I'd like to clarify calling out 3.6.0 as a minor release. We use semantic versioning*(Major.Minor.Patch) in Apache Kafka releases. Releases like 3.5.0 or 3.6.0 are called minor releases according to the semantic versioning. The next major release will be 4.0.0.
3.6.0 release is packed with big features and improvements as mentioned in the blog post[1], and release notes[2], even though it is called a minor release :) 1. https://kafka.apache.org/blog 2. https://downloads.apache.org/kafka/3.6.0/RELEASE_NOTES.html * https://semver.org/ Thanks, Satish. On Wed, 11 Oct 2023 at 12:00, Luke Chen <show...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for running the release, Satish! > > BTW, 3.6.0 should be a major release, not a minor one. :) > > Luke > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 1:39 PM Satish Duggana <sati...@apache.org> wrote: > > > The Apache Kafka community is pleased to announce the release for > > Apache Kafka 3.6.0 > > > > This is a minor release and it includes fixes and improvements from 238 > > JIRAs. > > > > All of the changes in this release can be found in the release notes: > > https://www.apache.org/dist/kafka/3.6.0/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > > > An overview of the release can be found in our announcement blog post: > > https://kafka.apache.org/blog > > > > You can download the source and binary release (Scala 2.12 and Scala 2.13) > > from: > > https://kafka.apache.org/downloads#3.6.0 > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Apache Kafka is a distributed streaming platform with four core APIs: > > > > > > ** The Producer API allows an application to publish a stream of records to > > one or more Kafka topics. > > > > ** The Consumer API allows an application to subscribe to one or more > > topics and process the stream of records produced to them. > > > > ** The Streams API allows an application to act as a stream processor, > > consuming an input stream from one or more topics and producing an > > output stream to one or more output topics, effectively transforming the > > input streams to output streams. > > > > ** The Connector API allows building and running reusable producers or > > consumers that connect Kafka topics to existing applications or data > > systems. For example, a connector to a relational database might > > capture every change to a table. > > > > > > With these APIs, Kafka can be used for two broad classes of application: > > > > ** Building real-time streaming data pipelines that reliably get data > > between systems or applications. > > > > ** Building real-time streaming applications that transform or react > > to the streams of data. > > > > > > Apache Kafka is in use at large and small companies worldwide, including > > Capital One, Goldman Sachs, ING, LinkedIn, Netflix, Pinterest, Rabobank, > > Target, The New York Times, Uber, Yelp, and Zalando, among others. > > > > A big thank you for the following 139 contributors to this release! > > (Please report an unintended omission) > > > > This was a community effort, so thank you to everyone who contributed > > to this release, including all our users and our 139 contributors: > > A. Sophie Blee-Goldman, Aaron Ai, Abhijeet Kumar, aindriu-aiven, > > Akhilesh Chaganti, Alexandre Dupriez, Alexandre Garnier, Alok > > Thatikunta, Alyssa Huang, Aman Singh, Andras Katona, Andrew Schofield, > > Andrew Grant, Aneel Kumar, Anton Agestam, Artem Livshits, atu-sharm, > > bachmanity1, Bill Bejeck, Bo Gao, Bruno Cadonna, Calvin Liu, Chaitanya > > Mukka, Chase Thomas, Cheryl Simmons, Chia-Ping Tsai, Chris Egerton, > > Christo Lolov, Clay Johnson, Colin P. McCabe, Colt McNealy, d00791190, > > Damon Xie, Danica Fine, Daniel Scanteianu, Daniel Urban, David Arthur, > > David Jacot, David Mao, dengziming, Deqi Hu, Dimitar Dimitrov, Divij > > Vaidya, DL1231, Dániel Urbán, Erik van Oosten, ezio, Farooq Qaiser, > > Federico Valeri, flashmouse, Florin Akermann, Gabriel Oliveira, > > Gantigmaa Selenge, Gaurav Narula, GeunJae Jeon, Greg Harris, Guozhang > > Wang, Hailey Ni, Hao Li, Hector Geraldino, hudeqi, hzh0425, Iblis Lin, > > iit2009060, Ismael Juma, Ivan Yurchenko, James Shaw, Jason Gustafson, > > Jeff Kim, Jim Galasyn, John Roesler, Joobi S B, Jorge Esteban Quilcate > > Otoya, Josep Prat, Joseph (Ting-Chou) Lin, José Armando García Sancio, > > Jun Rao, Justine Olshan, Kamal Chandraprakash, Keith Wall, Kirk True, > > Lianet Magrans, LinShunKang, Liu Zeyu, lixy, Lucas Bradstreet, Lucas > > Brutschy, Lucent-Wong, Lucia Cerchie, Luke Chen, Manikumar Reddy, > > Manyanda Chitimbo, Maros Orsak, Matthew de Detrich, Matthias J. Sax, > > maulin-vasavada, Max Riedel, Mehari Beyene, Michal Cabak (@miccab), > > Mickael Maison, Milind Mantri, minjian.cai, mojh7, Nikolay, Okada > > Haruki, Omnia G H Ibrahim, Owen Leung, Philip Nee, prasanthV, Proven > > Provenzano, Purshotam Chauhan, Qichao Chu, Rajini Sivaram, Randall > > Hauch, Renaldo Baur Filho, Ritika Reddy, Rittika Adhikari, Rohan, Ron > > Dagostino, Sagar Rao, Said Boudjelda, Sambhav Jain, Satish Duggana, > > sciclon2, Shekhar Rajak, Sungyun Hur, Sushant Mahajan, Tanay > > Karmarkar, tison, Tom Bentley, vamossagar12, Victoria Xia, Vincent > > Jiang, vveicc, Walker Carlson, Yash Mayya, Yi-Sheng Lien, Ziming Deng, > > 蓝士钦 > > > > We welcome your help and feedback. For more information on how to > > report problems, and to get involved, visit the project website at > > https://kafka.apache.org/ > > > > Thank you! > > > > Regards, > > Satish Duggana > >
