Maybe it would be useful to draft a "news and noteworthy" page to summarize changes.
My primary concern is about the upgrade from 4.3.X to 4.4.0 Other interesting changes for me Upgrading: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-870 Change the default value for bookie settings. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-810 Allow to configure TCP connect timeout New API: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-793 Move to Java7 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-880 Make LedgerHandle implement AutoCloseable https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-867 New Client API to allow applications pass-in EntryId https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-886 Allow to disable ledgers operation throttling https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-879 Record ledger creation time New docs: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-801 Bookkeeper client tutorial https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-803 Guide for making a replicated log out of ledgers Other notable enhancements: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-855 handle session expire event in bookie https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BOOKKEEPER-901 Add an authentication framework 2016-05-05 18:49 GMT+02:00 Matteo Merli <mme...@apache.org>: > This is the first release candidate for Apache BookKeeper, version 4.4.0. > > It fixes the following issues: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12311293&version=12325566 > > *** Please download, test and vote by May 10th 2016, 10:00 GMT. > > Note that we are voting upon the source (tag), binaries are provided for > convenience. > > Source and binary files: > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/bookkeeper/bookkeeper-4.4.0-candidate-0/ > > Maven staging repo: > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachebookkeeper-1010/ > > The tag to be voted upon: > release-4.4.0 (8bb39b187d1b681cf88651b825933d046545d34d) > > BookKeeper's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/bookkeeper/KEYS > > Please download the the source package, and follow the README to build > and run a bookkeeper service. > > Thank you, > Matteo >
