Hello! This is to bump the 4.2.0 thread to the top of the mailing list!
The KIP freeze date is 1 week from today on the 29th of October. Please ensure that you have the required number of binding votes for your KIP by that date if you would like it included in 4.2.0. Best, Christo On Thu, 2 Oct 2025 at 15:08, Mickael Maison <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I think moving code freeze to December 10 makes sense. > Many people will be off the last 2 weeks of December, so it's best to > not have deadlines then. > > Thanks, > Mickael > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM Christo Lolov <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello! > > > > Thanks for the review! > > > > I am okay with pulling all dates by 2 weeks earlier in time (barring the > > 7th of January one). If there are no objections to the new dates I will > > update them in the plan tomorrow! > > > > Best, > > Christo > > > > On Thu, 2 Oct 2025 at 07:14, Ismael Juma <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Christo, > > > > > > Thanks for managing the release and for the proposed release plan. > > > > > > Given our desire to ship every 4 months, I think the proposed dates should > > > be shifted a bit. The original plan was for 4.1 to ship in mid July and > > > for > > > 4.2 to ship in mid November. The former eventually shipped on September > > > 2nd > > > and with the current plan would probably result in 4.2 shipping in late > > > January/early February. Given where we are, I would suggest something > > > like: > > > > > > KIP Freeze: October 29 (Wednesday) > > > Feature Freeze: November 19 (Wednesday) > > > Code Freeze: December 10 (Wednesday) > > > At least four weeks of stabilization will follow Code Freeze (taking > > > holidays into account), meaning we expect to release no earlier than > > > January 7 2026. > > > > > > Ideally, we'd get RC0 out before the holiday break and then complete the > > > release by early/mid January. > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > Ismael > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 6:09 AM Christo Lolov <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > > > I would like to volunteer to be the release manager for the Apache Kafka > > > > 4.2.0 release. > > > > > > > > If no one has any objections, you can find a proposed release plan at > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Release+Plan+4.2.0. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Christo > > > > > > >
