We are still working through build issues and nits with create-release.
I will be on vacation travelling internationally starting end of this
week, returning Feb 13. I think we will pause release activity until I
return, unless someone else wants to take it up in the meantime.

On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 8:36 AM Andrew Purtell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> We have found a minor build break in branch-2.5 related to
> bouncycastle version management and an issue with create-release on
> Apple Silicon. I have used a build VM in the past so have avoided this
> thus far but now am trying to do this the "official" way. We will fix
> these and proceed soon.
>
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 6:25 PM 张铎(Duo Zhang) <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Good. Thank you!
> >
> > Andrew Purtell <[email protected]> 于2026年1月22日周四 00:53写道:
> > >
> > > Correct, we plan to run both releases.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 10:32 PM 张铎(Duo Zhang) <[email protected]> 
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Thanks Umesh and Andrew, so you guys plan to run both releases?
> > > >
> > > > Umesh Kumar Kumawat <[email protected]> 于2026年1月21日周三 01:43写道:
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you for offering to mentor me for new release. I'm very much
> > > > > looking forward to learning from you.
> > > > >
> > > > > Best Regards,
> > > > > Umesh
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 10:37 PM Andrew Purtell 
> > > > > <[email protected]>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I have time to run the releases and would be happy to mentor Umesh.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 8:45 AM Umesh Kumar Kumawat
> > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'm interested in helping with the new releases and would like to
> > > > > > volunteer.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'm not entirely sure which specific tasks I would be eligible 
> > > > > > > for, but
> > > > > > I'm
> > > > > > > eager to be a part of the release process. Please let me know 
> > > > > > > where I
> > > > > > > can best contribute.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 9:46 PM Duo Zhang <[email protected]> 
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Recently we have some fixes around stability, especially 
> > > > > > > > HBASE-29297,
> > > > > > > > which could cause double-assignment under a corner case, so I 
> > > > > > > > think it
> > > > > > > > is time to make new releases for the current active release 
> > > > > > > > line.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Do the release managers have time or are there any volunteers 
> > > > > > > > who want
> > > > > > > > to help here?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Thanks.
> > > > > > > >

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