We typically only share the release notes and let people figure out what matters to them. It is up to the release manager to decide whether there is something important to highlight or not.
I agree that testing the upgrade path is pretty important. If you have tried, feel free to report back with either success or failure (hopefully success). -Flavio > On 06 May 2016, at 09:53, Enrico Olivelli <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maybe it would be useful to draft a "news and noteworthy" page to summarize > changes. > > My primary concern is about the upgrade from 4.3.X to 4.4.0 > > Other interesting changes for me > > Upgrading: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-870 Change the default > value for bookie settings. > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-810 Allow to configure TCP > connect timeout > > New API: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-793 Move to Java7 > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-880 Make LedgerHandle > implement AutoCloseable > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-867 New Client API to > allow applications pass-in EntryId > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-886 Allow to disable > ledgers operation throttling > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-879 Record ledger creation > time > > New docs: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-801 Bookkeeper client > tutorial > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-803 Guide for making a > replicated log out of ledgers > > Other notable enhancements: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-855 handle session expire > event in bookie > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-901 Add an authentication > framework > > > 2016-05-05 18:49 GMT+02:00 Matteo Merli <[email protected]>: > >> This is the first release candidate for Apache BookKeeper, version 4.4.0. >> >> It fixes the following issues: >> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12311293&version=12325566 >> >> *** Please download, test and vote by May 10th 2016, 10:00 GMT. >> >> Note that we are voting upon the source (tag), binaries are provided for >> convenience. >> >> Source and binary files: >> >> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/bookkeeper/bookkeeper-4.4.0-candidate-0/ >> >> Maven staging repo: >> >> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachebookkeeper-1010/ >> >> The tag to be voted upon: >> release-4.4.0 (8bb39b187d1b681cf88651b825933d046545d34d) >> >> BookKeeper's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: >> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/bookkeeper/KEYS >> >> Please download the the source package, and follow the README to build >> and run a bookkeeper service. >> >> Thank you, >> Matteo >>
