Hi, This is the eigth candidate for the first incubator release for Apache Kafka, version 0.7.0-incubating. Based on the feedback from the general incubator list (http://markmail.org/message/bkkfwjexr7ixmh5b?q=Feedback+kafka+0%2E7%2E0+list:org%2Eapache%2Eincubator%2Egeneral), the only changes from the last candidate are the NOTICE and LICENSE files.
It also fixes the following issues: http://people.apache.org/~nehanarkhede/kafka-0.7.0-incubating-candidate-8/RELEASE-NOTES.html *** Please download, test and vote by Dec 19th, 11 am Note that we are voting upon the source tag. Release artifacts: http://people.apache.org/~nehanarkhede/kafka-0.7.0-incubating-candidate-8/ The SVN tag to be voted upon: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/kafka/tags/kafka-0.7.0-incubating-candidate-8 Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/kafka/KEYS Note that the Incubator PMC needs to vote upon the release after a successful PPMC vote before any release can be made official. Thanks, Neha