+1 On Wed, Sep 9, 2026 at 8:42 AM Jeff Zemerick <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1, looks good, build and tests all ok. > > Thanks, > Jeff > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2026 at 6:57 AM Richard Zowalla <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi folks, > > > > I have posted a first release candidate for the Apache OpenNLP 2.5.12 > release and it is ready for testing. > > > > This is a maintenance release for the 2.5.x line. It fixes two > locale-related correctness bugs - default-locale case folding no longer > corrupts lemmatizer models and output (OPENNLP-1904) or breaks Morfologik > dictionary lookup (OPENNLP-1905) - and hardens the EMAIL and URL patterns > in RegexNameFinderFactory so they can no longer exhaust the stack > (OPENNLP-1922, OPENNLP-1925). Cached models are now verified against their > SHA-512 checksum (OPENNLP-1902). > > > > Two hot spots got faster: BeamSearch replaces per-candidate Sequence > copies with chain nodes (OPENNLP-1903), and the sentence detector's > abbreviation veto is no longer quadratic in document length (OPENNLP-1906). > > > > On the packaging side, the Maven Wrapper config is now part of the > source archive (OPENNLP-1896, OPENNLP-1913), the line encoding for mwnd.cmd > is fixed (OPENNLP-1915), and ONNX Runtime, classgraph, Maven Wrapper and > Slf4j have all been updated. > > > > Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release, including all of > our users and the people who submitted bug reports, contributed code or > documentation enhancements. > > > > The release was made using the OpenNLP release process, documented on > the website: > > https://opennlp.apache.org/release.html > > > > Maven Repo: > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacheopennlp-1074 > > > > <repositories> > > <repository> > > <id>opennlp-2.5.12-rc1</id> > > <name>Testing OpenNLP 2.5.12 release candidate</name> > > <url> > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacheopennlp-1074 > > </url> > > </repository> > > </repositories> > > > > Binaries & Source: > > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/opennlp/opennlp-2.5.12-rc1/ > > > > Tag: > > > > https://github.com/apache/opennlp/releases/tag/opennlp-2.5.12 > > > > Tag Hash: e27ddb38bed9406a045a0fc9bdf9378422b398a6 > > > > Release notes: > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12311215&version=12357274 > > > > The results of the eval tests for the aforementioned tag can be found > > here: > https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/opennlp/job/eval-tests-releases/39/ > > > > Reminder: The up-2-date KEYS file for signature verification can be > > found here: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/opennlp/KEYS > > > > Checklist for reference: > > > > [ ] Both source (tar.gz/zip) and binary artifacts (tar.gz/zip) are > present, along with .asc and .sha512 files for each. > > [ ] PGP signatures are valid for the release artifacts using the KEYS > file from dist.apache.org > > [ ] SHA512 checksums are correct and verified. > > [ ] LICENSE and NOTICE files exist and are accurate. > > [ ] No unexpected binary files in the source release. > > [ ] All source files have appropriate ASF headers (excluding generated > files and legacy files). > > [ ] Build completes successfully from source and the instruction to do > so are clear. > > > > Please vote on releasing these packages as Apache OpenNLP 2.5.12. The > > vote is open for at least the next 72 hours. > > > > Only votes from OpenNLP PMC are binding, but everyone is welcome to > > check the release candidate and vote. > > The vote passes if at least three binding +1 votes are cast. > > > > Please VOTE > > > > [+1] go ship it > > [+0] meh, don't care > > [-1] stop, there is a ${showstopper} > > > > Thanks! > > > > Richard >
