Gary
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Apache Software Foundation Member
Apache Commons this week released Codec 1.19.0 and IO 2.21.0
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November 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Apache Commons this week released Codec 1.19.0 and IO 2.21.0
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Apache Lucene has issued the following releases:
✅ Lucene 9.12.2
✅ Lucene 10.2.2
To download, visit buff.ly/Gu4l9Bs
Lucene is a high-performance, full-featured text search engine library written entirely in #Java.
✅ Lucene 9.12.2
✅ Lucene 10.2.2
To download, visit buff.ly/Gu4l9Bs
Lucene is a high-performance, full-featured text search engine library written entirely in #Java.
July 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Apache Lucene has issued the following releases:
✅ Lucene 9.12.2
✅ Lucene 10.2.2
To download, visit buff.ly/Gu4l9Bs
Lucene is a high-performance, full-featured text search engine library written entirely in #Java.
✅ Lucene 9.12.2
✅ Lucene 10.2.2
To download, visit buff.ly/Gu4l9Bs
Lucene is a high-performance, full-featured text search engine library written entirely in #Java.
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RIP Java Applets. You made Java popular and helped it grow to what it is today.
JEP 504: Remove the Applet API has been proposed to target (openjdk.org/jeps/504), so there will be no more applets with the next JDK (JDK 26).
JEP 504: Remove the Applet API has been proposed to target (openjdk.org/jeps/504), so there will be no more applets with the next JDK (JDK 26).
July 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
RIP Java Applets. You made Java popular and helped it grow to what it is today.
JEP 504: Remove the Applet API has been proposed to target (openjdk.org/jeps/504), so there will be no more applets with the next JDK (JDK 26).
JEP 504: Remove the Applet API has been proposed to target (openjdk.org/jeps/504), so there will be no more applets with the next JDK (JDK 26).
Heads up CVE watchers! We just published CVE-2025-48976: Apache Commons FileUpload: DoS via part headers. Pick up version 1.6.0 or 2.0.0-M4 lists.apache.org/thread/fbs3w... #cve #apache #security
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June 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Heads up CVE watchers! We just published CVE-2025-48976: Apache Commons FileUpload: DoS via part headers. Pick up version 1.6.0 or 2.0.0-M4 lists.apache.org/thread/fbs3w... #cve #apache #security
I just backed Arkand & Book of Magic for Free League's Dragonbane RPG on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/119...
Arkand & Book of Magic for Free League's Dragonbane RPG
A double feature for the award-winning Dragonbane RPG – explore the City of Waves and Flames and delve deep into the tomes of magic.
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June 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I just backed Arkand & Book of Magic for Free League's Dragonbane RPG on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/119...
That more good will than I could muster virtualize.sh/blog/ground-...
Ground control to Major Trial
When a $130M aerospace company chooses to endlessly abuse free trials instead of typing git pull, you start to question gravity, or at least common sense.
virtualize.sh
May 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
That more good will than I could muster virtualize.sh/blog/ground-...
Just wow virtualize.sh/blog/ground-...
Ground control to Major Trial
When a $130M aerospace company chooses to endlessly abuse free trials instead of typing git pull, you start to question gravity, or at least common sense.
virtualize.sh
May 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Just wow virtualize.sh/blog/ground-...
A great (and long) visual and text essay on the 75-year anniversary of F1: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/extra/...
F1 at 75
A look back at 75 years of F1 history with Getty images.
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May 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A great (and long) visual and text essay on the 75-year anniversary of F1: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/extra/...
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Apache Commons Collections 4.5.0 is now available from the download CDN and Maven Central. Visit us at commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
Home – Apache Commons Collections
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April 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Apache Commons Collections 4.5.0 is now available from the download CDN and Maven Central. Visit us at commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
Here are the latest Apache Commons releases:
- JXPATH-1.4.0: 2025-04-18
- JEXL-3.5.0: 2025-04-16
- IO-2.19.0: 2025-04-12
- TEXT-1.13.1: 2025-04-10
Come see us: commons.apache.org
- JXPATH-1.4.0: 2025-04-18
- JEXL-3.5.0: 2025-04-16
- IO-2.19.0: 2025-04-12
- TEXT-1.13.1: 2025-04-10
Come see us: commons.apache.org
Apache Commons – Apache Commons
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April 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Here are the latest Apache Commons releases:
- JXPATH-1.4.0: 2025-04-18
- JEXL-3.5.0: 2025-04-16
- IO-2.19.0: 2025-04-12
- TEXT-1.13.1: 2025-04-10
Come see us: commons.apache.org
- JXPATH-1.4.0: 2025-04-18
- JEXL-3.5.0: 2025-04-16
- IO-2.19.0: 2025-04-12
- TEXT-1.13.1: 2025-04-10
Come see us: commons.apache.org
LWN has a nice write on how successfully use FOSS in government lwn.net/Articles/101...
Lessons from open source in the Mexican government [LWN.net]
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April 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
LWN has a nice write on how successfully use FOSS in government lwn.net/Articles/101...
Over at Apache Commons VFS, we published two CVEs:
- CVE-2025-27553: Apache Commons VFS: Possible path traversal issue when using NameScope.DESCENDENT
- CVE-2025-30474: Apache Commons VFS: Failing to find an FTP file can reveal the URI's password in an error message
- CVE-2025-27553: Apache Commons VFS: Possible path traversal issue when using NameScope.DESCENDENT
- CVE-2025-30474: Apache Commons VFS: Failing to find an FTP file can reveal the URI's password in an error message
March 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Over at Apache Commons VFS, we published two CVEs:
- CVE-2025-27553: Apache Commons VFS: Possible path traversal issue when using NameScope.DESCENDENT
- CVE-2025-30474: Apache Commons VFS: Failing to find an FTP file can reveal the URI's password in an error message
- CVE-2025-27553: Apache Commons VFS: Possible path traversal issue when using NameScope.DESCENDENT
- CVE-2025-30474: Apache Commons VFS: Failing to find an FTP file can reveal the URI's password in an error message
I am pleased to announce Apache Commons CSV 1.14.0.
Commons CSV reads and writes files in Comma Separated Value (CSV) format variations.
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Commons CSV reads and writes files in Comma Separated Value (CSV) format variations.
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Home – Apache Commons CSV
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March 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I am pleased to announce Apache Commons CSV 1.14.0.
Commons CSV reads and writes files in Comma Separated Value (CSV) format variations.
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Commons CSV reads and writes files in Comma Separated Value (CSV) format variations.
See commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
The Apache Commons VFS Project team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Commons VFS Project 2.10.0.
Apache Commons VFS is a Virtual File System library for Java 8 or later.
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Apache Commons VFS is a Virtual File System library for Java 8 or later.
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#theASF #ApacheCommons
Commons Virtual File System – Apache Commons VFS
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February 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The Apache Commons VFS Project team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Commons VFS Project 2.10.0.
Apache Commons VFS is a Virtual File System library for Java 8 or later.
commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
#theASF #ApacheCommons
Apache Commons VFS is a Virtual File System library for Java 8 or later.
commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
#theASF #ApacheCommons
The Apache Commons BeanUtils team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Commons BeanUtils 1.10.1.
This is our old-school Java Bean utility library available at commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
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This is our old-school Java Bean utility library available at commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
#theASF #ApacheCommons
Commons – Apache Commons BeanUtils
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February 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Apache Commons BeanUtils team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Commons BeanUtils 1.10.1.
This is our old-school Java Bean utility library available at commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
#theASF #ApacheCommons
This is our old-school Java Bean utility library available at commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
#theASF #ApacheCommons
The Apache Commons team is pleased to announce Apache Commons Logging 1.3.5.
Commons Logging is a thin adapter allowing configurable bridging to other, well-known logging systems.
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Commons Logging is a thin adapter allowing configurable bridging to other, well-known logging systems.
Historical list of changes: commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
Website: commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
Release Notes – Apache Commons Logging
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February 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The Apache Commons team is pleased to announce Apache Commons Logging 1.3.5.
Commons Logging is a thin adapter allowing configurable bridging to other, well-known logging systems.
Historical list of changes: commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
Website: commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
Commons Logging is a thin adapter allowing configurable bridging to other, well-known logging systems.
Historical list of changes: commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
Website: commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
Beware fellow FOSS maintainers: “Outlier. You are doing it wrong,” Potiuk wrote in a LinkedIn post that tagged Outlier. “Please stop all the people who you are tricking into creating AI-generated, completely nonsense issues in many open-source repositories.” from thenewstack.io/ai-is-spammi...
AI Is Spamming Open Source Repos With Fake Issues
A maintainer tracked down an AI company that said the spam was a mistake. But reports suggest the problem is more widespread and growing.
thenewstack.io
February 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Beware fellow FOSS maintainers: “Outlier. You are doing it wrong,” Potiuk wrote in a LinkedIn post that tagged Outlier. “Please stop all the people who you are tricking into creating AI-generated, completely nonsense issues in many open-source repositories.” from thenewstack.io/ai-is-spammi...
The Apache Commons Codec team announces the release of Apache Commons Codec 1.18.0.
Commons Codec contains encodes and decodes Base16, Base32, Base64, digest, and Hexadecimal. The codec package also maintains a collection of phonetic encoding utilities.
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Commons Codec contains encodes and decodes Base16, Base32, Base64, digest, and Hexadecimal. The codec package also maintains a collection of phonetic encoding utilities.
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Home – Apache Commons Codec
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January 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The Apache Commons Codec team announces the release of Apache Commons Codec 1.18.0.
Commons Codec contains encodes and decodes Base16, Base32, Base64, digest, and Hexadecimal. The codec package also maintains a collection of phonetic encoding utilities.
commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
Commons Codec contains encodes and decodes Base16, Base32, Base64, digest, and Hexadecimal. The codec package also maintains a collection of phonetic encoding utilities.
commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
The Apache Commons Pool team announces the release of Apache Commons Pool 2.12.1.
Commons Pool provides an object-pooling API and several object-pool implementations, with robust instance
tracking and pool monitoring.
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Commons Pool provides an object-pooling API and several object-pool implementations, with robust instance
tracking and pool monitoring.
commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
Overview – Apache Commons Pool
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January 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The Apache Commons Pool team announces the release of Apache Commons Pool 2.12.1.
Commons Pool provides an object-pooling API and several object-pool implementations, with robust instance
tracking and pool monitoring.
commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
Commons Pool provides an object-pooling API and several object-pool implementations, with robust instance
tracking and pool monitoring.
commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
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Outlier AI. You are doing it wrong.
Hiring people to post completely nonsenese or copy&pasted issues in reputable open-source repositories - and make maintainers train your AI on it ? not good.
There are 50 such issues in last few days in @airflow repo [1] and counting. More details in [2] […]
Hiring people to post completely nonsenese or copy&pasted issues in reputable open-source repositories - and make maintainers train your AI on it ? not good.
There are 50 such issues in last few days in @airflow repo [1] and counting. More details in [2] […]
Original post on fosstodon.org
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January 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Outlier AI. You are doing it wrong.
Hiring people to post completely nonsenese or copy&pasted issues in reputable open-source repositories - and make maintainers train your AI on it ? not good.
There are 50 such issues in last few days in @airflow repo [1] and counting. More details in [2] […]
Hiring people to post completely nonsenese or copy&pasted issues in reputable open-source repositories - and make maintainers train your AI on it ? not good.
There are 50 such issues in last few days in @airflow repo [1] and counting. More details in [2] […]
The Apache Commons team announces Commons Codec 1.17.2 for #Java
Codec contains encoders and decoders for formats such as Base16, Base32, Base64, digest, and Hexadecimal. The codec package also maintains a collection of phonetic encoding utilities.
See commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
Codec contains encoders and decoders for formats such as Base16, Base32, Base64, digest, and Hexadecimal. The codec package also maintains a collection of phonetic encoding utilities.
See commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
Codec – Home
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January 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The Apache Commons team announces Commons Codec 1.17.2 for #Java
Codec contains encoders and decoders for formats such as Base16, Base32, Base64, digest, and Hexadecimal. The codec package also maintains a collection of phonetic encoding utilities.
See commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
Codec contains encoders and decoders for formats such as Base16, Base32, Base64, digest, and Hexadecimal. The codec package also maintains a collection of phonetic encoding utilities.
See commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
The Apache Commons team is happy to announce Apache Commons 1.13.0.
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Commons Text – Apache Commons Text Changes
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December 13, 2024 at 6:40 PM
The Apache Commons team is happy to announce Apache Commons 1.13.0.
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Great read @sethmlarson.dev !
I've noticed a concerning trend of "slop security reports" being sent to open source projects. Here are thoughts about what platforms, reporters, and maintainers can do to fight back:
#oss #opensource #security #vulnerability #vuln #cve #slop #ai #llm
sethmlarson.dev/slop-securit...
#oss #opensource #security #vulnerability #vuln #cve #slop #ai #llm
sethmlarson.dev/slop-securit...
New era of slop security reports for open source
I'm on the security report triage team for CPython, pip, urllib3, Requests, and a handful of other open source projects.
I'm also in a trusted position such that I get "tagged in" to other open sou...
sethmlarson.dev
December 11, 2024 at 1:52 AM
Great read @sethmlarson.dev !
The Apache Commons DBCP team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Commons DBCP 2.13.0; Java8+
This is a minor release, including bug fixes and enhancements.
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This is a minor release, including bug fixes and enhancements.
Changes: commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
Site: commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
Download: commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
DBCP – Apache Commons DBCP Release Notes
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December 2, 2024 at 6:58 PM
The Apache Commons DBCP team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Commons DBCP 2.13.0; Java8+
This is a minor release, including bug fixes and enhancements.
Changes: commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
Site: commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
Download: commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
This is a minor release, including bug fixes and enhancements.
Changes: commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
Site: commons.apache.org/proper/commo...
Download: commons.apache.org/proper/commo...