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In December, we released xml-commons-external-1.4.01 (JAXP 1.4), xml-commons-external-1.3.05 (JAXP 1.3) and xml-commons-external-1.2.06 (JAXP 1.2). These were the first releases from XML Commons since 2006. The JAXP 1.4 APIs will be bundled with Xerces-J 2.10.0. Some new bug reports have been coming in for the XML Commons Resolver which should be investigated.
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Boris Kolpackov was formally added to the PMC in December. The vote occurred in 2008 but seems we forgot to send the result to the board for acknowledgment at the time.