Ok. Noone seems especially concerned about the harmless stray files in the source release so at this stage, it seems best to just stick with it. I'll give it another few hours before closing the vote.
On 2025/11/10 20:36:50 PJ Fanning wrote: > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
