Hello Kudu devs! The Apache Kudu team is happy to announce the first release candidate for Apache Kudu 1.14.0.
Apache Kudu 1.14.0 is a minor release that offers many improvements and fixes since Apache Kudu 1.13.0. This is a source-only release. The artifacts have been staged here: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kudu/1.14.0-RC1/ <https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kudu/1.13.0-RC1/> Java convenience binaries in the form of a Maven repository are staged here: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachekudu-1088 Linux and macOS test-only Kudu binary JAR artifacts are staged here: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachekudu-1089 It is tagged in Git as 1.14.0-RC1 and the corresponding hash is the following: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=kudu.git;a=commit;h=f9a1c3b2bae482ec1f44f78eea7c96c01455c20a The WIP release notes can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GFBOfPYW_fx2PfUES5NskFPd3Q6PiNoHj44u82b7EBI/edit# The KEYS file to verify the artifact signatures can be found here: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/kudu/KEYS Some common release validations include building Kudu, and running the unit tests on your platforms and environments. Additionally it is worth running Kudu Java tests against kudu-binary JAR artifact as described in the commit message here: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=kudu.git;a=commit;h=8a6faaa93f3e206ac75e8087731daccaf7ab646a The vote will run until a majority[1] is achieved, but at least until Monday January 25th, which is a bit over the suggested 72 hours due to the weekend, to give everyone a chance to review this release candidate and vote. Thank You, Grant [1] https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html#ReleaseVotes
