This is a 7 day vote thread and it will take a few days for the deadline to occur. If people are amenable, I can produce an RC2 using the same git commit but that omits the stray files. The jars are ok as is as the jars were not built by me. I took them from ci-builds.apache.org (Java 8 build). I can start a new vote for the RC2 but I can use the more usual 72 hour min for the vote. I'll wait to see if this plan is ok before proceeding.
On Sun, 9 Nov 2025 at 15:14, PJ Fanning <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Dominik. Those files are harmless. They appear to have been created by > Gradle a few months ago. I have removed them from my laptop and they don't > seem to be recreated by the main build commands. > Hopefully, we can automate more of the release in future to lessen the risks > with local files appearing in the release. > > On 2025/11/07 06:15:43 Dominik Stadler wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Compared contents of zips between 5.4.1 and 5.5.0 and verified sha512, > > looks good! > > > > In the Zip/Tgz, there are some remnants in a directory " > > *poi*/property(org.gradle.api.**file.Directory, fixed(class > > org.gradle.api.internal.file.**DefaultFilePropertyFactory$* > > *FixedDirectory,/..."* with module-info.class-files, likely not a problem, > > only cosmetic. > > > > Tested the upgraded libraries in a number of projects, worked everywhere. > > > > So +1 from me. > > > > Thanks... Dominik. > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM PJ Fanning <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello POI Community, > > > > > > This is a call for a vote to release Apache POI version 5.5.0 (RC1). > > > > > > The discussion thread: > > > https://lists.apache.org/thread/jfr4pgk2jxzgptsvpydqmjmg4y3hbyzx > > > > > > The release candidate: > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/poi/5.5.0-RC1/ > > > > > > This release has been signed with a PGP key available here: > > > https://downloads.apache.org/poi/KEYS > > > > > > Release Notes: > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/poi/RELEASE-NOTES-5.5.0.txt > > > > > > I will add the svn tag REL_5_5_0 if the vote passes. > > > > > > Git commit ID: > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/poi/commit/95b46731b9f5b73cb7a38145bf21b84804a5100b > > > > > > Please download, verify, and test. > > > > > > > > > We have also staged jars in the Apache Nexus Repository. > > > These were built with the same code as appears in this Source Release > > > Candidate. > > > We would appreciate if users could test with these too. > > > > > > If anyone finds any serious problems with these jars, please also > > > notify us on this thread. > > > > > > https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/poi/ > > > > > > In gradle, you can add this repository. > > > > > > maven { > > > url "https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/"; > > > } > > > > > > > > > The VOTE will pass if we have more positive votes than negative votes > > > and there must be a minimum of 3 approvals from POI PMC members. > > > > > > I will leave the vote open for at least a week. > > > > > > [ ] +1 approve > > > [ ] +0 no opinion > > > [ ] -1 disapprove with the reason > > > > > > To learn more about Apache POI, please see https://poi.apache.org/ > > > > > > > > > Checklist for reference: > > > [ ] Download links are valid. > > > [ ] Checksums and signatures. > > > [ ] LICENSE/NOTICE files exist > > > [ ] No unexpected binary files > > > [ ] Source files have ASF headers > > > [ ] Can compile from source > > > > > > To compile from the source, please refer to: > > > https://poi.apache.org/devel/index.html > > > > > > Some notes about verifying downloads can be found at: > > > https://poi.apache.org/download.html > > > > > > Here is my +1 (binding). > > > > > > Thanks, > > > PJ Fanning (Apache POI PMC member) > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
