+1 I checked out branch-1.18.x with the specified tag, built 3rd-party, kudu-master, kudu-tserver, kudu CLI, C++ tests in DEBUG configuration. The build was successful.
I ran all the C++ tests by `ctest -j4`, and that was successful as well. Kind regards, Alexey On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM Abhishek Chennaka <achenn...@apache.org> wrote: > 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 >
