May 2026 at 17:11, Fokko Driesprong <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for resurfacing this Ryan, > > Great to see this new activity. Happy to help with the release! > > Kind regards, > Fokko > > On 2026/05/06 16:30:07 Ryan Skraba wrote: > > (copied from user@avro[1], for coverage!) > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > Here’s a quick update on the upcoming 1.12.2 minor release. This > > release focuses on dependency version bumps (done!), high-priority > > fixes, and other bug fixes cherry-picked from the upcoming 1.13.x > > line. > > > > We’d appreciate your help with two things: > > > > - Identifying bug fixes that should be included in 1.12.2, especially > > those already approved for 1.13.x. > > > > - Flagging any high-priority security PRs that may not have received > > attention yet. > > > > We’ll need to define a cutoff point soon, but please don’t worry if > > something doesn’t make it in; once we’re back on track, we expect to > > deliver minor releases more regularly and with less overhead, and > > ideally a 1.13.0 as soon as possible! > > > > All my best, Ryan > > > > N.B. I see some UNSUBSCRIBE attempts! The right way to unsubscribe > > from this list is to send any email to > > [email protected] -- it's self-service and we can't > > unsubscribe for you. All the same, sorry to see you go! :D > > > > [1]: https://lists.apache.org/thread/289krz276qjt5829pyc925wlcv99ds06 > >
