Hi Chia, Would it make sense to leave the public APIs in 4.4 for KIP-1306 but defer https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-20684 (adding the deprecated annotation) to 4.5.0?
-Aditya > On Aug 11, 2026, at 09:03, Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Matthias, > > I agree that we have run out of time and should stick to the strict rules of > our release plan. > > I’ve confirmed that KIP-1332 is only partially completed. In addition, I will > revert KIP-1306 or at least remove its public APIs. > > Matthias - would you mind checking the progress of KIP-1071? > > Best, > Chia-Ping > > > > > >> Matthias J. Sax <[email protected]> 於 2026年8月11日 晚上11:16 寫道： >> >> Thanks, I am ok with this. >> >> But I am not sure I understand the overall sentiment. KIPs are supposed to >> be completed by feature freeze, so if we want to give more time for KIPs to >> get completed, we should have extended feature freeze deadling instead (and >> we already effectively gave two more weeks, so we adding a third one now) >> >> And we should use the time between feature freeze and code freeze to revert >> changes of non-completed KIPs as necessary (ie, public API changes or >> similar -- we opened two PR just today now that we have a 4.4 branch from >> our side) >> >> Since feature freeze, actually only bug-fixes and minor KIP follow ups [of >> completed KIPs] and new tests should get merged into AK 4.4 branch, to >> stabilize the release branch before code freeze. >> >> After code freeze, we should only accept blockers, not regular bug-fixes or >> minor improvements any longer. Maybe there is some confusion about how the >> deadlines are intended to work? >> >> >> -Matthias >> >>>> On 8/11/26 2:22 AM, Chia-Ping Tsai wrote: >>> hi Matthias >>> Given that there are still 7 incomplete KIPs and most of them are almost >>> there, I think it makes sense to extend the code freeze deadline by one >>> week (to Aug 19th) to give the authors a bit more time. >>> However, after this extension, we should strictly freeze it. Reverting a >>> KIP from 4.4.0 is absolutely fine if the author does not have the bandwidth >>> to complete it by the new deadline. >>> I will review all tickets marked for 4.4.0 soon to ensure we don't miss any >>> critical bugs. >>> Best, >>> Chia-Ping >>>>> Matthias J. Sax <[email protected]> 於 2026年8月11日 下午2:41 寫道： >>>> Does it stay as-is
