We finally have a green system test using the same commit used for RC2: https://jenkins.confluent.io/job/system-test-kafka/job/2.6/53/
Thanks to Rajini and Gwen for their testing, verification, and binding +1s. Thanks also to Bill for is testing and non-binding +1. That means we're looking for at least one more binding +1 vote from PMC members. Please download, test and vote by Monday, August 3, 9am PT, Best regards! Randall On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 11:44 AM Randall Hauch <rha...@apache.org> wrote: > Thanks, Rajini. > > Here's an update on the system tests. Unfortunately we've not yet had a > fully-green system test run, but each of the system test runs since > https://jenkins.confluent.io/job/system-test-kafka/job/2.6/49/ has had > just one or two failures -- and no failure has been repeated. This suggests > the failing tests appear to be somewhat flaky. I'll keep running more > system tests and will reply here if something appears suspicious, but > please holler if you think my analysis is incorrect. > > Best regards, > > Randall > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 11:00 AM Rajini Sivaram <rajinisiva...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks Randall, +1 (binding) >> >> Built from source and ran tests, had a quick look through some Javadoc >> changes, ran quickstart and some tests with Java 11 TLSv1.3 on the binary. >> >> Regards, >> >> Rajini >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 10:50 PM Randall Hauch <rha...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, >> > >> > This is the third candidate for release of Apache Kafka 2.6.0. This is a >> > major release that includes many new features, including: >> > >> > * TLSv1.3 has been enabled by default for Java 11 or newer. >> > * Smooth scaling out of Kafka Streams applications >> > * Kafka Streams support for emit on change >> > * New metrics for better operational insight >> > * Kafka Connect can automatically create topics for source connectors >> > * Improved error reporting options for sink connectors in Kafka Connect >> > * New Filter and conditional SMTs in Kafka Connect >> > * The default value for the `client.dns.lookup` configuration is >> > now `use_all_dns_ips` >> > * Upgrade Zookeeper to 3.5.8 >> > >> > This release also includes a few other features, 74 improvements, 175 >> bug >> > fixes, plus other fixes. >> > >> > Release notes for the 2.6.0 release: >> > https://home.apache.org/~rhauch/kafka-2.6.0-rc2/RELEASE_NOTES.html >> > >> > *** Please download, test and vote by Monday, August 3, 9am PT >> > >> > Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: >> > https://kafka.apache.org/KEYS >> > >> > * Release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary): >> > https://home.apache.org/~rhauch/kafka-2.6.0-rc2/ >> > >> > * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: >> > https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ >> > >> > * Javadoc: >> > https://home.apache.org/~rhauch/kafka-2.6.0-rc2/javadoc/ >> > >> > * Tag to be voted upon (off 2.6 branch) is the 2.6.0 tag: >> > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/2.6.0-rc2 >> > >> > * Documentation: >> > https://kafka.apache.org/26/documentation.html >> > >> > * Protocol: >> > https://kafka.apache.org/26/protocol.html >> > >> > * Successful Jenkins builds for the 2.6 branch: >> > Unit/integration tests: >> https://builds.apache.org/job/kafka-2.6-jdk8/101/ >> > System tests: (link to follow) >> > >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Randall Hauch >> > >> >
