Prepare for the next release candidate

Author: garydgregory

NOTICE.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Apache Commons Parent
-Copyright 2006-2026 The Apache Software Foundation
+Copyright 2006-2025 The Apache Software Foundation
 
 This product includes software developed at
 The Apache Software Foundation (https://www.apache.org/).

README.md

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Apache Commons Parent
 
 [![Java CI](https://github.com/apache/commons-parent/actions/workflows/maven.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apache/commons-parent/actions/workflows/maven.yml)
 [![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/org.apache.commons/commons-parent?label=Maven%20Central)](https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.apache.commons/commons-parent)
-[![Javadocs](https://javadoc.io/badge/org.apache.commons/commons-parent/93.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.commons/commons-parent/93)
+[![Javadocs](https://javadoc.io/badge/org.apache.commons/commons-parent/94.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.commons/commons-parent/94)
 [![CodeQL](https://github.com/apache/commons-parent/actions/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apache/commons-parent/actions/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml)
 [![OpenSSF Scorecard](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/apache/commons-parent/badge)](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/apache/commons-parent)
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Alternatively, you can pull it from the central Maven repositories:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
   <artifactId>commons-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>93</version>
+  <version>94</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 

RELEASE-NOTES.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,42 @@
+Apache Commons Parent 94 Release Notes
+--------------------------------------
+
+The Apache Commons Parent team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Commons Parent 94.
+
+The Apache Commons Parent POM provides common settings for all Apache Commons components.
+
+This is a feature and maintenance release. Java 8 or later is required.
+
+Fixed Bugs
+----------
+*                   Fix the benchmark profile to generate `test-classes/META-INF/BenchmarkList`. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
+
+Changes
+-------
+*                   Bump minimalMavenBuildVersion from 3.6.3 to 3.8.1. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
+*                   Bump org.codehaus.mojo:taglist-maven-plugin from 3.2.1 to 3.2.2. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
+*                   Bump com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-maven-plugin from 4.9.8.1 to 4.9.8.2. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
+*                   Bump org.codehaus.mojo:versions-maven-plugin from 2.19.1 to 2.20.1. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
+*                   Bump com.github.siom79.japicmp:japicmp-maven-plugin from 0.24.2 to 0.25.1. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
+*                   Bump net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-* from 7.18.0 to 7.19.0. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
+*                   Bump maven-assembly-plugin from 3.7.1 to 3.8.0. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
+*                   Bump com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle from 12.1.2 to 12.3.0 #687. Thanks to Gary Gregory, Dependabot.
+*                   Bump org.ow2.asm:asm from 9.9 to 9.9.1. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
+*                   Bump biz.aQute.bnd:biz.aQute.bndlib from 7.1.0 to 7.2.0 on Java 17 and up. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
+*                   Bump org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin from 3.6.2 to 3.6.3. Thanks to Gary Gregory.
+
+
+Historical list of changes: https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-parent/changes.html
+
+For complete information on Apache Commons Parent, including instructions on how to submit bug reports,
+patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache Commons Parent website:
+
+https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-parent/
+
+Enjoy!
+Apache Commons Team
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Apache Commons Parent 93 Release Notes
 --------------------------------------
 

src/changes/changes.xml

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
     The changes report outputs actions in the order they appear in this file.
      -->
     <body>
-      <release version="94" date="YYYY-MM-DD" description="This is a feature and maintenance release. Java 8 or later is required.">
+      <release version="94" date="2025-12-30" description="This is a feature and maintenance release. Java 8 or later is required.">
         <!-- FIX -->
         <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Fix the benchmark profile to generate `test-classes/META-INF/BenchmarkList`.</action>
         <!-- ADD -->