Hello again, all. This is a notice that we are now in Code Freeze for the 2.8 branch.
>From now until the release, only fixes for blockers should be merged to the >release branch. Fixes for failing tests are allowed and encouraged. >Documentation-only commits are also ok, in case you have forgotten to update >the docs for some features in 2.8.0. Once we have a green build and passing system tests, I will cut the first RC. Thank you, John On Sun, Feb 7, 2021, at 09:59, John Roesler wrote: > Hello all, > > I have just cut the branch for 2.8 and sent the notification > email to the dev mailing list. > > As a reminder, the next checkpoint toward the 2.8.0 release > is Code Freeze on Feb 17th. > > To ensure a high-quality release, we should now focus our > efforts on stabilizing the 2.8 branch, including resolving > failures, writing new tests, and fixing documentation. > > Thanks as always for your contributions, > John > > > On Wed, 2021-02-03 at 14:18 -0600, John Roesler wrote: > > Hello again, all, > > > > This is a reminder that today is the Feature Freeze > > deadline. To avoid any last-minute crunch or time-zone > > unfairness, I'll cut the branch toward the end of the week. > > > > Please wrap up your features and transition fully into a > > stabilization mode. The next checkpoint is Code Freeze on > > Feb 17th. > > > > Thanks as always for all of your contributions, > > John > > > > On Wed, 2021-01-27 at 12:17 -0600, John Roesler wrote: > > > Hello again, all. > > > > > > This is a reminder that *today* is the KIP freeze for Apache > > > Kafka 2.8.0. > > > > > > The next checkpoint is the Feature Freeze on Feb 3rd. > > > > > > When considering any last-minute KIPs today, please be > > > mindful of the scope, since we have only one week to merge a > > > stable implementation of the KIP. > > > > > > For those whose KIPs have been accepted already, please work > > > closely with your reviewers so that your features can be > > > merged in a stable form in before the Feb 3rd cutoff. Also, > > > don't forget to update the documentation as part of your > > > feature. > > > > > > Finally, as a gentle reminder to all contributors. There > > > seems to have been a recent increase in test and system test > > > failures. Please take some time starting now to stabilize > > > the codebase so we can ensure a high quality and timely > > > 2.8.0 release! > > > > > > Thanks to all of you for your contributions, > > > John > > > > > > On Sat, 2021-01-23 at 18:15 +0300, Ivan Ponomarev wrote: > > > > Hi John, > > > > > > > > KIP-418 is already implemented and reviewed, but I don't see it in the > > > > release plan. Can it be added? > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-418%3A+A+method-chaining+way+to+branch+KStream > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Ivan > > > > > > > > 22.01.2021 21:49, John Roesler пишет: > > > > > Sure thing, Leah! > > > > > -John > > > > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2021, at 07:54, Leah Thomas wrote: > > > > > > Hi John, > > > > > > > > > > > > KIP-659 was just accepted as well, can it be added to the release > > > > > > plan? > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-659%3A+Improve+TimeWindowedDeserializer+and+TimeWindowedSerde+to+handle+window+size > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Leah > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 9:36 AM John Roesler <vvcep...@apache.org> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi David, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the heads-up; it's added. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2021-01-14 at 08:43 +0100, David Jacot wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi John, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > KIP-700 just got accepted. Can we add it to the release plan? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-700%3A+Add+Describe+Cluster+API > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 11:22 PM John Roesler > > > > > > > > <vvcep...@apache.org> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, Gary! Sorry for the oversight. > > > > > > > > > -John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2021-01-13 at 21:25 +0000, Gary Russell wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Can you add a link to the summary page [1]? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I always start there. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [1]: > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Future+release+plan > > > > > > > > > > Future release plan - Apache Kafka - Apache Software > > > > > > > > > > Foundation< > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Future+release+plan> > > > > > > > > > > Release Plan 0.10.0; Release Plan 0.10.1; Release Plan > > > > > > > > > > 0.10.2.0; > > > > > > > Release > > > > > > > > > Plan 0.10.2.2; Release Plan 0.11.0.0; Release Plan 0.11.0.3; > > > > > > > > > Release > > > > > > > Plan > > > > > > > > > 1.0.0 (2017 Oct.) > > > > > > > > > > cwiki.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > From: John Roesler <vvcep...@apache.org> > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 4:11 PM > > > > > > > > > > To: dev@kafka.apache.org <dev@kafka.apache.org> > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Apache Kafka 2.8.0 release > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello again, all, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have published a release plan at > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcwiki.apache.org%2Fconfluence%2Fpages%2Fviewpage.action%3FpageId%3D173081737&data=04%7C01%7Cgrussell%40vmware.com%7C6bb299de16bf4730c73608d8b8079404%7Cb39138ca3cee4b4aa4d6cd83d9dd62f0%7C0%7C0%7C637461689989420036%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=8RfiDJZRr%2BZ1S46I5ZrHRyNOEKiBzjHYlxD4AnAb8p8%3D&reserved=0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have included all the KIPs that are currently approved, > > > > > > > > > > but I am happy to make adjustments as necessary. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The KIP freeze is Jan 27th. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please let me know if you have any objections. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > -John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2021-01-06 at 23:30 -0600, John Roesler wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'd like to volunteer to be the release manager for our > > > > > > > > > > > next > > > > > > > > > > > feature release, 2.8.0. If there are no objections, I'll > > > > > > > > > > > send out the release plan soon. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > John Roesler > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
