Hi, Tested a number of application-upgrades based on the jars in the staging repositories, everything worked fine, no build or test failures.
Reviewed package contents and checksums, no issue spotted. Thus my vote is +1 Thanks PJ for preparing! Regards... Dominik. Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Monday, 19 October 2026 at 16:35, PJ Fanning <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello POI Community, > > This is a call for a vote to release Apache POI version 6.0.0 (RC1). > > The discussion thread: > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/xsgq47h4qlwk7z1slnqmhfm5x7c7mdhq > > The release candidate: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/poi/6.0.0-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/6.0.0-RC1/RELEASE-NOTES-6.0.0.txt > > Git commit ID: > https://github.com/apache/poi/commit/2aac6161d704bf3db5592796a95ca7877a848ce > > Diff to 5.5.1: > https://github.com/apache/poi/compare/REL_5_5_1...2aac6161d704bf3db5592796a95ca7877a848ce > > Changelog includes 6.0.0 changes: > https://poi.apache.org/changes.html > > 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 72hrs. > > [ ] +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]
