Hi Everyone, Please review and vote on the release candidate #1 for the version 1.6.1 of Apache Flink Kubernetes Operator, as follows: [ ] +1, Approve the release [ ] -1, Do not approve the release (please provide specific comments)
**Release Overview** As an overview, the release consists of the following: a) Kubernetes Operator canonical source distribution (including the Dockerfile), to be deployed to the release repository at dist.apache.org b) Kubernetes Operator Helm Chart to be deployed to the release repository at dist.apache.org c) Maven artifacts to be deployed to the Maven Central Repository d) Docker image to be pushed to dockerhub **Staging Areas to Review** The staging areas containing the above mentioned artifacts are as follows, for your review: * All artifacts for a,b) can be found in the corresponding dev repository at dist.apache.org [1] * All artifacts for c) can be found at the Apache Nexus Repository [2] * The docker image for d) is staged on github [3] All artifacts are signed with the key B2D64016B940A7E0B9B72E0D7D0528B28037D8BC [4] Other links for your review: * source code tag "release-1.6.1-rc1" [5] * PR to update the website Downloads page to include Kubernetes Operator links [6] * PR to update the doc version of flink-kubernetes-operator[7] **Vote Duration** The voting time will run for at least 72 hours. It is adopted by majority approval, with at least 3 PMC affirmative votes. **Note on Verification** You can follow the basic verification guide here[8]. Note that you don't need to verify everything yourself, but please make note of what you have tested together with your +- vote. [1] https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/flink/flink-kubernetes-operator-1.6.1-rc1/ [2] https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacheflink-1663/ [3] https://github.com/apache/flink-kubernetes-operator/pkgs/container/flink-kubernetes-operator/139454270?tag=51eeae1 [4] https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/flink/KEYS [5] https://github.com/apache/flink-kubernetes-operator/tree/release-1.6.1-rc1 [6] https://github.com/apache/flink-web/pull/690 [7] https://github.com/apache/flink-kubernetes-operator/pull/687 [8] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/Verifying+a+Flink+Kubernetes+Operator+Release Best, Rui
