Hey Chris, Thanks for the catch! It was indeed copied and I wasn't sure what to make of the bullet point, so I kept it. What you say makes sense - I removed it.
I also added KIP-976! Cheers! On Sat, Oct 14, 2023 at 9:35 PM Chris Egerton <fearthecel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Stanislav, > > Thanks for putting this together! I think the "Ensure that release > candidates include artifacts for the new Connect test-plugins module" > section (which I'm guessing was copied over from the 3.6.0 release plan?) > can be removed; we made sure that those artifacts were present for 3.6.0, > and I don't anticipate any changes that would make them likelier to be > accidentally dropped in subsequent releases than any other Maven artifacts > that we publish. > > Also, can we add KIP-976 ( > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-976%3A+Cluster-wide+dynamic+log+adjustment+for+Kafka+Connect > ) > to the release plan? The vote thread for it passed last week and I've > published a complete PR (https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/14538), so > it > shouldn't be too difficult to get things merged in time for 3.7.0. > > Cheers, > > Chris > > On Sat, Oct 14, 2023 at 3:26 PM Stanislav Kozlovski > <stanis...@confluent.io.invalid> wrote: > > > Thanks for letting me drive it, folks. > > > > I've created the 3.7.0 release page here: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Release+Plan+3.7.0 > > It outlines the key milestones and important dates for the release. > > > > In particular, since the last two releases slipped their originally > > targeted release date by taking an average of 46 days after code freeze > (as > > opposed to the minimum which is 14 days), I pulled the dates forward to > try > > and catch up with the original release schedule. > > You can refer to the last release during the Christmas holiday season - > > Apache > > Kafka 3.4 > > <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Release+Plan+3.4.0> - > > to > > see sample dates. > > > > The currently proposed dates are: > > > > *KIP Freeze - 18th November *(Saturday) > > *This is 1 month and four days from now - rather short - but I'm afraid > is > > the only lever that's easy to pull forward.* > > As usual, a KIP must be accepted by this date in order to be considered > for > > this release. Note, any KIP that may not be implemented in a week, or > that > > might destabilize the release, should be deferred. > > > > *Feature Freeze - 8th December* (Friday) > > *This follows 3 weeks after the KIP Freeze, as has been the case in our > > latest releases.* > > By this point, we want all major features to be merged & us to be working > > on stabilisation. Minor features should have PRs, the release branch > should > > be cut; anything not in this state will be automatically moved to the > next > > release in JIRA > > > > *Code Freeze - 20th December* (Wednesday) > > > > *Critically, this is before the holiday season and ends in the middle of > > the week, to give contributors more time and flexibility to address any > > last-minute without eating into the time people usually take holidays. It > > comes 12 days after the Feature Freeze.This is two days shorter than the > > usual code freeze window. I don't have a strong opinion and am open to > > extend it to Friday, or trade off a day/two with the KF<->FF date range.* > > > > *Release -* *after January 3rd*. > > *It comes after a minimum of two weeks of stabilization, so the earliest > we > > can start releasing is January 3rd. We will move as fast as we can and > aim > > completing it as early in January as possible.* > > > > As for the initially-populated KIPs in the release plan, I did the > > following: > > > > I kept 4 KIPs that were mentioned in 3.6, saying they would have minor > > parts finished in 3.7 (as the major ones went out in 3.6) > > - KIP-405 Tiered Storage mentioned a major part went out with 3.6 and the > > remainder will come with 3.7 > > - KIP-890 mentioned Part 1 shipped in 3.6. I am assuming the remainder > will > > come in 3.7, and have contacted the author to confirm. > > - KIP-926 was partially implemented in 3.6. I am assuming the remainder > > will come in 3.7, and have contacted the author to confirm. > > - KIP-938 mentioned that the majority was completed and a small remainder > > re: ForwardingManager metrics will come in 3.7. I have contacted the > author > > to confirm. > > > > I then went through the JIRA filter which looks at open issues with a Fix > > Version of 3.7 and added KIP-770, KIP-858, and KIP-980. > > I also found a fair amount of JIRAs that were targeting the 3.7 release > but > > consecutively had no activity on them for the past few releases. For most > > of those, I pinged the author and explicitly asked if it's going to aim > to > > make it to 3.7. I have not included those here and will not until I hear > > confirmation. > > > > Please review the plan and provide any additional information or updates > > regarding KIPs that target this release version (3.7). > > If you have authored any KIPs that have an inaccurate status in the list, > > or are not in the list and should be, or are in the list and should not > be > > - please inform me in this thread so that I can keep the document > accurate > > and up to date. > > > > Excited to get this release going! > > > > All the best, > > Stanislav > > > > On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 9:12 AM Bruno Cadonna <cado...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > > > Thanks Stan! > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > Best, > > > Bruno > > > > > > On 10/10/23 7:24 AM, Luke Chen wrote: > > > > Thanks Stanislav! > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 3:05 AM Josep Prat > <josep.p...@aiven.io.invalid > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Thanks Stanislav! > > > >> > > > >> ——— > > > >> Josep Prat > > > >> > > > >> Aiven Deutschland GmbH > > > >> > > > >> Alexanderufer 3-7, 10117 Berlin > > > >> > > > >> Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 209739 B > > > >> > > > >> Geschäftsführer: Oskari Saarenmaa & Hannu Valtonen > > > >> > > > >> m: +491715557497 > > > >> > > > >> w: aiven.io > > > >> > > > >> e: josep.p...@aiven.io > > > >> > > > >> On Mon, Oct 9, 2023, 20:05 Chris Egerton <fearthecel...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> +1, thanks Stanislav! > > > >>> > > > >>> On Mon, Oct 9, 2023, 14:02 Bill Bejeck <bbej...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>> +1 > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Thanks, Stanislav! > > > >>>> > > > >>>> -Bill > > > >>>> > > > >>>> On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 1:59 PM Ismael Juma <m...@ismaeljuma.com> > > wrote: > > > >>>> > > > >>>>> Thanks for volunteering Stanislav! > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Ismael > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 10:51 AM Stanislav Kozlovski > > > >>>>> <stanis...@confluent.io.invalid> wrote: > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>>> Hey all! > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> I would like to volunteer to be the release manager driving the > > > >> next > > > >>>>>> release - Apache Kafka *3.7.0*. > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> If there are no objections, I will start and share a release > plan > > > >>> soon > > > >>>>>> enough! > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> Cheers, > > > >>>>>> Stanislav > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Best, > > Stanislav > > > -- Best, Stanislav
