Hi all, We all know that a stable 3.5 release is long awaited by community. Previously we were on hold because of a security related issue <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-2014> around dynamic reconfiguration and most recently a CVE <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-2693> around four letter words. Now with both issues resolved in branch-3.5, I think we are ready to move forward with 3.5.3 beta release and hopefully in near future, ship the stable 3.5 release after this. So I am taking a stab here to start the discussion on the plan of moving 3.5.3-beta forward.
Currently there are six blocker issues <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-2693?jql=project%20%3D%20ZOOKEEPER%20AND%20status%20%3D%20Open%20AND%20priority%20%3D%20Blocker%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%203.5.3> targeting 3.5.3: ZOOKEEPER-2693 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-2693>: already resolved for branch-3.5. The issue is still open because of remaining work for branch-3.4. ZOOKEEPER-761 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-761>: already resolved for branch-3.5. The issue is still open because of some potential changes required for branch-3.4. As for the remaining issues marked as blocker, I'd like to propose we push them to next release because these issues are not regressions - unless we think some of them are absolutely required to get resolved for 3.5.3. ZOOKEEPER-2317 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-2317> ZOOKEEPER-2159 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-2159> ZOOKEEPER-1549 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-1549> ZOOKEEPER-1159 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-1159> I will start doing the work to defer all JIRA issues targeting 3.5.3 to 3.5.4 by end of this week (*3/10*) if no objections. After that will cut a RC build for 3.5.3. Please let me know what you think about this plan and any concerns / comments are welcome. -- Cheers Michael.
