Hello Kudu devs! The Apache Kudu team is happy to announce the first release candidate for Apache Kudu 1.18.0.
Apache Kudu 1.18.0 is a minor release that offers many improvements and fixes since Apache Kudu 1.17.1. This is a source-only release. The artifacts have been staged here: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/kudu/1.18.0-RC1 Java convenience binaries in the form of a Maven repository are staged here: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachekudu-1125 Linux (x86_64 and aarch64 platforms built on RHEL 8) and macOS (built on Sonoma) test-only Kudu binary JAR artifacts are staged here: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachekudu-1126 It is tagged in Git as 1.18.0-RC1 and signed with my key (found in the KEYS file below). Its commit hash is cdb87324cd31be738c03b6b0765ca9d8d65f2852 you can check it out from ASF Gitbox or the official GitHub mirror: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=kudu.git;a=commit;h=cdb87324cd31be738c03b6b0765ca9d8d65f2852 https://github.com/apache/kudu/releases/tag/1.18.0-RC1 The KEYS file to verify the artifact and tag signatures can be found here: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/kudu/KEYS The release notes can be found here: https://github.com/apache/kudu/blob/1.18.0-RC1/docs/release_notes.adoc I'd suggest going through the release notes, building Kudu, and running the unit tests. Testing out the Maven repo would also be appreciated. Also, it's worth running Kudu Java tests against kudu-binary JAR artifact as described in the commit message here: https://github.com/apache/kudu/commit/8a6faaa93f3e206ac75e8087731daccaf7ab646a The vote will run until a majority[1] is achieved, but at least until Saturday June 28 12:00:00 UTC 2025. Thank You, Abhishek Chennaka [1] https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html#ReleaseVotes
