Hi Konstantine, I validated the RC by doing the following:
* Downloading the source and building using Java 11 * Running unit tests * Setting up a three-node KRaft cluster in combined mode * Testing creating a topic, producing and consuming from it, then restarting the kraft brokers * Testing Kafka metadata shell +1 (binding) best, Colin On Fri, Sep 10, 2021, at 11:12, Bill Bejeck wrote: > Hi Konstantine, > > Thanks for that; I can get to the docs now. > > > > I've validated the release by doing the following > > * built from source > * ran all unit tests > * verified all checksums and signatures > * spot-checked the Javadoc > * worked through the quick start > * worked through the Kafka Streams quick start application > * ran KRaft in preview mode > * created a topic > * produced and consumed from the topic > * ran metadata shell > > I did find some minor errors in the docs (all in quickstart) > > * The beginning of the quickstart still references version 2.8 > * The command presented to create a topic in the quickstart is missing the > --partitions and --replication-factor params > * The link for "Kafka Streams demo" and "app development tutorial" points to > version 2.5 > > But considering we can update the documentation directly and, more > importantly, independently of the code, IMHO, I don't think these should > block the release. > > > > So it's a +1(binding) for me. > > > > Thanks for running the release! > > Bill > > > > On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 2:36 AM Konstantine Karantasis > <kkaranta...@apache.org> wrote: >> Hi Bill, >> >> I just added folder 30 to the kafka-site repo. Hadn't realized that this >> separate manual step was part of the RC process and not the official >> release (even though, strangely enough, I was expecting myself to be able >> to read the docs online). I guess I needed a second nudge after Gary's >> first comment on RC1 to see what was missing. I'll update the release doc >> to make this more clear. >> >> Should be accessible now. Please take another look. >> >> Konstantine >> >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 12:50 AM Bill Bejeck <bbej...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi Konstantine, >> > >> > I've started to do the validation for the release and the link for docs >> > doesn't work. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Bill >> > >> > On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 5:59 PM Konstantine Karantasis < >> > kkaranta...@apache.org> wrote: >> > >> > > Hello again Kafka users, developers and client-developers, >> > > >> > > This is the third candidate for release of Apache Kafka 3.0.0. >> > > It is a major release that includes many new features, including: >> > > >> > > * The deprecation of support for Java 8 and Scala 2.12. >> > > * Kafka Raft support for snapshots of the metadata topic and other >> > > improvements in the self-managed quorum. >> > > * Deprecation of message formats v0 and v1. >> > > * Stronger delivery guarantees for the Kafka producer enabled by default. >> > > * Optimizations in OffsetFetch and FindCoordinator requests. >> > > * More flexible Mirror Maker 2 configuration and deprecation of Mirror >> > > Maker 1. >> > > * Ability to restart a connector's tasks on a single call in Kafka >> > Connect. >> > > * Connector log contexts and connector client overrides are now enabled >> > by >> > > default. >> > > * Enhanced semantics for timestamp synchronization in Kafka Streams. >> > > * Revamped public API for Stream's TaskId. >> > > * Default serde becomes null in Kafka Streams and several other >> > > configuration changes. >> > > >> > > You may read and review a more detailed list of changes in the 3.0.0 blog >> > > post draft here: >> > > >> > https://blogs.apache.org/preview/kafka/?previewEntry=what-s-new-in-apache6 >> > > >> > > Release notes for the 3.0.0 release: >> > > https://home.apache.org/~kkarantasis/kafka-3.0.0-rc2/RELEASE_NOTES.html >> > > >> > > *** Please download, test and vote by Tuesday, September 14, 2021 *** >> > > >> > > 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/~kkarantasis/kafka-3.0.0-rc2/ >> > > >> > > * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: >> > > https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ >> > > >> > > * Javadoc: >> > > https://home.apache.org/~kkarantasis/kafka-3.0.0-rc2/javadoc/ >> > > >> > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 3.0 branch) is the 3.0.0 tag: >> > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/3.0.0-rc2 >> > > >> > > * Documentation: >> > > https://kafka.apache.org/30/documentation.html >> > > >> > > * Protocol: >> > > https://kafka.apache.org/30/protocol.html >> > > >> > > * Successful Jenkins builds for the 3.0 branch: >> > > Unit/integration tests: >> > > >> > > >> > https://ci-builds.apache.org/blue/organizations/jenkins/Kafka%2Fkafka/detail/3.0/129/ >> > > (1 flaky test failure) >> > > System tests: >> > > https://jenkins.confluent.io/job/system-test-kafka/job/3.0/67/ >> > > (1 flaky test failure) >> > > >> > > /************************************** >> > > >> > > Thanks, >> > > Konstantine >> > > >> > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "kafka-clients" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to kafka-clients+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/kafka-clients/CAF7WS%2BpTQ_qGfYwGMFC2i3cFPR%3DtMsGt039AQ9ve%3DPAaxc-UXw%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/kafka-clients/CAF7WS%2BpTQ_qGfYwGMFC2i3cFPR%3DtMsGt039AQ9ve%3DPAaxc-UXw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>.
