My +1 Gary
On Sun, Jun 28, 2026, 19:10 Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > For those of you following the bouncing ball on various mailing lists, > this feature release should put the cap on the recent string of 3.6.x > releases. > > We have added enhancements since the release of Apache Commons JEXL > 3.6.4, so I would like to release Apache Commons JEXL 3.7.0. > > Apache Commons JEXL 3.7.0 RC1 is available for review here: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/jexl/3.7.0-RC1 (svn > revision 85502) > > The Git tag commons-jexl-3.7.0-RC1 commit for this RC is > 21827925ba6f4fff46ffe4c1f6c4fd41abc663a9, which you can browse here: > > https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=commons-jexl.git;a=commit;h=21827925ba6f4fff46ffe4c1f6c4fd41abc663a9 > You may checkout this tag using: > git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-jexl.git > --branch <https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-jexl.git--branch> > commons-jexl-3.7.0-RC1 commons-jexl-3.7.0-RC1 > > Maven artifacts are here: > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-1952/org/apache/commons/commons-jexl3/3.7.0/ > > These are the artifacts and their hashes: > > #Release SHA-512s > #Sun Jun 28 22:55:18 UTC 2026 > > commons-jexl-3.7.0-bin.tar.gz=5ebbf8e30e6e42b2dda716c10b6a7c6156fb3cf63ce6c1f66552b541469cce707ad0d2ab82fb17bda184623b7fcf590bd58f25d621a8a82997c27f7c8a360445 > > commons-jexl-3.7.0-bin.zip=9681e21626b46d7e7a4c4e828ba18dd704a3b9db61e4e82cf1f6edfbb9ec678c6098204b9a8ccfaffd5738306792e170c0268f77c42ed5382e5eec92ac8f17c7 > > commons-jexl-3.7.0-src.tar.gz=710b7d2cb5820621b26ff52dadbfa107b2394ac5e0046e3004f35e1af6a065babaa1bbfb301c4f06ad949e15634631cf10abde9e963cdd41dc4e304343adb418 > > commons-jexl-3.7.0-src.zip=16c2d884de119f0f84cc22efa6c013318875e1f8012063ab21d0d2663dea7b099a312e983a2aa62dce2490b2221fa3eea6cd536c524fd95f7d81fa3cd396f8f4 > > commons-jexl3-3.7.0-bom.json=0ffd588566c846e96171f07aded54412d6a29dffd39c2c54e03e59c664ca2e02b1b3e0005084aa4cfb2da57b7bdabfd460f4b367179f21463514d25b9bb3e122 > > commons-jexl3-3.7.0-bom.xml=5468ad1cc20a8b57a9b295707dbb7b6e51a0d8fbf4a404cd91403b6c5736ba90cb7b6ae3f5e56d03c647490842bbdfa2c15bee77314a8d171b4fc5294110ea37 > > commons-jexl3-3.7.0-javadoc.jar=9f5511730238e260f4b1794d6adf506ceeeff54116a8cc86129f8294bccf8f97e8c024b087864d23ff71db031a6bf28f1503588152c3015bdf2ddc3aefbb0448 > > commons-jexl3-3.7.0-sources.jar=94e440855fe18e78311097a19e208fc73a4d6f345e3f1b7100d44545ee9633066855bbe068e2f101e0235f7ebbfda232ee3538d9fc057b1a3e37088a5f14caec > > commons-jexl3-3.7.0-test-sources.jar=4cafddf23c7b1e3f49eb03f6c33865f04ade050f90ed285bf6e048e99ee34afc00aeb8d62d81653f23c241e3f70dd08c57f219be5a152082fb7ea45a9d6bbb92 > > commons-jexl3-3.7.0-tests.jar=07b1d140fbae58769588539fa2c9e1e0bd57e8aedffebfd29aee18e20f6e4dea9048f785aedbc0276663a2cb9ecb050c1b3f18318fa30b2cadd918e32be227ae > > org.apache.commons_commons-jexl3-3.7.0.spdx.json=dd6bdb07be5fe9a4056d949b4300fcf55a8f66eb8eae8f99b429d93fc354ce90016c5898caa6094eb6b2bbfede89b29f7f83d7ed0affb2cc8f99f7af48154b9d > > > > I have tested this with 'mvn' and 'mvn clean install site' using: > > openjdk version "21.0.11" 2026-04-21 > OpenJDK Runtime Environment Homebrew (build 21.0.11) > OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Homebrew (build 21.0.11, mixed mode, sharing) > > Apache Maven 3.9.16 (2bdd9fddda4b155ebf8000e807eb73fd829a51d5) > Maven home: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/maven/3.9.16/libexec > Java version: 21.0.11, vendor: Homebrew, runtime: > /opt/homebrew/Cellar/openjdk@21/21.0.11/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/Home > Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8 > OS name: "mac os x", version: "26.5.1", arch: "aarch64", family: "mac" > > Darwin Garys-MacBook-Pro.local 25.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 25.5.0: > Mon Apr 27 20:41:15 PDT 2026; > root:xnu-12377.121.6~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T6041 arm64 > > Docker version 29.4.3, build 055a478 > > > Details of changes since 3.6.4 are in the release notes: > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/jexl/3.7.0-RC1/RELEASE-NOTES.txt > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/jexl/3.7.0-RC1/site/changes.html > > Site: > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/jexl/3.7.0-RC1/site/index.html > (Note some *relative* links are broken and the 3.7.0 directories > are not yet created - these will be OK once the site is deployed.) > > JApiCmp Report (compared to 3.6.4): > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/jexl/3.7.0-RC1/site/japicmp.html > > RAT Report: > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/jexl/3.7.0-RC1/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/3.7.0-RC1/source > > 1b) Check out the RC tag from git (optional) > > This is optional, as a reviewer must at least check source distributions. > > git clone https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-jexl.git > --branch commons-jexl-3.7.0-RC1 commons-jexl-3.7.0-RC1 > cd commons-jexl-3.7.0-RC1 > > 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 > > -the end- >
