I'm also +1 (binding) given that: * I ran the release and generated RC2. * Verified all checksums and signatures. * Built and installed 3.0.0 RC2 from the source archive and the git tag. * Spotchecked the Javadocs of RC2. * Went through the documentation of 3.0.0 after RC2.
I confirm the minor differences in the documentation mentioned by Bill and Randall and I agree that these can be addressed directly to the docs repo and added to the source code as a follow-up in the 3.0 branch without requiring a new RC. I'll do that while promoting RC2 as the official 3.0.0 release. Konstantine On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 12:34 AM Israel Ekpo <israele...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Konstantine, > > Thanks for running the release > > I ran the following checks: > > - PGP Signatures used to sign the release artifacts > - Validation of Release Artifacts Cryptographic Hashes (ASC MD5 SHA1 > SHA512) > - Validation of Kafka Source and Tests > - Validation of Kafka Site Documentation > - Manual Check of Javadocs > - Validation of Cluster Setup for KRaft and Legacy Modes > > *+1 from me (non-binding)* > > To encourage other community members to participate in the release > candidate validations and voting, I have set up the following resource as > part of the work for KAFKA-9861 > > It is a set of scripts and Docker images that allows community members to > run local validations in a consistent manner. > > https://github.com/izzyacademy/apache-kafka-release-party > > Please take a look at the resource and share any feedback that you may > have. > > I plan to create a video tutorial that walks community members through how > it can be used soon. Stay tuned > > > > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 5:59 PM Konstantine Karantasis < > kkaranta...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Hello again Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > > > This is the third candidate for release of Apache Kafka 3.0.0. > > It is a major release that includes many new features, including: > > > > * The deprecation of support for Java 8 and Scala 2.12. > > * Kafka Raft support for snapshots of the metadata topic and other > > improvements in the self-managed quorum. > > * Deprecation of message formats v0 and v1. > > * Stronger delivery guarantees for the Kafka producer enabled by default. > > * Optimizations in OffsetFetch and FindCoordinator requests. > > * More flexible Mirror Maker 2 configuration and deprecation of Mirror > > Maker 1. > > * Ability to restart a connector's tasks on a single call in Kafka > Connect. > > * Connector log contexts and connector client overrides are now enabled > by > > default. > > * Enhanced semantics for timestamp synchronization in Kafka Streams. > > * Revamped public API for Stream's TaskId. > > * Default serde becomes null in Kafka Streams and several other > > configuration changes. > > > > You may read and review a more detailed list of changes in the 3.0.0 blog > > post draft here: > > > https://blogs.apache.org/preview/kafka/?previewEntry=what-s-new-in-apache6 > > > > Release notes for the 3.0.0 release: > > https://home.apache.org/~kkarantasis/kafka-3.0.0-rc2/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > > > *** Please download, test and vote by Tuesday, September 14, 2021 *** > > > > Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: > > https://kafka.apache.org/KEYS > > > > * Release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary): > > https://home.apache.org/~kkarantasis/kafka-3.0.0-rc2/ > > > > * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: > > https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ > > > > * Javadoc: > > https://home.apache.org/~kkarantasis/kafka-3.0.0-rc2/javadoc/ > > > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 3.0 branch) is the 3.0.0 tag: > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/3.0.0-rc2 > > > > * Documentation: > > https://kafka.apache.org/30/documentation.html > > > > * Protocol: > > https://kafka.apache.org/30/protocol.html > > > > * Successful Jenkins builds for the 3.0 branch: > > Unit/integration tests: > > > > > https://ci-builds.apache.org/blue/organizations/jenkins/Kafka%2Fkafka/detail/3.0/129/ > > (1 flaky test failure) > > System tests: > > https://jenkins.confluent.io/job/system-test-kafka/job/3.0/67/ > > (1 flaky test failure) > > > > /************************************** > > > > Thanks, > > Konstantine > > >
