Thanks Manikumar for running this release I verified the signatures All tests passed without failures. We've also been running this release for a few days in a couple of environments without any issues.
+1 (binding) On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 3:14 PM Manikumar <manikumar.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Successful Jenkins builds for the 2.4 branch: > Unit/integration tests: > https://builds.apache.org/blue/organizations/jenkins/kafka-2.4-jdk8/detail/kafka-2.4-jdk8/106/ > System tests: > http://confluent-kafka-2-4-system-test-results.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/2019-12-12--001.1576143096--confluentinc--2.4--9a7f26d/report.html > > > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 11:02 PM Manikumar <manikumar.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > > > This is the fifth candidate for release of Apache Kafka 2.4.0. > > > > 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-rc4/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > > > *** Please download, test and vote by Thursday, December 12, 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-rc4/ > > > > * 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-rc4/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-rc4 > > > > * Documentation: > > https://kafka.apache.org/24/documentation.html > > > > * Protocol: > > https://kafka.apache.org/24/protocol.html > > > > Thanks, > > Manikumar > >
