We have fixed a few bugs and added enhancements since Apache Commons
JEXL 3.5.0 was released, so I would like to release Apache Commons
JEXL 3.6.0.
The one change from RC1 is:
JEXL-448: Engines caching misses local variables handling and global
eviction capability.
Apache Commons JEXL 3.6.0 RC2 is available for review here:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/jexl/3.6.0-RC2 (svn
revision 80612)
The Git tag commons-jexl-3.6.0-RC2 commit for this RC is
8c5dc247c52dff148da6265864ff204c94e7f5ba which you can browse here:
https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-jexl.git;a=commit;h=8c5dc247c52dff148da6265864ff204c94e7f5ba
You may checkout this tag using:
git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-jexl.git
--branch commons-jexl-3.6.0-RC2 commons-jexl-3.6.0-RC2
Maven artifacts are here:
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-1875/org/apache/commons/commons-jexl3/3.6.0/
These are the artifacts and their hashes:
#Release SHA-512s
#Mon Nov 10 18:56:47 UTC 2025
commons-jexl-3.6.0-bin.tar.gz=162cd995f520e021bd1284b8fbea41ba718ead9d03ccda7ed8f5a449c8c49e5cf0fc9277fc91a09305ae64007810c916853a22e4858652ad2e77f8751fa42952
commons-jexl-3.6.0-bin.zip=944d67649a4bd5ba2f4cde68d8eace2f21dee414beb19addee7800e2c19a0d0c1f92d11f662abc9435fac84e7fe59aa869c92dd9fc70517d0b117b24e0b845d1
commons-jexl-3.6.0-src.tar.gz=af56543cc2f70b43c75b0c4fdfca73924900c523630f39d5fb47b2acecb386c774c7bc81c076f98ba196869c3ac13e963fe8538e12f585c12324ce4766a1795c
commons-jexl-3.6.0-src.zip=99beed9bb0647fad606d90c097be137eb1e5e60257e8dc32dcd0ff9651d0e7c115cd5978dea14da9493564fd037dc1b7a9a1afb5d09a45cff22d89bacad2aad9
commons-jexl3-3.6.0-bom.json=f5c24bccbf701e12ff4d9d67ac2454959c07aba0dadee1d266c296d30b9ea2c940f62b9ad16f5f7a98a35d234907703994e4442a6cd44a34bd55b4d049373a56
commons-jexl3-3.6.0-bom.xml=4c0ed63084228ef9648537880bb2551f9d31a0900ddca9338c8cf47c9e86bc3ed8c2eadb346e1c647c3d574e60f7a47245c2f1e69b9cd8ff0af743defd26a585
commons-jexl3-3.6.0-javadoc.jar=315264f1d18d5ebbf96337c884379794ecdeade4b5785d6a5c5d236682b145f6be9badbdc9aaa6edb2750de2f433dc261b64ab869c61d382fef12059a4863558
commons-jexl3-3.6.0-sources.jar=d804b08992f860a862d92d5dcf947a38ea2b91f64e55caac526f424cf8069386362afd6cf4f17733bea3c5120cfde4c379c8bae38b996659760f8a9b5fc9e61f
commons-jexl3-3.6.0-test-sources.jar=09332c053395c3201342eb258f67288a8db3db3b11df81f6c3937a8f0aa51d773dedee3641b073cdbe46189484ec8b672a8eb11091dee5897bfa49f9665644e7
commons-jexl3-3.6.0-tests.jar=ca351fe3372d53378f541d2e55f777e29ed089a75d222edc077a669fd05e0cfbe45315794b9826dc819f4cc4969af93a41a12f7e32b9203bb6534037e820bd83
org.apache.commons_commons-jexl3-3.6.0.spdx.json=8e3bbe654047fa9dbf30a29cb9f1c6824c91c1c1aab53abf5400108b03102832026f6aa90b5d0753b05ec29e18f66b6dbc2ae646d2d2c84e8faee0394bbfa827
I have tested this with 'mvn' and 'mvn clean install site' using:
openjdk version "25.0.1" 2025-10-21
OpenJDK Runtime Environment Homebrew (build 25.0.1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Homebrew (build 25.0.1, mixed mode, sharing)
Apache Maven 3.9.11 (3e54c93a704957b63ee3494413a2b544fd3d825b)
Maven home: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/maven/3.9.11/libexec
Java version: 25.0.1, vendor: Homebrew, runtime:
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/openjdk/25.0.1/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/Home
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "mac os x", version: "15.7.2", arch: "aarch64", family: "mac"
Darwin Garys-MacBook-Pro.local 24.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.6.0:
Wed Oct 15 21:12:15 PDT 2025;
root:xnu-11417.140.69.703.14~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6041 arm64
Docker version 28.4.0, build d8eb465
Details of changes since 3.5.0 are in the release notes:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/jexl/3.6.0-RC2/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/jexl/3.6.0-RC2/site/changes.html
Site:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/jexl/3.6.0-RC2/site/index.html
(note some *relative* links are broken and the 3.6.0 directories
are not yet created - these will be OK once the site is deployed.)
*** JApiCmp Report (compared to 3.5.0):
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/jexl/3.6.0-RC2/site/japicmp.html
***
Note that the above report notes several errors.
These are considered OK for the reasons stated below.
These exceptions are also noted in the Changes and Release Notes.
Errors reported:
- methods added to interface: OK because that does not affect
binary compatibility.
- etc.
***
RAT Report:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/jexl/3.6.0-RC2/site/rat-report.html
KEYS:
https://downloads.apache.org/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 530AA5F25C25011F)
The following is intended as a helper and refresher for reviewers.
Validating a release candidate
==============================
These guidelines are NOT complete.
Requirements: Git, Java, and Maven.
You can validate a release from a release candidate (RC) tag as follows.
1a) Download and decompress the source archive from:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/jexl/3.6.0-RC2/source
1b) Check out the RC tag from git (optional)
This is optional, as a reviewer must check source distributions as a minimum.
git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-jexl.git
--branch commons-jexl-3.6.0-RC2 commons-jexl-3.6.0-RC2
cd commons-jexl-3.6.0-RC2
2) Checking the build
All components should include a default Maven goal, such that you can
run 'mvn' from the command line by itself.
2) Check Apache licenses
This step is not required if the site includes a RAT report page which
you then must check.
This check should be included in the default Maven build, but you can
check it with:
mvn apache-rat:check
3) Check binary compatibility
This step is not required if the site includes a JApiCmp report page
which you then must check.
This check should be included in the default Maven build, but you can
check it with:
mvn verify -DskipTests -P japicmp japicmp:cmp
4) Build the package
This check should be included in the default Maven build, but you can
check it with:
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
4b) Check reproducibility
To check that a build is reproducible, run:
mvn clean verify artifact:compare -DskipTests
-Dreference.repo=https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/staging/
'-Dbuildinfo.ignore=*/*.spdx.json'
Note that this excludes SPDX files from the check.
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
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