+1 (non-binding) Verified checksums, signature, source archive vs. tag, RAT, and ran smoke tests with the staged Spark 4.0 runtime.
One follow-up, in the same spirit as Xuanwo's note: the source archive also bundles site/docs/assets/javascript/lottie-player.js (LottieFiles, MIT) without a license header or an entry in the root LICENSE. Not a blocker for this RC since both assets have shipped since 1.9.0; this issue is already tacked here https://lists.apache.org/thread/hstl6z6qp55hxgdlljpc5xg8wc3kq800 Separately, while testing I hit a pre-existing NoSuchMethodError when reading variant columns with commons-lang3 < 3.13 on the classpath (iceberg-parquet uses Streams.of(Iterable) without declaring the dependency). Also present in 1.11.0, so not a regression; issue tracked here https://github.com/apache/iceberg/issues/18164 Cheers, Gianluca On 2026/09/18 00:22:06 Neelesh Salian wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I propose that we release the following RC as the official Apache Iceberg > 1.12.0 release. > > The commit ID is dec392570a88e45ac3a417a487dd72f9bdb629d5 > * This corresponds to the tag: apache-iceberg-1.12.0-rc0 > * https://github.com/apache/iceberg/commits/apache-iceberg-1.12.0-rc0 > * > https://github.com/apache/iceberg/tree/dec392570a88e45ac3a417a487dd72f9bdb629d5 > > The release tarball, signature, and checksums are here: > * https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/iceberg/apache-iceberg-1.12.0-rc0 > > You can find the KEYS file here: > * https://downloads.apache.org/iceberg/KEYS > > Convenience binary artifacts are staged on Nexus. The Maven repository URL > is: > * https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacheiceberg-1283/ > > Please download, verify, and test. > > Instructions for verifying a release can be found here: > * https://iceberg.apache.org/how-to-release/#how-to-verify-a-release > > As this vote spans the weekend, it will remain open until Monday, September > 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM Pacific Time. > > [ ] +1 Release this as Apache Iceberg 1.12.0 > [ ] +0 > [ ] -1 Do not release this because... > > Only PMC members have binding votes, but other community members are > encouraged to cast > non-binding votes. This vote will pass if there are 3 binding +1 votes and > more binding > +1 votes than -1 votes. >
