Re: [VOTE] 2.8.0 RC0

2021-03-30 Thread John Roesler
Hello again, all, I just wanted to mention that I am aware of Justin's concerns in the 2.6.2 thread: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2df54c11c10d3d38443054998bc7dd92d34362641733c2fb7c579b50%40%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E I plan to make sure we address these concerns before the actual 2.8.0

[VOTE] 2.8.0 RC0

2021-03-30 Thread John Roesler
Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, This is the first candidate for release of Apache Kafka 2.8.0. This is a major release that includes many new features, including: * Early-access release of replacing Zookeeper with a self- managed quorum * Add Describe Cluster API * Support