Thanks Gwen and Ismael. On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 6:52 PM Gwen Shapira <g...@confluent.io> wrote:
> Kafka follows a "fully compatible model" and new features are always > optional. We have extensive compatibility testing to make sure rolling > upgrades are safe and painless. > This investment in compatibility allows us to reduce the effort needed in > maintaining old versions (Security CVE is the obvious exception, as well as > data-loss bugs). > > Not every OSS project has the same model, but it has worked for Kafka for > years now (since the awful upgrade from 0.7 to 0.8 in 2014). > > Gwen > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 10:40 AM Gokul Ramanan Subramanian < > gokul24...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I agree that is an option, but is there any reason to not have a 2.3.2 > and > > 2.4.2 released? If so, it would be nice to know about these reasons. > > Appreciate your time on this. > > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 6:35 PM Ismael Juma <ism...@juma.me.uk> wrote: > > > > > I think there's some confusion here. You can upgrade to AK 2.5.0 and > > > completely ignore ZK and TLS. It's completely optional. > > > > > > Ismael > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 10:20 AM Gokul Ramanan Subramanian < > > > gokul24...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Any updates on Kafka 2.3.2 and 2.4.2? Given the complexity of > migrating > > > > from non-encrypted TLS to encrypted TLS connection for ZooKeeper, it > > > would > > > > be nice to have a bug-free version of 2.3 and 2.4. > > > > > > > > Is there a technical reason why we hesitate to get these versions > out? > > Or > > > > is it that no one has got around to it? > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 3:19 PM Sankalp Bhatia < > > > sankalpbhati...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thanks Ismael for the response. > > > > > > > > > > For our clusters running 2.3.1 and 2.4.1, we saw some issues which > > had > > > > > 2.3.2 and 2.4.2 as the fix versions. I looked at 2.5.0 but since it > > > > > introduces some major changes like support for ZK encryption and a > > few > > > > > others, I was wondering if we should choose a smaller upgrade in > such > > > > cases > > > > > as we don't really require the new features in 2.5 and above right > > now. > > > > > > > > > > - > > > > > Sankalp > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 at 14:23, Ismael Juma <ism...@juma.me.uk> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Sankalp, > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there a reason why you cannot upgrade to Apache Kafka 2.5.0 > > > instead? > > > > > We > > > > > > are working on the 2.5.1 release, which would be the recommended > > > > release. > > > > > > > > > > > > Ismael > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 6:18 AM Sankalp Bhatia < > > > > > sankalpbhati...@gmail.com> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I would like to know if there are any plans to release a 2.3.2 > > and > > > > > 2.4.2 > > > > > > > versions for Apache Kafka in the near future. I see there are > > some > > > > > issues > > > > > > > marked as fixed in these two versions > > > > > > > (https://tinyurl.com/ycdpz5cb). > > > > > > > However, I could not find a branch/tag corresponding to these > > > > versions > > > > > in > > > > > > > the github repository (https://github.com/apache/kafka). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, It would be great if someone can help me understand or > > share > > > > any > > > > > > > documentation around the release processes (specifically on > when > > we > > > > > > decide > > > > > > > to release a new bug fix version like the ones mentioned > above.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > Sankalp > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Gwen Shapira > Engineering Manager | Confluent > 650.450.2760 | @gwenshap > Follow us: Twitter | blog >
