Hi Andreas,

> Am 14.06.2022 um 08:19 schrieb Andreas Lehmkuehler <[email protected]>:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> looks like it is time for another 3.0.0 release of PDFBox. Depending on the 
> outcome of the next regression test I'd like to cut the next 3.0.0 release.
> 
> Should we target another alpha or maybe the first beta?
> 
> Or are is it time for a stable 3.0.0 PDFBox release already?
> 
> WDYT?
> 
> Do you have some TODOs on your lists which have to be solved first?

I’ve got two issues which should IMHO be looked at before considering a 
non-alpha release:

- PDFBOX-5362: Please look at this patch. Finalizers are deprecated for 
removal. 

- PDFBOX-5149: I had to make an ugly InternalDeprecatedCOSCloner class in the 
org.apache.pdfbox.multipdf package to access the PDFCloneUtility (See 
https://github.com/rototor/pdfbox-graphics2d/blob/pdfbox-3.0.0/graphics2d/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/multipdf/InternalDeprecatedCOSCloner.java
 
<https://github.com/rototor/pdfbox-graphics2d/blob/pdfbox-3.0.0/graphics2d/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/multipdf/InternalDeprecatedCOSCloner.java>).
 This is ugly as hell and also will not work as soon as someone plans to use 
PDFBox with JDK9+ modules. And no, I don’t want to copy and maintain the 
PDFCloneUtility code. Maybe exporting this functionality under another name 
with an explicit „Don’t use if you don’t know exactly what you are doing, and 
don’t ask about it“ remark?

Best regards

Emmeran

> 
> I'm going to resolve my remaining 3.0.0 tickets soon
> 
> Andreas
> 
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