Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers,
This is the first candidate for release of Apache Kafka 2.0.0. This is a major version release of Apache Kafka. It includes 40 new KIPs and several critical bug fixes. Please see the 2.0.0 release plan for more details: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=80448820 A few notable highlights: - Prefixed wildcard ACLs (KIP-290), Fine grained ACLs for CreateTopics (KIP-277) - SASL/OAUTHBEARER implementation (KIP-255) - Improved quota communication and customization of quotas (KIP-219, KIP-257) - Efficient memory usage for down conversion (KIP-283) - Fix log divergence between leader and follower during fast leader failover (KIP-279) - Drop support for Java 7 and remove deprecated code including old scala clients - Connect REST extension plugin, support for externalizing secrets and improved error handling (KIP-285, KIP-297, KIP-298 etc.) - Scala API for Kafka Streams and other Streams API improvements (KIP-270, KIP-150, KIP-245, KIP-251 etc.) Release notes for the 2.0.0 release: http://home.apache.org/~rsivaram/kafka-2.0.0-rc0/RELEASE_NOTES.html *** Please download, test and vote by Monday, June 25, 4pm PT Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: http://kafka.apache.org/KEYS * Release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary): http://home.apache.org/~rsivaram/kafka-2.0.0-rc0/ * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/ * Javadoc: http://home.apache.org/~rsivaram/kafka-2.0.0-rc0/javadoc/ * Tag to be voted upon (off 2.0 branch) is the 2.0.0 tag: https://github.com/apache/kafka/tree/2.0.0-rc0 * Documentation: http://home.apache.org/~rsivaram/kafka-2.0.0-rc0/ kafka_2.11-2.0.0-site-docs.tgz (Since documentation cannot go live until 2.0.0 is released, please download and verify) * Successful Jenkins builds for the 2.0 branch: Unit/integration tests: https://builds.apache.org/job/kafka-2.0-jdk8/48/ System tests: https://jenkins.confluent.io/job/system-test-kafka/job/2.0/6/ (2 failures are known flaky tests) Please test and verify the release artifacts and submit a vote for this RC or report any issues so that we can fix them and roll out a new RC ASAP! Although this release vote requires PMC votes to pass, testing, votes, and bug reports are valuable and appreciated from everyone. Thanks, Rajini
