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                          Apache Commons Release Plugin
+                                  Version 1.6
+                                 Release Notes
+
+INTRODUCTION
+============
+This document contains the release notes for the 1.6 version of Apache commons-release-plugin.
+The commons-release-plugin is meant to be a mechanism for automating The Apache Commons Project's
+release process.
+
+The Apache Commons Release Plugin is a collection of Java based Maven mojos for Apache Commons
+Release process. These mojos are intended to be used as a collection of steps to be strung
+together for the purpose of removing the manual steps required to produce an Apache Commons Release.
+
+
+Changes in this version include:
+
+NEW FEATURES
+============
+o COMMONSSITE-128:  Release plugin cleans up staging area before staging
+
+
+CHANGES
+=======
+o Update Apache Commons Codec from 1.11 to 1.12.
+
+=============================================================================
+
+                         Apache Commons Release Plugin
                                   Version 1.5
                                  Release Notes
 
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+                         Apache Commons Release Plugin
+                                  Version 1.6
+                                 Release Notes
+
+INTRODUCTION
+============
+This document contains the release notes for the 1.6 version of Apache commons-release-plugin.
+The commons-release-plugin is meant to be a mechanism for automating The Apache Commons Project's
+release process.
+
+The Apache Commons Release Plugin is a collection of Java based Maven mojos for Apache Commons
+Release process. These mojos are intended to be used as a collection of steps to be strung
+together for the purpose of removing the manual steps required to produce an Apache Commons Release.
+
+
+Changes in this version include:
+
+NEW FEATURES
+============
+o COMMONSSITE-128:  Release plugin cleans up staging area before staging
+
+
+CHANGES
+=======
+o Update Apache Commons Codec from 1.11 to 1.12.
+
+=============================================================================
+
+                         Apache Commons Release Plugin
+                                  Version 1.5
+                                 Release Notes
+
+INTRODUCTION
+============
+This document contains the release notes for the 1.5 version of Apache commons-release-plugin.
+The commons-release-plugin is meant to be a mechanism for automating The Apache Commons Project's
+release process.
+
+The Apache Commons Release Plugin is a collection of Java based Maven mojos for Apache Commons
+Release process. These mojos are intended to be used as a collection of steps to be strung
+together for the purpose of removing the manual steps required to produce an Apache Commons Release.
+
+
+Changes in this version include:
+
+NEW FEATURES
+============
+o COMMONSSITE-123:  introduce configuration parameter to perfom distribution checkin using Maven settings server credentials
+
+FIXED BUGS
+==========
+o ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegate, accommodate for artifactIds ending in numbers
+o ReadmeHtmlVelocityDelegate, bcel's artifactId != commons-bcel, but is just bcel
+o COMMONSSITE-122:  stage-distributions mojo assumes site directory has basename 'site'
+
+CHANGES
+=======
+o vote-txt, use github as opposed to git-wip
+o Drop sha-256 and leave sha-512 only
+o commons.jacoco.version: 0.8.0 -> 0.8.2; java 11 compatibility
+
+=============================================================================
+
+                         Apache Commons Release Plugin
+                                  Version 1.4
+                                 Release Notes
+
+FIXED BUGS
+==========
+o Check the result of checking out files from the SCM.
+
+CHANGES
+=======
+o Better error message when files cannot be checked in to the SCM.
+o COMMONSSITE-120: [release-plugin] Use SHA-256 and SHA-512, not MD5, not SHA-1.
+o Update Apache Commons Compress from 1.17 to 1.18.
+
+
+=============================================================================
+
+                         Apache Commons Release Plugin
+                                  Version 1.3
+                                 Release Notes
+
+NEW FEATURES
+============
+o COMMONSSITE-112:  Add a vote.txt file.
+o COMMONSSITE-108:  Adding README.html and HEADER.html to staged release
+
+
+CHANGES
+=======
+o COMMONSSITE-117: Remove md5 signatures from release artifacts.
+o COMMONSSITE-113: Put unpacked site in scm dev dist directory for navigating purposes.
+o Update platform requirement from Java 7 to Java 8.
+
+
+=============================================================================
+
+                         Apache Commons Release Plugin
+                                  Version 1.2
+                                 Release Notes
+
+FIXED BUGS
+==========
+
+o COMMONSSITE-107: Adding ./target/commons-release-plugin/scm/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+                   to svn as opposed to ./RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+
+
+=============================================================================
+
+                         Apache Commons Release Plugin
+                                  Version 1.1
+                                 Release Notes
+
+NEW FEATURES
+============
+
+o COMMONSSITE-98:  Making the project more multi-module compatible
+
+FIXED BUGS
+==========
+
+o COMMONSSITE-104: Sha1 signature files now reflect actual signatures.
+o COMMONSSITE-102: Commons Release Plugin doesn't work with Commons Release Plugin
+o COMMONSSITE-101: Make -Dcommons.release.dryRun=true our commit toggle
+
+
+
+=============================================================================
+
+                         Apache Commons Release Plugin
+                                  Version 1.0
+                                 Release Notes
+
+NEW FEATURES
+============
+
+o COMMONSSITE-96:   Create commons-release-component project skeleton.
+o COMMONSSITE-99:   Prepare Standard Build integrations, travis, jacoco, checkstyle, etc.
+o COMMONSSITE-97:   Documentation for commons-release-plugin.
+
+
+Historical list of changes: http://commons.apache.org/release-plugin/changes-report.html
+
+For complete information on the Apache commons-release-plugin, including instructions on how
+to submit bug reports, patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache commons-release-plugin's
+website:
+
+http://commons.apache.org/release-plugin/
+
+Have fun!
+-Apache Commons Release Plugin team
+