Hello Kudu devs! The Apache Kudu team is happy to announce the second release candidate for Apache Kudu 1.15.0.
Apache Kudu 1.15.0 is a minor release that offers many improvements and fixes since Apache Kudu 1.14.0. This is a source-only release. The artifacts have been staged here: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kudu/1.15.0-RC2/ Branch: branch-1.15.x Java convenience binaries in the form of a Maven repository are staged here: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachekudu-1092/ Linux test-only Kudu binary JAR artifacts are staged here: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachekudu-1093/ MacOS test-only Kudu binary JAR artifacts are staged here: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachekudu-1094/ It is tagged in Git as 1.15.0-RC2 and the corresponding hash is the following: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=kudu.git;a=commit;h=64619147e7932518bb88b3f3f719d9c27cfdae68 The Release Notes notes can be found here: https://github.com/apache/kudu/blob/branch-1.15.x/docs/release_notes.adoc 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 using `-PuseBinJar=<version>` 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 Tuesday June 15th 2021, to give everyone a chance to review this release candidate and vote. Thank You, Bankim. [1] https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html#ReleaseVotes
