Hi all,

Given the backward-compatibility concern in a 2.12.x release, why don’t we
cancel this vote and cut a new RC once the DefaultVariableManager issue is
fixed?


Arturo


On Tue, 14 Apr 2026 at 4:23 PM, Murray Altheim <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Ulf,
>
> I think it's a fair statement to consider that a bug on 2.x. Fine on 3.x
> but
> you're correct, this should not have passed in a dot release.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Murray
>
> On 15/04/2026 01:15, Ulf Dittmer wrote:
> > AFAICT, the behavior of the DefaultVariableManager that I mentioned in my
> > response to the previous release vote (breaking variable names that start
> > with "jspwiki") has not been changed. I'm aware that it is too late now,
> > and that I don't really have a vote anyway, so I'd just like to register
> my
> > displeasure that JSPWiki, which has a pretty good history of backwards
> > compatibility, breaks it so cavalierly in a dot-dot release of a major
> > version that is many years old. For 3.0, that's a reasonable decision,
> but
> > for 2.12 it's rather questionable, IMO.
> >
> > Ulf
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 7, 2026 at 1:46 AM Alex O'Ree <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> I think it's been over 72 hours, that's +4 yes. We should be good to go.
> >> When I have a spare moment, I can do the rest of the processes to get
> this
> >> out the door.
> >>
> >> Thanks for testing everyone!
> >>
> >> On Sat, Apr 4, 2026 at 6:50 PM Murray Altheim <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> +1
> >>>
> >>> This was plug-and-play for me. Built with no issues on Java 17.0.17,
> >>> deployed to
> >>> Tomcat 9 and it worked.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>>
> >>> Murray
> >>>
> >>> On 03/04/2026 13:31, Alex O'Ree wrote:
> >>>>    This is a release vote for Apache JSPWiki, version 2.12.4. The vote
> >>> will
> >>>> be open for at least 72 hours from now.
> >>>>
> >>>> This is a revision of the previous attempt that addresses some issues
> >>>> flagged by the community. Namely the one change in behavior can now be
> >>>> reverted if necessary.
> >>>>
> >>>> It fixes the following issues:
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310732&version=2.12.4
> >>>>
> >>>> You can see a curated changelog at
> >>>> https://jspwiki-wiki.apache.org/Wiki.jsp?page=NewIn2.12.4
> >>>>
> >>>> Note that we are voting upon the source (tag), binaries are provided
> >> for
> >>>> convenience.
> >>>>
> >>>> Everybody is encouraged to vote.
> >>>>
> >>>> Source and binary files:
> >>>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/jspwiki/2.12.4-RC
> >>>> <https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/jspwiki/2.12.4-RC1>2
> >>>>
> >>>> Nexus staging repo:
> >>>>
> >>
> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachejspwiki-1037
> >>>>
> >>>> The tag to be voted upon:
> >>>> https://github.com/apache/jspwiki/tree/2.12.4-RC
> >>>> <https://github.com/apache/jspwiki/tree/2.12.4-RC1>2
> >>>>
> >>>> JSPWiki's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release:
> >>>> https://www.apache.org/dist/jspwiki/KEYS
> >>>>
> >>>> == Reproducible Builds ==
> >>>> JSPWiki should follow Reproducible Builds (
> >>> https://reproducible-builds.org/).
> >>>> In order to verify
> >>>> artifacts' build reproducibility, please use
> >>>>
> >>>> mvn verify artifact:compare -Dreference.repo=
> >>>> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/staging/
> >>>>
> >>>> *** Please download, test and vote:
> >>>>
> >>>> [ ] +1 Approve the release
> >>>> [ ]  0 Don't mind
> >>>> [ ] -1 Disapprove the release (please provide specific comments)
> >>>>
> >>>> +1 for me
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> ...........................................................................
> >>> Murray Altheim <murray18 at altheim dot com>                       = =
> >> ===
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> >>> ===
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> >>> ===
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> >>>       Rustle in the autumn wind
> >>>       That blows through my reed hut.
> >>>              -- Minamoto no Tsunenobu
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
> --
>
> ...........................................................................
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> http://www.altheim.com/murray/                                     ===
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> ===
>      In the evening
>      The rice leaves in the garden
>      Rustle in the autumn wind
>      That blows through my reed hut.
>             -- Minamoto no Tsunenobu
>
>
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