| [rdf4j-dev] RDF4J 6.0.0 Milestone build and next steps |
Hi everyone, Just a quick reminder that the RDF4J 6.0.0-M1 milestone build is available for testing: https://rdf4j.org/news/2026/04/24/rdf4j-6.0.0-milestone-1/ This is an early milestone build for the upcoming RDF4J 6.0.0 release, and we would appreciate feedback from downstream users and contributors before the final release. The M1 build includes a substantial amount of modernization work, including: - the move to Java 25 on the develop branch; - migration to Jakarta EE; - major dependency updates, including Spring/Spring Boot, Jetty, Lucene, Elasticsearch, and Jackson 3.1; - removal of Apache HttpComponents 4 dependencies; - a new HTTP client abstraction/facade with pluggable client implementations; - LMDB store improvements, including a new extensible ID scheme and embedded literal values; We are planning another milestone build this week, followed by the final RDF4J 6.0.0 release by the end of the month. Cheers, Håvard |