Hi Chris,
Thanks for the update. This looks to be a minor change and is also
useful for backward compatibility. I added it to the release plan as
an exceptional case.

~Satish.

On Thu, 3 Aug 2023 at 21:34, Chris Egerton <chr...@aiven.io.invalid> wrote:
>
> Hi Satish,
>
> Would it be possible to include KIP-949 (
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-949%3A+Add+flag+to+enable+the+usage+of+topic+separator+in+MM2+DefaultReplicationPolicy)
> in the 3.6.0 release? It passed voting yesterday, and is a very small,
> low-risk change that we'd like to put out as soon as possible in order to
> patch an accidental break in backwards compatibility caused a few versions
> ago.
>
> Best,
>
> Chris
>
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 2:35 AM Satish Duggana <satish.dugg...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> > Whoever has KIP entries in the 3.6.0 release plan. Please update it
> > with the latest status by tomorrow(end of the day 29th Jul UTC ).
> >
> > Thanks
> > Satish.
> >
> > On Fri, 28 Jul 2023 at 12:01, Satish Duggana <satish.dugg...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks Ismael and Divij for the suggestions.
> > >
> > > One way was to follow the earlier guidelines that we set for any early
> > > access release. It looks Ismael already mentioned the example of
> > > KRaft.
> > >
> > > KIP-405 mentions upgrade/downgrade and limitations sections. We can
> > > clarify that in the release notes for users on how this feature can be
> > > used for early access.
> > >
> > > Divij, We do not want users to enable this feature on production
> > > environments in early access release. Let us work together on the
> > > followups Ismael suggested.
> > >
> > > ~Satish.
> > >
> > > On Fri, 28 Jul 2023 at 02:24, Divij Vaidya <divijvaidy...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Those are great suggestions, thank you. We will continue this
> > discussion
> > > > forward in a separate KIP for release plan for Tiered Storage.
> > > >
> > > > On Thu 27. Jul 2023 at 21:46, Ismael Juma <m...@ismaeljuma.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Divij,
> > > > >
> > > > > I think the points you bring up for discussion are all good. My main
> > > > > feedback is that they should be discussed in the context of KIPs vs
> > the
> > > > > release template. That's why we have a backwards compatibility
> > section for
> > > > > every KIP, it's precisely to ensure we think carefully about some of
> > the
> > > > > points you're bringing up. When it comes to defining the meaning of
> > early
> > > > > access, we have two options:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. Have a KIP specifically for tiered storage.
> > > > > 2. Have a KIP to define general guidelines for what early access
> > means.
> > > > >
> > > > > Does this make sense?
> > > > >
> > > > > Ismael
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 6:38 PM Divij Vaidya <
> > divijvaidy...@gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Thank you for the response, Ismael.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1. Specifically in context of 3.6, I wanted this compatibility
> > > > > > guarantee point to encourage a discussion on
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-952%3A+Regenerate+segment-aligned+producer+snapshots+when+upgrading+to+a+Kafka+version+supporting+Tiered+Storage
> > > > > > .
> > > > > > Due to lack of producer snapshots in <2.8 versions, a customer may
> > not
> > > > > > be able to upgrade to 3.6 and use TS on a topic which was created
> > when
> > > > > > the cluster was on <2.8 version (see motivation for details). We
> > can
> > > > > > discuss and agree that it does not break compatibility, which is
> > fine.
> > > > > > But I want to ensure that we have a discussion soon on this to
> > reach a
> > > > > > conclusion.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 2. I will start a KIP on this for further discussion.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 3. In the context of 3.6, this would mean that there should be
> > > > > > no-regression, if a user does "not" turn-on remote storage (early
> > > > > > access feature) at a cluster level. We have some known cases (such
> > as
> > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-15189) which violate
> > this
> > > > > > compatibility requirement. Having this guarantee mentioned in the
> > > > > > release plan will ensure that we are all in agreement with which
> > cases
> > > > > > are truly blockers and which aren't.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 4. Fair, instead of a general goal, let me put it specifically in
> > the
> > > > > > context of 3.6. Let me know if this is not the right forum for this
> > > > > > discussion.
> > > > > > Once a user "turns on" tiered storage (TS) at a cluster level, I am
> > > > > > proposing that they should have the ability to turn it off as well
> > at
> > > > > > a cluster level. Since this is a topic level feature, folks may not
> > > > > > spin up a separate cluster to try this feature, hence, we need to
> > > > > > ensure that we provide them with the ability to try tiered storage
> > for
> > > > > > a topic which could be deleted and featured turned-off, so that
> > rest
> > > > > > of the production cases are not impacted.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 5. Agree on not making public interface change as a requirement
> > but we
> > > > > > should define what "early access" means in that case. Users may
> > not be
> > > > > > aware that "early access" public APIs may change (unless I am
> > missing
> > > > > > some documentation somewhere completely, in which case I apologize
> > for
> > > > > > bringing this naive point).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Divij Vaidya
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 2:27 PM Ismael Juma <m...@ismaeljuma.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi Divij,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Some of these are launch checklist items (not really goals) and
> > some
> > > > > are
> > > > > > > compatibility guarantees. More below.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 27, 2023, 12:10 PM Divij Vaidya <
> > divijvaidy...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hey Satish
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Could we consider adding "launch goals" in the release plan.
> > While
> > > > > > > > some of these may be implicit, it would be nice to list them
> > down in
> > > > > > > > the release plan. For this release, our launch requirements
> > would be:
> > > > > > > > 1. Users should be able to upgrade from any prior Kafka
> > version to
> > > > > this
> > > > > > > > version.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This is part of the compatibility guarantees. The upgrade notes
> > mention
> > > > > > > this already. If there is a change in a given release, it should
> > > > > > definitely
> > > > > > > be highlighted.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 2. On release, this version (or it's dependencies) would not
> > have any
> > > > > > > > known MEDIUM/HIGH CVE.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This is a new policy and the details should be discussed. In
> > > > > particular,
> > > > > > > the threshold (medium or high).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 3. Presence of any "early access"/"beta" feature should not
> > impact
> > > > > > > > other production features when it is not enabled.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This is a general guideline for early access features and not
> > specific
> > > > > to
> > > > > > > this release. It would be good to have a page that talks about
> > these
> > > > > > things.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 4. Once enabled, users should have an option to disable any
> > "early
> > > > > > > > access"/"beta" feature and resume normal production features,
> > i.e.
> > > > > > > > impact of beta features should be reversible.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This needs discussion and I don't think it's reasonable as a
> > general
> > > > > > rule.
> > > > > > > For example, Kraft early access wasn't reversible and it was not
> > > > > feasible
> > > > > > > for it to be.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 5. KIP-405 will be available in "early access"/"beta" mode. Early
> > > > > > > > access/beta means that the public facing interfaces won't
> > change in
> > > > > > > > future but the implementation is not recommended to be used in
> > > > > > > > production.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I don't think it's ok to make this a requirement. Early access
> > is a way
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > > get early feedback and all types of changes should be on the
> > table.
> > > > > They
> > > > > > > would be discussed via KIPs as usual. I believe there were some
> > > > > > > incompatible changes for Kraft during the early access period
> > although
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > team aimed to minimize work required during upgrades. I have
> > mentioned
> > > > > > > Kraft a couple of times since it's a good example of a large
> > feature
> > > > > that
> > > > > > > went through this process.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Ismael
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Divij Vaidya
> >

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