We have fixed a few bugs and added enhancements since Apache Commons VFS Project 2.8.0 was released, so I would like to release Apache Commons VFS Project 2.9.0.
Apache Commons VFS Project 2.9.0 RC1 is available for review here: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/vfs/2.9.0-RC1 (svn revision 48862) The Git tag commons-vfs-2.9.0-RC1 commit for this RC is 832824a318126c6fc9fe345ed25b4a4452c00aef which you can browse here: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-vfs.git;a=commit;h=832824a318126c6fc9fe345ed25b4a4452c00aef You may checkout this tag using: git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-vfs.git --branch commons-vfs-2.9.0-RC1 commons-vfs-2.9.0-RC1 Maven artifacts are here: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-1557/org/apache/commons/ These are the artifacts and their hashes: /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-2.9.0.jar.asc (SHA1: b6ff45fde3069d6b796e4c59d241dbeb05274518) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-2.9.0-test-sources.jar.asc (SHA1: 08c39190073b9377b25640158236d03e36caa5ef) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-2.9.0-sources.jar.asc (SHA1: 7648abb156e382fe116a62aff17895f134a60efe) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-2.9.0.pom (SHA1: 6083aae194927bdc8b18fcf98e1e6d2680cd6645) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-2.9.0-javadoc.jar (SHA1: 00601e8c12458cd5f72b8d2c3d3b91f63fb9a2f6) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-2.9.0-javadoc.jar.asc (SHA1: 05744ac818a2bf25e5f732b0c829c3170e25a37a) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-2.9.0-tests.jar (SHA1: f264ee79200777a31d7b264ea0d511cb94dd03d5) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-2.9.0-sources.jar (SHA1: 7d015ebfc651b4b641789b1adc43c6a4fd7e4aaf) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-2.9.0-tests.jar.asc (SHA1: 4b679c14b2a4d156465c58172ebb89920c05f62f) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-2.9.0.jar (SHA1: 48115c2fb1c5f0a2498a4365162d6b69adec73f3) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-2.9.0.pom.asc (SHA1: b56acd04d986c37c40253d044c93eb2cb8eb74b1) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-2.9.0-test-sources.jar (SHA1: c451d75136324ecbccc795326303b18bc0dff394) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2-2.9.0-javadoc.jar.asc (SHA1: 69ea61792852498880a9ecdaaf0e9bd643367b50) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2-2.9.0-tests.jar (SHA1: 8f7242ffb42ab2167c3b4c4b1edc0f98f5c225e7) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2-2.9.0.pom (SHA1: d9cacbab455ae902369033cb8377fc1143c07d60) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2-2.9.0-sources.jar.asc (SHA1: 429bfe6ad3a2527d19470e9340f0c46e9ba88525) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2-2.9.0.jar (SHA1: 816abddf3d1b7a6fcb4e84e7aa5a1f781f8d5fcb) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2-2.9.0.jar.asc (SHA1: 34d68091050417c014f26e3e7bd87aec3b5c1833) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2-2.9.0-sources.jar (SHA1: d239a63fac954609f837db8db64574165106a4e9) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2-2.9.0-test-sources.jar.asc (SHA1: 11ec8c4640d6244a45026e62b229ad392a78bbda) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2-2.9.0-javadoc.jar (SHA1: 9ab67a679edb6b64f4e0e065b1e4d036e454714b) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2-2.9.0-tests.jar.asc (SHA1: a431bbbabbfa3b9a9f99b4f100b397b18726f12e) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2-2.9.0.pom.asc (SHA1: 096c20a954fdfff6a1a2689af17222702c894c79) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit2-2.9.0-test-sources.jar (SHA1: 97b6ef8bf2f065f1553c8c11c0d8cdb725d465f9) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-distribution/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-distribution-2.9.0.pom (SHA1: 3161296c2578eb24ca4f3cdbae1e6880bef7b8d6) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-distribution/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-distribution-2.9.0.pom.asc (SHA1: cb905dcfcc2022d1033b9e4387d2da6297b094bc) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1-2.9.0-test-sources.jar.asc (SHA1: 04a680702e8a89897c5fff7583d6ab67d6c7a52f) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1-2.9.0.pom (SHA1: b1221b7d176947c4a0346839309e0b50d13355e1) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1-2.9.0-javadoc.jar.asc (SHA1: 1bdfba8494f53b21e98e85d01e3302204cacaf47) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1-2.9.0.jar.asc (SHA1: 2ce4bc08ab2b5b00bdb55d96c3d31c4a10f2990d) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1-2.9.0-tests.jar.asc (SHA1: 0a1b8a811dcf7bc068d270d125164b7403d9d3d9) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1-2.9.0-javadoc.jar (SHA1: f27820e29c5fd3c3feba6cb9433c124407e68784) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1-2.9.0-sources.jar.asc (SHA1: 1a352c153dd9a7f2acf11b9fb2b2df8d19a6bfe5) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1-2.9.0.jar (SHA1: 9672175a6072bf68465d6f0f6cb4e11414743104) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1-2.9.0-sources.jar (SHA1: 759e27a4a6ccff3d163b1a78e6a63e297a2170d8) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1-2.9.0-tests.jar (SHA1: e54ca9a30fa5d147c8cbf47204474709c4c3b1fe) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1-2.9.0.pom.asc (SHA1: 0e8919a8f8345be7c009a0bc16a4e61ed9b39b4c) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-jackrabbit1-2.9.0-test-sources.jar (SHA1: eabbe8b8b88d8ab4c70c1d385689fc4569948b16) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-examples/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-examples-2.9.0.pom (SHA1: a87b71d9ab99adf8b13882c580a7771c9fc85a84) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-examples/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-examples-2.9.0-sources.jar (SHA1: b9f27c626eb81e27053d97d27492e0f672f9d809) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-examples/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-examples-2.9.0.jar (SHA1: 53f1dfc39c1d8d1c03ff347be6c08a1d63a3c9d6) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-examples/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-examples-2.9.0.pom.asc (SHA1: cf22c24f50631fc743285a12c52578630b27a590) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-examples/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-examples-2.9.0-sources.jar.asc (SHA1: 01a4e193c2bc67c891a4af8f95ee176eb7b99da1) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-examples/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-examples-2.9.0.jar.asc (SHA1: 2367d9619480e0ada811c09cebb8c196583a14be) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-examples/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-examples-2.9.0-javadoc.jar (SHA1: c311a0ae6a92c5e0da6750b3db7cbe08de402920) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-examples/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-examples-2.9.0-javadoc.jar.asc (SHA1: 5401ea0c83bedff51980bb1cae277bcce8db49f5) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-project/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-project-2.9.0-site.xml.asc (SHA1: 0feb7391199fe84110ad663ad4f0030ee608098a) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-project/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-project-2.9.0-site.xml (SHA1: 55265cb566200cad5c637d3e878c0682eb922acb) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-project/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-project-2.9.0.pom.asc (SHA1: 7621f1c0df6f2dc776a5f2d6453836fee2ca0674) /org/apache/commons/commons-vfs2-project/2.9.0/commons-vfs2-project-2.9.0.pom (SHA1: bb4e9932abdf3ede76785e98ebaba2f9fc9203e7) I have tested this with: mvn -V -Ptest-deploy -Duser.name=$my_apache_id -Dcommons.release-plugin.version=$commons_release_plugin_version -Prelease clean install -DskipTests mvn -V -Ptest-deploy -Duser.name=$my_apache_id -Dcommons.release-plugin.version=$commons_release_plugin_version -Prelease -P japicmp -P jacoco site mvn -V -Ptest-deploy -Duser.name=$my_apache_id -Dcommons.release-plugin.version=$commons_release_plugin_version -Prelease deploy mvn -V -Ptest-deploy -Duser.name=$my_apache_id -Dcommons.release-plugin.version=$commons_release_plugin_version -Prelease site:stage using: Apache Maven 3.8.1 (05c21c65bdfed0f71a2f2ada8b84da59348c4c5d) Maven home: /usr/local/Cellar/maven/3.8.1/libexec Java version: 1.8.0_292, vendor: AdoptOpenJDK, runtime: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-8.jdk/Contents/Home/jre Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8 OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.16", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac" Details of changes since 2.8.0 are in the release notes: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/vfs/2.9.0-RC1/RELEASE-NOTES.txt https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/vfs/2.9.0-RC1/site/changes-report.html Site: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/vfs/2.9.0-RC1/site/index.html (note some *relative* links are broken and the 2.9.0 directories are not yet created - these will be OK once the site is deployed.) JApiCmp Report (compared to 2.8.0): https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/vfs/2.9.0-RC1/site/commons-vfs2/japicmp.html This release is binary compatible but not source compatible, see the release notes. RAT Report: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/vfs/2.9.0-RC1/site/rat-report.html KEYS: https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/KEYS Please review the release candidate and vote. This vote will close no sooner than 72 hours from now. [ ] +1 Release these artifacts [ ] +0 OK, but... [ ] -0 OK, but really should fix... [ ] -1 I oppose this release because... Thank you, Gary Gregory, Release Manager (using key 86fdc7e2a11262cb) For following is intended as a helper and refresher for reviewers. Validating a release candidate ============================== These guidelines are NOT complete. Requirements: Git, Java, Maven. You can validate a release from a release candidate (RC) tag as follows. 1) Clone and checkout the RC tag git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-vfs.git --branch commons-vfs-2.9.0-RC1 commons-vfs-2.9.0-RC1 cd commons-vfs-2.9.0-RC1 2) Check Apache licenses This step is not required if the site includes a RAT report page which you then must check. mvn apache-rat:check 3) Check binary compatibility Older components still use Apache Clirr: This step is not required if the site includes a Clirr report page which you then must check. mvn clirr:check Newer components use JApiCmp with the japicmp Maven Profile: This step is not required if the site includes a JApiCmp report page which you then must check. mvn install -DskipTests -P japicmp japicmp:cmp 4) Build the package mvn -V clean package You can record the Maven and Java version produced by -V in your VOTE reply. 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