As we have discussed in today's KIP, here is the list of tasks that is left before we can cut the first release of new consumer (and hence 0.8.3):
"project = KAFKA AND resolution = Unresolved AND fixVersion = 0.8.3 AND component = consumer" in https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql= There are 8 of them and all tagged with Critical now. I have also updated the umbrella ticket KAFKA-1326 accordingly to reflect the current status (sub-tasks up to #.22 should be included in the first release). People are welcomed to help jumping on some unassigned tickets / reviewing patch-available ones so that we can complete the first release as soon as possible. -- Guozhang