HI ALL,
> [X] +1 > [ ] +0 > [ ] -1 Kind regards Gavin On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 12:59 AM P. Ottlinger <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear friends of RAT, > > the new v0.18 is ready for testing and fixes 13 issues. I've staged a > new release 0.18 - thanks for all feedback and contributions! > > =RELEASE 0.18 ABSTRACT= > This intermediate release addresses a severe performance issue > encountered during RAT runs in version 0.17. > The issue has been resolved by reducing the sample size used for Tika > charset detection > from 12,000 bytes to 256 bytes (thanks to Ryan Schmitt). > > In addition, the Java language level required to build RAT has been > raised to 17. > However, we recommend using at least JDK 21 due to a Javadoc issue > affecting certain JDK versions (tracked under RAT-497). > RAT now also uses UTF-8 as its default character set. > > These changes allowed us to adopt more modern language features, resolve > numerous CVEs in dependent plugins and libraries, > and integrate with SonarCloud’s code analysis. > > This release also includes a range of bug fixes, minor improvements, and > dependency updates. > Furthermore, RAT’s generated report is now produced in XHTML5, and > excessive INFO-level logging in the Maven plugin has been reduced. > > Many thanks to all contributors and to our users for their valuable > feedback. > > =View on 0.18= > * https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/RAT/versions/12356398 > (you need to login) > > * https://github.com/apache/creadur-rat/releases/tag/apache-rat-project-0.18 > > =Staging area= > > In order to use the staged release add this snippet to your pom: > <pluginRepositories> > <pluginRepository> > <id>staged-releases-rat-018</id> > <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecreadur-1013/</url> > <pluginRepository> > </pluginRepositories> > or browse > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecreadur-1013/org/apache/rat/ > directly. > > =VOTE is open until 2026-03-19 23:00 UTC= > Everyone is encouraged to vote, express their opinions and jump in if > they find anything wrong with the release. Only PMC votes are binding > on Apache, and for this candidate to become an official Apache > Software Foundation release 3 +1's are required and more +1's than > -1's. > > This vote is open for at least 72 hours, > > [ ] +1 > [ ] +0 > [ ] -1 > > until 2026-03-19 23:00 UTC. > > NOTE > The downloads page and RAT webpage is not yet changed to reflect changes > in 0.18 and the dist area does not yet contain the release artifacts. > > A preview page (generated before creating the release) is: > https://creadur.apache.org/rat018/ > that will be deleted once the release is promoted. > > Thanks, > Phil > -- Gavin McDonald - Systems Administrator, ASF Infrastructure Team V.P Travel Assistance Committee
