Hi,

+1 (binding)

Checks & steps:

1.) Verified hashes and PGP signatures: => PASSED
2.) Build successfully from apache-opennlp-2.5.12-src.tar.gz on:

Apache Maven 3.9.16 (2bdd9fddda4b155ebf8000e807eb73fd829a51d5)
Maven home: /Applications/apache-maven-3
Java version: 17.0.20, vendor: Eclipse Adoptium, runtime: 
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/temurin-17.0.20.jdk/Contents/Home
Default locale: de_DE, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "mac os x", version: "26.6.2", arch: "aarch64", family: "mac"

instructions are clear, and artifacts were produced as expected. Source release 
matches tag opennlp-2.5.12 (e27ddb38…) => PASSED

3.) Checked content of RC1’s binary distribution, that is 
apache-opennlp-2.5.12.bin.tar.gz => PASSED
4.) Checked the shipped docs folder is in good shape and contains the expected 
artifacts (dev manual HTML + PDF, and Javadoc per module) => PASSED
5.) Checked NOTICE file’s content provides correct infos / versions => PASSED

Thanks to all contributors and @rzo1 for prepping the release candidate,

mawiesne | Martin

> Am 10.09.2026 um 19:29 schrieb Richard Zowalla <[email protected]>:
> 
> +1 (binding)
> 
> Checked:
> - Signatures (key B83D15E7…E5B8A431 from KEYS) and SHA-512 for all
>  src/bin tar.gz/zip: OK
> - Source release matches tag opennlp-2.5.12 (e27ddb38…), incl. Maven
>  Wrapper config; mvnw.cmd has CRLF line endings
> - LICENSE/NOTICE present; no unexpected binaries in src
> - Build from src: mvn clean install apache-rat:check -> BUILD SUCCESS
>  (JDK 25.0.2, Maven 3.9.16, macOS), all tests pass
> - Eval tests #39: SUCCESS
> 
> Non-blocking:
> - src archive contains 19 empty directories (opennlp-api/, opennlp-core/,
>  opennlp-eval-tests/, opennlp-extensions/) not present in the tag, likely
>  leftovers from the 3.x layout in the release workspace
> - small correction to the announcement (note to self): SLF4J is still 2.0.18 
> in this
>  release (OPENNLP-1936 is targeted at 2.5.13)
> - OPENNLP-1939 (bin LICENSE: SLF4J MIT text, stale CDDL section) and
>  OPENNLP-1941 (missing leipzig/samples/.hidden) also apply to 2.5.x
>  https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENNLP-1939
>  https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENNLP-1941
> 
> 
>> Am 09.09.2026 um 21:14 schrieb Kristian Rickert <[email protected]>:
>> 
>> +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
>>> 
> 

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