Hey folks, I downloaded the RC from [1], installed all dependencies correctly, and I was able to successfully build it, signatures match and files appear to be in the right place. The only I had to do to for things to work is to unset DRAT_HOME which I set following this [2], it gave an error of trying to install within the same source code, but this was probably me being clumsy :) So here goes my +1(non-binding).
Best, Renato M. [1] https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/drat/ [2] https://github.com/apache/drat/wiki/Installation