I've announced RC2 on a different thread entitled "[VOTE] 2.6.0 RC2" (see https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc8a3aa6986204adbb9ff326b8de849b3c8bac5b6b2b436e8143afea9%40%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E). Please use that thread to highlight any blockers with that release candidate.
Best regards, Randall On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 12:55 PM Randall Hauch <rha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, John. Looks like we're still trying to get a green build for > https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/9066. > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 3:46 PM John Roesler <vvcep...@apache.org> wrote: > >> Hi Randall, >> >> I'm sorry to say we have also identified that this flaky test >> failure turned out to be a real blocker bug: >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-10287 >> >> There is a PR in progress. >> >> Thanks, >> -John >> >> On Fri, Jul 24, 2020, at 12:26, Matthias J. Sax wrote: >> > We found a regression bug that seems to be a blocker: >> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-10306 >> > >> > Will work on a PR today. >> > >> > >> > -Matthias >> > >> > On 7/22/20 9:40 AM, Randall Hauch wrote: >> > > Any thoughts, Rajini? >> > > >> > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 9:55 PM Randall Hauch <rha...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > > >> > >> >> > >> When I was checking the documentation for RC1 after the tag was >> pushed, I >> > >> noticed that the fix Rajini mentioned in the RC0 vote thread ( >> > >> https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/8979 >> > >> < >> https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/8979/files#diff-369f0debebfcda6709beeaf11612b34bR20-R21 >> >) >> > >> and merged to the `2.6` branch includes the following comment about >> being >> > >> deprecated in 2.7: >> > >> >> https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/8979/files#diff-369f0debebfcda6709beeaf11612b34bR20-R21 >> > >> . >> > >> >> > >> Rajini, can you please check the commits merged to the `2.6` do not >> have >> > >> the reference to 2.7? Since these are JavaDocs, I'm assuming that >> we'll >> > >> need to cut RC2. >> > >> >> > >> But it'd be good for everyone else to double check this release. >> > >> >> > >> Best regards, >> > >> >> > >> Randall Hauch >> > >> >> > >> On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 9:50 PM Randall Hauch <rha...@apache.org> >> wrote: >> > >> >> > >>> Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, >> > >>> >> > >>> This is the second candidate for release of Apache Kafka 2.6.0. >> This is a >> > >>> major release that includes many new features, including: >> > >>> >> > >>> * TLSv1.3 has been enabled by default for Java 11 or newer. >> > >>> * Smooth scaling out of Kafka Streams applications >> > >>> * Kafka Streams support for emit on change >> > >>> * New metrics for better operational insight >> > >>> * Kafka Connect can automatically create topics for source >> connectors >> > >>> * Improved error reporting options for sink connectors in Kafka >> Connect >> > >>> * New Filter and conditional SMTs in Kafka Connect >> > >>> * The default value for the `client.dns.lookup` configuration is >> > >>> now `use_all_dns_ips` >> > >>> * Upgrade Zookeeper to 3.5.8 >> > >>> >> > >>> This release also includes a few other features, 76 improvements, >> and 165 >> > >>> bug fixes. >> > >>> >> > >>> Release notes for the 2.6.0 release: >> > >>> https://home.apache.org/~rhauch/kafka-2.6.0-rc1/RELEASE_NOTES.html >> > >>> >> > >>> *** Please download, test and vote by Monday, July 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/~rhauch/kafka-2.6.0-rc1/ >> > >>> >> > >>> * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: >> > >>> >> https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ >> > >>> >> > >>> * Javadoc: >> > >>> https://home.apache.org/~rhauch/kafka-2.6.0-rc1/javadoc/ >> > >>> >> > >>> * Tag to be voted upon (off 2.6 branch) is the 2.6.0 tag: >> > >>> https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/2.6.0-rc1 >> > >>> >> > >>> * Documentation: >> > >>> https://kafka.apache.org/26/documentation.html >> > >>> >> > >>> * Protocol: >> > >>> https://kafka.apache.org/26/protocol.html >> > >>> >> > >>> * Successful Jenkins builds for the 2.6 branch: >> > >>> Unit/integration tests: >> https://builds.apache.org/job/kafka-2.6-jdk8/91/ (one >> > >>> flaky test) >> > >>> System tests: (link to follow) >> > >>> >> > >>> Thanks, >> > >>> Randall Hauch >> > >>> >> > >> >> > > >> > >> > >> > Attachments: >> > * signature.asc >> >
