Hi Nick,
thank you for putting this together!
Here is my +1:
Sigs check out, build on macOS works.
Convenience binaries are up at:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/couchdb/binary/mac/3.5.3/rc.1/
Note that these are arm64-only for now.
x86_64 builds will be best-effort from here on out as Apple is slowly phasing
out that platform.
Best
Jan
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> On 4. Oct 2026, at 21:28, Nick Vatamaniuc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Dear community,
>
> I would like to propose that we release Apache CouchDB 3.5.3
>
> Candidate release notes:
> https://docs.couchdb.org/en/3.5.x/whatsnew/3.5.html
>
> We encourage the whole community to download and test these release
> artefacts so that any critical issues can be resolved before the
> release is made. Everyone is free to vote on this release, so dig
> right in! (Only PMC members have binding votes, but they depend on
> community feedback to gauge if an official release is ready to be
> made.)
>
> The release artefacts we are voting on are available here:
>
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/couchdb/source/3.5.3/rc1/
>
> There, you will find a tarball, a GPG signature, and the SHA256 checksum.
>
> Please follow the test procedure here:
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/COUCHDB/Testing+a+Source+Release
>
> Please remember that "RC1" is an annotation. If the vote passes, these
> artefacts will be released as Apache CouchDB 3.5.3
>
> Please cast your votes now.
>
> Thanks,
> -Nick
