Hi, We solved 86 issues: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12316922&version=12336084&styleName=Text
In there are 324 issues left in JIRA for Maven core: https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20MNG%20AND%20resolution%20%3D%20Unresolved%20ORDER%20BY%20due%20ASC%2C%20priority%20DESC%2C%20created%20ASC Staging repo: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/maven-1326 The distributable binaries and sources for testing can be found here: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/maven-1326/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.0/ Specifically the zip, tarball, and source archives can be found here: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/maven-1326/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.0/apache-maven-3.5.0-bin.zip https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/maven-1326/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.0/apache-maven-3.5.0-bin.tar.gz https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/maven-1326/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.0/apache-maven-3.5.0-src.zip https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/maven-1326/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.0/apache-maven-3.5.0-src.tar.gz Source release checksum(s): apache-maven-3.5.0-src.tar.gz sha1: 1730812af1cdd77493e269b371ef8ac536230c15 apache-maven-3.5.0-src.zip sha1: 40b18ca1d4e14a04a5b872c822f37f6578a17cb9 Git tag: https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=maven.git;a=commit;h=ff8f5e7444045639af65f6095c62210b5713f426 Staging site: https://maven.apache.org/components/ref/3-LATEST/ Vote open for 72 hours. [ ] +1 [ ] +0 [ ] -1 Thanks, -Stephen