Hi Hans, Thanks (again!) for your work on this release.
I followed the steps in the "Checking a release" guide [1]. All checks passed successfully. +1 (binding) [1] https://hop.apache.org/dev-manual/latest/apache-release/checking-a-release.html On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 11:36 PM Matt Casters <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks again for this release Hans. > I ran the usual checks to validate this release and it looks wonderful > indeed. > > +1 (binding) > > Best regards, > > Matt > > Op ma 2 feb 2026 om 13:29 schreef Hans Van Akelyen < > [email protected]>: > > > Hi All, > > > > After another 3 months of hard work, our first 2.17 release candidate is > > ready to be tested and voted on. > > We have done a landslide of work and would like to thank everyone > > involved. We closed 194 tickets with 18 contributors. > > > > Notable features of this release: > > > > • Brazilian Portuguese is now an official language > > • Merged the file explorer and designer perspective > > • Properties panel has been reworked > > • HTML and PDF support inside the application > > • Error highlighting in the logs > > • Hop Server can now start pipelines/workflows using a file path > > • Mongo Atlas support > > • Neo4j 5.x support > > > > And many more fixes and cleaning up. > > > > Build instructions can be found in the README included. > > > > The tag to be voted on is 2.17.0-rc1 (commit eac3125): > > https://github.com/apache/hop/tree/release/2.17.0 > > > > The release files, including signatures, digests, etc. can be found at: > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/hop/2.17.0/ > > > > The SHA512 Checksum for these artifacts is: > > Source: > > > > > 2a4bb5163a0c255e68093b6d7344912ede1013231f45010ba59fee53c6df694ccad7ac7e0cb115fb5ea894247b1f6f72e83c269564fe1a08d0efe17db90c69be > > client: > > > > > c0d24fac767b61fa0cb3d2889a0a18f111b6fb725a94f691f25746d5eb0f90193eae969ee670d450cdc9ba1adc3645af38580453ebaa0eeadc19ebd58b3655cf > > > > Release artifacts are signed with the following key: > > > > > https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x0afca1919d19daa60ab0bf94c4092203eb788658 > > > > For more information about the contents of this release, see: > > https://github.com/apache/hop/milestone/18?closed=1 > > or > > https://github.com/apache/hop/releases/tag/2.17.0-rc1 > > > > Please vote on releasing this package as Apache Hop 2.17.0! > > > > The vote is open for 72 hours and passes if > > a majority of at least 3 +1 PMC votes are cast. > > > > [ ] +1 Release this package as Apache Hop 2.17.0 > > [ ] +0 No opinion > > [ ] -1 Do not release this package because ... > > > > Best Regards, > > Hans > > >
