[CANCEL][VOTE] Release Apache Commons BCEL 6.0 based on RC6

[Benedikt Ritter <br...@apache.org>]

Hi,

this vote is canceled to pic up the latest changes from trunk. I'll prepare
RC7 tonight. In particular there have been some fixes to restore binary
compatibility to a greater extend.

Benedikt

Benedikt Ritter <br...@apache.org> schrieb am Mo., 20. Juni 2016 um
21:36 Uhr:

> Hi,
>
> after some build related problems with RC5, I'd like to call a vote to
> release Apache Commons BCEL 6.0 based on RC6. The only changes compared to
> RC5 is a fix in the source assembly: It now includes all files necessary to
> run a clean build.
>
> BCEL 6.0 RC6 is available for review here:
>   https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/bcel (rev 14065)
>
> The tag is here:
>   https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/bcel/tags/BCEL_6_0_RC6
>  (rev 1749388)
>
> Maven artifacts are here:
>
> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachecommons-1179/org/apache/bcel/bcel/6.0/
>
> These are the Maven artifacts and their hashes:
>
> bcel-6.0-javadoc.jar
> (SHA1: 89cf95656f0f8a93e77100c8d5811f7cd9af866b)
> bcel-6.0-sources.jar
> (SHA1: 162f96530e8935e8a71a9e6d5497026aa3bdc945)
> bcel-6.0-test-sources.jar
> (SHA1: 2b07be3a0a4560c9766d3261cd012cf636fe965a)
> bcel-6.0-tests.jar
> (SHA1: 9e825da46e0cd66f87ccd907a43c4e2ebd15b8d6)
> bcel-6.0.jar
> (SHA1: 09d0a4c32ba6c3c22f0680f89ceeaf3e677ac659)
> bcel-6.0.pom
> (SHA1: a5d48ac34909f3a0ac788d37835075be5c2bb9d7)
>
> I have tested this with Java 7 and 8 using Maven 3.3.9 on Mac OS 10.11.5.
>
> Details of changes since 5.2 are in the release notes:
>   https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/bcel/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
>   http://home.apache.org/~britter/commons/bcel/6.0-RC6/changes-report.html
>
> Site:
>   http://home.apache.org/~britter/commons/bcel/6.0-RC6/
> (note some *relative* links are broken and the 6.0 directories are not yet
> created - these will be OK once the site is deployed)
>
> Clirr Report (compared to 5.2):
>   http://home.apache.org/~britter/commons/bcel/6.0-RC6/clirr-report.html
>
> Note that Clirr reports several errors. These have been discussed on the
> ML already and I uploaded the site a while ago giving everybody the
> opportunity to raise objections against these changes. These changes are
> also explicitly noted in the Release notes.
>
> Furthermore java.io.Serializable has been dropped from all BCEL classes.
> An extended Clirr report including this change can be reviewed here:
>
> http://home.apache.org/~britter/commons/bcel/6.0-RC6/bcel5-bcel6-clirr-report.html
>
> We don't consider this to be a problem because we don't see a reason for
> users to serialize BCEL classes.
>
> RAT Report:
>     http://home.apache.org/~britter/commons/bcel/6.0-RC6/rat-report.html
>
> KEYS:
>   https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/KEYS
>
> Please review the release candidate and vote.
> This vote will close no sooner that 72 hours from now,
> i.e. sometime after 22:00 CEST 23-June 2016
>
> [ ] +1 Release these artifacts
> [ ] +0 OK, but...
> [ ] -0 OK, but really should fix...
> [ ] -1 I oppose this release because...
>
> We're almost there... :-)
> Thanks!
> Benedikt
>
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