Hi, I'm happy to announce that we have unanimously approved this release.
There are 4 approving votes, 3 of which are binding: - Ivan Khanas (non-binding) - Andor Molnar (binding) - Patrick Hunt (binding) - Szalay-Beko Mate (binding) There are no disapproving votes. I will promote the artifacts and complete the release procedure. Thanks to every one who contributed to this great release ! Andor > On Oct 30, 2026, at 3:46 AM, Szalay-Bekő Máté <[email protected]> > wrote: > > +1 (binding) > > I skipped the OWASP test (expecting it to break). > > note: some java unit tests now require java 11+ to run, which I think is > fine, but it wasn't the case in previous 3.9 releases: > - ZKTrustManagerTest > - SSLHostnameVerificationTest > - QuorumCanonicalizeTest > - StaticHostProviderTest > > I did the following tests for the release candidate: > - verified checksum and gpg signature of the artifacts > - I built the source code (incl. the C-client, using -Pfull-build) on > Ubuntu 22.04.5 using OpenJDK 8u402, maven 3.9.6 and GCC version 11.4.0 > - all the java unit tests passed for me > - all the C-client tests passed too > - I also built and executed unit tests for zkpython > - I also built the java code (without -Pfull-build) using other JDK > versions: 11.0.28, 17.0.16, 21.0.8, 23.0.2 (but didn't run the tests this > time, just used 'clean install -DskipTests') > - checkstyle and spotbugs passed > - apache-rat passed > - fatjar built > - I executed quick rolling-upgrade tests without SSL (using > https://github.com/symat/zk-rolling-upgrade-test): > - rolling upgrade from 3.6.4 to 3.8.8 RC0 > - rolling upgrade from 3.7.2 to 3.8.8 RC0 > - rolling upgrade from 3.8.7 to 3.8.8 RC0 > - rolling upgrade from 3.8.8 RC0 to 3.9.7 RC0 > - rolling upgrade from 3.8.8 RC0 to 3.9.6 > - I am not sure if it is still relevant, but I checked the uploaded > documentation ( > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.8.8-candidate-1/website/index.html > ) > - compared generated release notes ( > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.8.8-candidate-1/website/releasenotes.html) > with Jira ( > https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310801&version=12357528 > ) > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2026 at 7:16 PM Andor Molnár <[email protected]> wrote: > >> One more binding vote is needed for both releases and the vote ends >> tomorrow. >> >> May I ask somebody from the PMC to cast a vote before the deadline, so >> that I can move forward with the releases. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Andor >> >> >> >>> On Oct 26, 2026, at 8:57 AM, Patrick Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> +1 - xsums/sigs verify, was able to build successfully and the license >>> files look ok. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 2:16 PM Andor Molnár <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> This is a release candidate for 3.8.8 >>>> This is a minor release with bug- and security fixes. >>>> >>>> The full release notes is available at: >>>> >>>> >>>> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310801&version=12357528 >>>> >>>> *** Please download, test and vote by October 30th 2026, 23:59 UTC+0. >> *** >>>> >>>> Source files: >>>> >>>> >> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.8.8-candidate-1/ >>>> >>>> Maven staging repo: >>>> >> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachezookeeper-1120/ >>>> >>>> The release candidate tag in git to be voted upon: release-3.8.8-1 >>>> https://github.com/apache/zookeeper/tree/release-3.8.8-1 >>>> >>>> ZooKeeper's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: >>>> https://www.apache.org/dist/zookeeper/KEYS >>>> >>>> The staging version of the website is: >>>> >>>> >> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.8.8-candidate-1/website/index.html >>>> >>>> >>>> Should we release this candidate? >>>> >>>> Andor >>>> >>>> >> >>
