[ANNOUNCE] Apache Flink 1.5.0 release

[Till Rohrmann]

The Apache Flink community is very happy to announce the release of Apache
Flink 1.5.0.

Apache Flink® is an open-source stream processing framework for
distributed, high-performing, always-available, and accurate data streaming
applications.

The release is available for download at:

https://flink.apache.org/downloads.html

Please check out the release blog post for an overview of the new features
and improvements and the list of contributors:


http://flink.apache.org/news/2018/05/25/release-1.5.0.html

The full release notes are available in Jira:

https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?
projectId=12315522=12341764

I would like to thank all contributors for working very hard on making this
release a success!

Best,
Till

[ANNOUNCE] Apache NetBeans (incubating) 9.0 RC1 released

[Emilian Bold]

The Apache NetBeans team is proud to announce the release of Apache
NetBeans (incubating) 9.0 RC1.

Apache NetBeans (incubating) 9.0 RC1 constitutes all the modules in the
Apache NetBeans Git repo, which together provide the NetBeans Platform
(i.e., the underlying application framework), as well as all the modules
that provide the Java SE-related features of Apache NetBeans.
In short, Apache NetBeans (incubating) 9.0 RC1 is a full IDE for Java SE
development.

Read more on our download page:

https://netbeans.apache.org/download/nb90/nb90-rc1.html

Details on Apache NetBeans (incubating) 9.0 RC1:

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Apache+NetBeans+9.0+RC1

Download and try out Apache NetBeans (incubating) 9.0 RC1:

https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/incubator/netbeans/incubating-netbeans-java/incubating-9.0-rc1/

The specific artifact voted on:

https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/incubator/netbeans/incubating-netbeans-java/incubating-9.0-rc1/incubating-netbeans-java-9.0-rc1-source.zip
SHA1: a1a265455c8246f849b14982fa3c36b351b21876
KEYS file:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/incubator/netbeans/KEYS

See the below for the donation status of features that have not been
donated to Apache yet, i.e., are not part of Apache NetBeans (incubating)
9.0 RC1, e.g., features for working with Java EE, JavaScript, PHP, C/C++,
and more:

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Apache+Transition

Work is being done on bringing netbeans.org to Apache. In the meantime,
refer to the below for all details related to Apache NetBeans:

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS

Emilian Bold
on behalf of Apache NetBeans PPMC

‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐

On 21 May 2018 1:33 AM, Emilian Bold  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> The Apache NetBeans community has voted on and approved a proposal to
release Apache NetBeans 9.0 RC1 (incubating) rc1.
>
> We now kindly request that the Incubator PMC members review and vote on
this incubator release candidate.
>
> Apache NetBeans 9.0 RC1 (incubating) vote thread:
>
>
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c2a06adc83e2819e6d96c7dff8d0e22a97001f99bfda12515d4d9609@

>
> Apache NetBeans 9.0 RC1 (incubating) vote result thread:
>
>
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/94f7a5e4601e26c7edb8264df7df53dd8ed215ecfc568816a162f2af@

>
> Apache NetBeans 9.0 RC1 (incubating) constitutes all the modules in the
Apache NetBeans Git repo, which together provide the NetBeans Platform
(i.e., the underlying application framework), as well as all the modules
that provide the Java SE-related features of Apache NetBeans.
>
> In short, Apache NetBeans 9.0 RC1 (incubating) is a full IDE for Java SE
development.
>
> Build artifacts available here:
>
>
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/netbeans/incubating-netbeans-java/incubating-9.0-rc1-rc1
>
> The specific artifact to be voted on:
>
>
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/netbeans/incubating-netbeans-java/incubating-9.0-rc1-rc1/incubating-netbeans-java-9.0-rc1-source.zip
>
> Included in the above are the DEPENDENCIES, DISCLAIMER, LICENSE, and
NOTICE files, as well as a README file with build instructions, which are
the same as these:
>
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans/blob/master/README.md
>
> SHA1: a1a265455c8246f849b14982fa3c36b351b21876
>
> KEYS file:
>
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/incubator/netbeans/KEYS
>
> Apache NetBeans Git Repo tag: 9.0-rc1-rc1:
>
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans/tree/9.0-rc1-rc1
>
> Note: NetBeans license violation checks are managed via the
rat-exclusions.txt file:
>
>
https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans/blob/master/nbbuild/rat-exclusions.txt
>
> Rat report shows no unknown licenses, except for license files:
>
>
https://builds.apache.org/job/incubator-netbeans-release/302/artifact/rat-java-temp/nbbuild/build/rat-report.txt
>
> The license files listed in the Rat report are known and an issue exists
for solving this:
>
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-305
>
> Included as a convenience binary, not relevant for the voting purposes
(unzip it, run it and you'll see Apache NetBeans):
>
>
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/netbeans/incubating-netbeans-java/incubating-9.0-rc1-rc1/incubating-netbeans-java-9.0-rc1-bin.zip
>
> Also included as a convenience binary the NBMs:
>
>
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/netbeans/incubating-netbeans-java/incubating-9.0-rc1-rc1/nbms
>
> New & Noteworthy features of the 9.0 Release:
>
>
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Apache+NetBeans+9.0+New+and+Noteworthy
>
> Release specific wiki page:
>
>
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Apache+NetBeans+9.0+RC1
>
> How (and what) to try out the release:
>
> 1.  Download the artifact to be voted on and unzip it.
> 2.  Build it using the README provided by the artifact.
> 3.  Look in nbbuild/netbeans for the NetBeans installation created by the
build process.
> 4.