Ah great. Thanks for doing that.
> On Jun 24, 2026, at 8:29 AM, Michael Gentry <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Yeah, I got the files published yesterday and was going to do the
> announcement, website update, etc, today.
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2026 at 8:01 AM Andrus Adamchik <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> We were actually thinking with Nikita to pre-build and commit the .exe
>> launcher, so that Windows assemblies could be done on any platform.
>>
>> So I see the files are published. Let me try to find time and write the
>> announcement.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Andrus
>>
>>
>>> On Jun 22, 2026, at 2:26 PM, Michael Gentry <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Excluding Windows...
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 2:16 PM Andrus Adamchik <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Congrats! And now we have more than one person who knows how to do it :)
>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 22, 2026, at 1:48 PM, Michael Gentry <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's the final voting result:
>>>>>
>>>>> Andrus Adamchik (PMC): +1
>>>>> Nikita Timofeev (PMC): +1
>>>>> John Huss (PMC): +1
>>>>> Michael Gentry (PMC): +1
>>>>>
>>>>> We'll get the release publicly published shortly.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you everyone!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 1:10 PM John Huss <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I am +1 as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 12:02 PM Michael Gentry <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've updated my scripts that check for files that aren't properly
>>>>>> licensed
>>>>>>> and saw the two I missed before. I think these can be fixed for the
>>>> next
>>>>>>> release.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Everything checks out on my end, so I'm also a +1.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> mrg
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 6:14 AM Nikita Timofeev <
>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> +1
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> - sources parity - good
>>>>>>>> - signatures - good (Windows assembly is signed with my key)
>>>>>>>> - full build from sources - good
>>>>>>>> - MacOS Modeler and MCP - runs on MacOS, JDK 25
>>>>>>>> - Generic Modeler and MCP - runs on MacOS, JDK 25 and 21
>>>>>>>> - Windows Modeler - runs on Windows 11, JDK 25 unsupported, only JDK
>>>> 21
>>>>>>>> checked
>>>>>>>> - RAT - missing headers in TestMcpServer.java and in
>>>>>>>> org.slf4j.spi.SLF4JServiceProvider
>>>>>>>> (we have headers in other providers). Good enough for the milestone
>>>>>>>> release, it may be fixed later.
>>>>>>>> - Staging Maven repo - good, verified with a demo project
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Also a note about the RAT: a bunch of new `.md` files are not
>>>> excluded,
>>>>>>>> need to fix config.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jun 14, 2026 at 8:01 PM Andrus Adamchik <
>> [email protected]>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Ok, to back up my intuition on the license headers I am going to
>> lean
>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>> the "lack of creativity" exception and "PMC judgement" clause in
>> the
>>>>>>> ASF
>>>>>>>>> policy :)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#faq-exceptions
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Andrus
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Jun 14, 2026, at 11:53 AM, Andrus Adamchik <
>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I am +1. I added MCP checks to my previous checklist (and they
>>>>>> pass).
>>>>>>>>> Haven't tested Modeler on Windows.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Noticed the Mac .dmg doesn't have the background image and our
>>>>>> custom
>>>>>>>>> layout. The contents of the .dmg are correct though, so this is
>> not a
>>>>>>>>> blocker either. (I've seen my own builds losing the layout on rare
>>>>>>>>> occasions; never got to the bottom of it though).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> One of the unit tests was missing the Apache header (my fault, I
>>>>>>> fixed
>>>>>>>>> that already on the "past-M2" branch). I don't think this
>>>>>> disqualifies
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> release. This is an internal unit test, and is not expected to be
>>>>>>>>> referenced or embedded by the end users in their code. Also the new
>>>>>> .md
>>>>>>>>> files don't have Apache headers, which I think is totally ok.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Anyone has a different opinion on this?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Andrus
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Jun 13, 2026, at 12:20 PM, Michael Gentry <
>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hello everyone!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Finally time for the 5.0 M2 release!
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks Nikita and Andrus for helping with my environmental
>> issues!
>>>>>>>>>>> Hopefully smoother in the future. (I'll have to give Windows the
>>>>>>>> stinky
>>>>>>>>>>> eye.)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Release Notes:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>> https://github.com/apache/cayenne/blob/cayenne-parent-5.0-M2/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Maven Repo:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecayenne-1063/
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Assemblies (Note the updated KEYS file there):
>>>>>>>>>>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/cayenne/
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Please evaluate the assemblies and cast your votes.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> mrg
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>> Nikita Timofeev
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
