Dear community, this is the weekly community update thread #38. Please post any news and updates you want to share with the community to this thread.
# Release vote for Flink 1.6.1 and 1.5.4 The community is currently voting on the next bug fix releases Flink 1.6.1 [1] and Flink 1.5.4 [2]. Please help the community by giving the release candidates some exposure. # Open source review process Stephan kicked off a discussion how to improve the open source review process [3]. In particular, it discusses how to handle the increasing load of PR work and how to make the experience better for contributors. Chime in to voice your opinion. # PubSub connector contribution Richard opened a PR to add a PubSub connector to Flink [4]. Currently it is in the review phase and the community could need some help with reviewing [5]. Especially if you have experience with PubSub connectors your input would be tremendously helpful. [1] http://apache-flink-mailing-list-archive.1008284.n3.nabble.com/VOTE-Release-1-6-1-release-candidate-1-tp24184.html [2] http://apache-flink-mailing-list-archive.1008284.n3.nabble.com/VOTE-Release-1-5-4-release-candidate-1-tp24183.html [3] http://apache-flink-mailing-list-archive.1008284.n3.nabble.com/PROPOSAL-community-A-more-structured-approach-to-reviews-and-contributions-tp24187.html [4] http://apache-flink-mailing-list-archive.1008284.n3.nabble.com/PubSub-connector-FLINK-9311-tp24129.html [5] https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/6594 Cheers, Till
