We have fixed quite a few bugs and added some significant enhancements since Apache Commons Codec 1.15 was released, so I would like to release Apache Commons Codec 1.16.
Apache Commons Codec 1.16 RC1 is available for review here: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/codec/1.16-RC1 (svn revision 52215) The Git tag commons-codec-1.16-RC1 commit for this RC is a7af6b2159c8868899608a5fe89228c50ab985a5 which you can browse here: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-codec.git;a=commit;h=a7af6b2159c8868899608a5fe89228c50ab985a5 You may checkout this tag using: git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-codec.git --branch commons-codec-1.16-RC1 commons-codec-1.16-RC1 Maven artifacts are here: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-1577/org/apache/commons/commons-codec/1.16/ These are the artifacts and their hashes: #Release SHA-512s #Fri Jan 21 23:21:15 CST 2022 commons-codec-1.16-bin.tar.gz=eb7721c3d4200531f5b403130ae5ebdbe2d4819ac65204feec403fe47af77182a499625649d6f54cd15240e9b65b193b66acbe450a6823162de6317c418050ba commons-codec-1.16-bin.tar.gz.asc=6e0cb2c1da47b40169ea7862c797797083a983ea6a4bf171c4465870c6383c61e3fe63effe4ca5211ec6210299ba7b2b1de5c39eebc2fdcaa3cf29560ba0549e commons-codec-1.16-bin.zip=018005d512dfbff989edad012b35c76aea1785fa7812e7a04bd718d0bd7146723e5d66d5ad4b0adf4b2c7d02f8c889b0aaa79277a8529f747afe238e9eb091bf commons-codec-1.16-bin.zip.asc=bc4e43ba5b4b430097be7ce308ed7f94f22911bc50fe2f0feb25cccb2e955933551441a003dfe6641e3b9e4f12e3027c2db91fb5396b405db98a42b4ea996032 commons-codec-1.16-javadoc.jar=dfd2b2646ef591173816040b261cb8cac68e3e908c10e0f7213d805e976d0eebb94472f57e52d437ef4fbc77e92eb4c93dad1f6d92ef56d0d4cb2412640975c7 commons-codec-1.16-javadoc.jar.asc=ec7440b05ad5b33068410d8fcde3dcdccabe04cb7effcbb0e7c2536e92ae3710da7ee75818addaef29736a30d6bef68dd46a51bb03e2f1bce3a1d97894e71ead commons-codec-1.16-sources.jar=55eb10a84c84941b9a2719933107a8af8e44a129af67bf468fa85d51ce0e09320c853171bed853afa94bea483b0c7af25891f43a6feff3eedf99eacdd128373e commons-codec-1.16-sources.jar.asc=abc17643af9d174d3ae289d114c5c9f653ee008433ac1bc6071f76c0db0b8252bc5684506c79031f5e37f610ca505757651900636fec7c74fc7adc7c84c4941b commons-codec-1.16-src.tar.gz=02e2bf6ea4c9e6b94360ecfd29e64e50aa163cee99a692d7bbf62ebd8be456f685668fcb4b96bbbc90fb4210d0b84990680ef113a938f9183c9d7c9a61f69029 commons-codec-1.16-src.tar.gz.asc=7d1504fae72360c8f3e912d9aec231208155dc5ea5f537aed87865ddbd754141555a1fa574b55e5e8baefac55a2f644999355485e8916ebe906fe250ed7ef364 commons-codec-1.16-src.zip=6f35f8473cbb8b34aa6fa33981e322eb43c968c18008d943369cfaa2cf24c21867bcb9f913d7f2eca7e59b8c3bf56954cde308f460efd1aacb606e2268b66f44 commons-codec-1.16-src.zip.asc=fef5c944f81caab240e2b806e0aa2fac197d17af82a1da65b03391d6740ddca68cfcaefa235e2dad0fd4aba13bb7c4fdcd14ff8b68df2b921f2a2bb19ae73e18 commons-codec-1.16-test-sources.jar=d4b0178c57cf403da0a8c0eb3f3c0edb76d261394a7e2a790ee395d4d9642a4442e72d19275aaf8eb326684f10341e6b4b51c6658d56a7c7928147b30b4d64d3 commons-codec-1.16-test-sources.jar.asc=0bc8219592f9ad1155af4e58c00b59e1a2dfc7588865772f1fb05b1758639d0d1a3206a6acd80a5d355a01eced51c81e040a50036778b38eba5a2d0f5bc40f6f commons-codec-1.16-tests.jar=7eb018ef12f81d5970379e3c7b811a4ab995725430d80b85316552e3397231128d90e44598091d7633f82d8ff0fd7aa8ab54a019c8266e35d150b864d5027f5a commons-codec-1.16-tests.jar.asc=4a91166371f95d29b19ad69db669c5173b51771c17a224d1507c3142f2222297459f214e5abd0cde9d710eff9a8111313344b02e12f6454f24eead93ded8654d commons-codec-1.16.jar.asc=faddf526aa97da01b521e50ec1ff10493f769ea9cd87cc498a4bbfea8c12c9a4c319d1e8cd2c501e76fa7088ab05374a1ad4690076471ec4ac4d2ecb7b812572 commons-codec-1.16.pom.asc=e40299d8c67c85ebcbd1d0fa1d91804f5061307e442c8ed93549e1976a1c13bbebb22eae2626ca21e13e473f68f646cfb5a59b59b3df1316affd25728242013b (no need for .asc hashes!) I have tested this with ***'mvn clean install site'*** using: Apache Maven 3.6.3 (cecedd343002696d0abb50b32b541b8a6ba2883f) Maven home: /opt/apache-maven-3.6.3 Java version: 1.8.0_312, vendor: Azul Systems, Inc., runtime: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/zulu-8.jdk/Contents/Home/jre Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8 OS name: "mac os x", version: "12.1", arch: "aarch64", family: “mac" Details of changes since 1.15 are in the release notes: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/codec/1.16-RC1/RELEASE-NOTES.txt https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/codec/1.16-RC1/site/changes-report.html Site: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/codec/1.16-RC1/site/index.html (note some *relative* links are broken and the 1.16 directories are not yet created - these will be OK once the site is deployed.) RAT Report: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/codec/1.16-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 that 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, Matt Sicker, Release Manager (using key 748F15B2CF9BA8F024155E6ED7C92B70FA1C814D) 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-codec.git --branch commons-codec-1.16-RC1 commons-codec-1.16-RC1 cd commons-codec-1.16-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. To gather OS information from a command line: Windows: ver Linux: uname -a 5) Build the site for a single module project Note: Some plugins require the components to be installed instead of packaged. mvn site Check the site reports in: - Windows: target\site\index.html - Linux: target/site/index.html 6) Build the site for a multi-module project mvn site mvn site:stage Check the site reports in: - Windows: target\site\index.html - Linux: target/site/index.html -the end- — Matt Sicker