With the opportunity of the latest release candidate (RC1) I have also published a draft of the 3.0.0 release announcement, available for public preview, here:
https://blogs.apache.org/preview/kafka/?previewEntry=what-s-new-in-apache6 This blog post is scheduled to be published in https://blogs.apache.org/kafka/ soon after the release candidate gets approved and 3.0.0 gets promoted to production. With that in mind, I would greatly appreciate your reviews, ideally by Wednesday, September 8, 2021, which is also the current target date to download, test and vote for the current 3.0.0 release candidate. Sincerely, Konstantine
