Hi, We're already way past feature freeze, so yes let's keep going with the initial plan and the release. I can see over a dozen KIPs marked as complete, there's already plenty of content in 4.4.0.
Thanks, Mickael On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 6:14 PM Aditya Kousik <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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
