Hi, I'm happy to announce that we have unanimously approved this release.
There are 3 approving votes, 3 of which are binding: - Andor Molnar (binding) - Patrick Hunt (binding) - Szalay-Beko Mate (binding) There are no disapproving votes. I will promote the artifacts and complete the release procedure. Thanks to every one who contributed to this great release ! Andor > On Oct 30, 2026, at 3:46 AM, Szalay-Bekő Máté <[email protected]> > wrote: > > +1 (binding) > > I skipped the OWASP test (expecting it to break). > > I did the following tests for the release candidate: > - verified checksum and gpg signature of the artifacts > - I built the source code (incl. the C-client, using -Pfull-build) on > Ubuntu 22.04.5 using OpenJDK 8u402, maven 3.9.6 and GCC version 11.4.0 > - all the java unit tests passed for me > - all the C-client tests passed too > - I also built and executed unit tests for zkpython > - I also built the java code (without -Pfull-build) using other JDK > versions: 11.0.28, 17.0.16, 21.0.8, 23.0.2 (but didn't run the tests this > time, just used 'clean install -DskipTests') > - checkstyle and spotbugs passed > - apache-rat passed > - fatjar built > - I executed quick rolling-upgrade tests without SSL (using > https://github.com/symat/zk-rolling-upgrade-test): > - rolling upgrade from 3.6.4 to 3.9.7 RC0 > - rolling upgrade from 3.7.2 to 3.9.7 RC0 > - rolling upgrade from 3.8.7 to 3.9.7 RC0 > - rolling upgrade from 3.8.8 RC0 to 3.9.7 RC0 > - rolling upgrade from 3.9.6 to 3.9.7 RC0 > - I am not sure if it is still relevant, but I checked the uploaded > documentation ( > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.9.7-candidate-1/website/index.html > ) > - compared generated release notes ( > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.9.7-candidate-1/website/releasenotes.html) > with Jira ( > https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310801&version=12357529 > ) > > > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 3:01 PM Patrick Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> +1 - xsums/sigs verify, was able to build successfully and the license >> files look ok. >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 22, 2026 at 7:23 AM Andor Molnár <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> This is a release candidate for 3.9.7. >>> This is a minor release with bug- and security fixes. >>> >>> The full release notes is available at: >>> >>> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310801&version=12357529 >>> >>> *** Please download, test and vote by October 30th 2026, 23:59 UTC+0. *** >>> >>> Source files: >>> >>> >> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.9.7-candidate-1/ >>> >>> Maven staging repo: >>> >> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachezookeeper-1121/ >>> >>> The release candidate tag in git to be voted upon: release-3.9.7-1 >>> https://github.com/apache/zookeeper/tree/release-3.9.7-1 >>> >>> ZooKeeper's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: >>> https://www.apache.org/dist/zookeeper/KEYS >>> >>> The staging version of the website is: >>> >>> >> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.9.7-candidate-1/website/index.html >>> >>> >>> Should we release this candidate? >>> >>> Andor >>> >>> >>> >>
