[VOTE] Release Apache NiFi 1.18.0 (RC1)

[Joe Witt <jo...@apache.org>]

Hello,

I am pleased to be calling this vote for the source release of Apache
NiFi 1.18.0.

The source zip, including signatures, digests, etc. can be found at:
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachenifi-1211

The source being voted upon and the convenience binaries can be found at:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/nifi-1.18.0/

A helpful reminder on how the release candidate verification process works:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/How+to+help+verify+an+Apache+NiFi+release+candidate

The Git tag is nifi-1.18.0-RC1
The Git commit ID is f7cb4257da87ea80ea85d2c2a092dd2a07cfc8eb
https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=nifi.git;a=commit;h=f7cb4257da87ea80ea85d2c2a092dd2a07cfc8eb

Checksums of nifi-1.18.0-source-release.zip:
SHA256: 496681e5f325f52e1d59d87f0488de6f13a230d0a358f073535083a967fa912c
SHA512: ea37595c3edec7391450a2aa567222b420345ea5db5496d5802a873b3b9899abfaad35e3496c262b8dfa68055f3ec3482190cc2c827ac688fa1042c5e732e875

Release artifacts are signed with the following key:
https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/joewitt.asc

KEYS file available here:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/nifi/KEYS

159 issues were closed/resolved for this release:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12316020&version=12352150

Release note highlights can be found here:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI/Release+Notes#ReleaseNotes-Version1.18.0

The vote will be open for 72 hours.
Please download the release candidate and evaluate the necessary items
including checking hashes, signatures, build
from source, and test. Then please vote:

[ ] +1 Release this package as nifi-1.18.0
[ ] +0 no opinion
[ ] -1 Do not release this package because...