Hi All, Thanks you for testing RC0. The following blocker issues were fixed after RC0.
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-9196 https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/7691 I am canceling RC0 VOTE and will create new RC soon. Thanks, Manikumar On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 11:51 PM Manikumar <manikumar.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > This is the first candidate for release of Apache Kafka 2.4.0. > There is work in progress for couple blockers PRs. I am publishing RC0 to > avoid further delays in testing the release. > > This release includes many new features, including: > - Allow consumers to fetch from closest replica > - Support for incremental cooperative rebalancing to the consumer > rebalance protocol > - MirrorMaker 2.0 (MM2), a new multi-cluster, cross-datacenter replication > engine > - New Java authorizer Interface > - Support for non-key joining in KTable > - Administrative API for replica reassignment > - Sticky partitioner > - Return topic metadata and configs in CreateTopics response > - Securing Internal connect REST endpoints > - API to delete consumer offsets and expose it via the AdminClient. > > Release notes for the 2.4.0 release: > https://home.apache.org/~manikumar/kafka-2.4.0-rc0/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > *** Please download, test by Thursday, November 20, 9am PT > > Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: > https://kafka.apache.org/KEYS > > * Release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary): > https://home.apache.org/~manikumar/kafka-2.4.0-rc0/ > > * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: > https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ > > * Javadoc: > https://home.apache.org/~manikumar/kafka-2.4.0-rc0/javadoc/ > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 2.4 branch) is the 2.4.0 tag: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/2.4.0-rc0 > > * Documentation: > https://kafka.apache.org/24/documentation.html > > * Protocol: > https://kafka.apache.org/24/protocol.html > > Thanks, > Manikumar >
