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John Roesler commented on KAFKA-9861:
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Hi [~iekpo] ,
One resource that may help is:
[https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Release+Process]
The questions about java/scala/gradle versions should be answered in the Readme
([https://github.com/apache/kafka/)]
As far as verifying the release goes, Eric Lalonde sent a message to the
mailing list a while back mentioning this verification script:
[https://github.com/elalonde/kafka]. I haven't tried it myself yet.
> Process Simplification - Community Validation of Kafka Release Candidates
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: KAFKA-9861
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-9861
> Project: Kafka
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: build, documentation, system tests
> Affects Versions: 2.6.0, 2.4.2, 2.5.1
> Environment: Linux, Java 8/11, Scala 2.x
> Reporter: Israel Ekpo
> Assignee: Israel Ekpo
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: 2.6.0, 2.4.2, 2.5.1
>
>
> When new KAFKA release candidates are published and there is a solicitation
> for the community to get involved in testing and verifying the release
> candidates, it would be great to have the test process thoroughly documented
> for newcomers to participate effectively.
> For new contributors, this can be very daunting and it would be great to have
> this process clearly documented in a way that lowers the level of effort
> necessary to get started.
> The goal of this task is to create the documentation and supporting artifacts
> that would make this goal a reality.
> Going forward for future releases, it would be great to have the link to this
> documentation included in the RC announcements so that the community
> (especially end users) can help test and participate in the voting process
> effectively.
> These are the items that I believe should be included in this documentation
> * How to set up test environment for unit and functional tests
> * Java version(s) needed for the tests
> * Scala version(s) needed for the tests
> * Gradle version needed
> * Sample script for running sanity checks and unit tests
> * Sample Helm Charts for running all the basic components on a Kubernetes
> * Sample Ansible Script for running all the basic components on Virtual
> Machines
> The first 4 items will be part of the documentation that shows how to install
> these dependencies in a Linux VM. The 5th item is a script that will download
> PGP keys, check signatures, validate checksums and run unit/integration
> tests. The 6th item is a Helm chart with basic components necessary to
> validate critical components in the ecosystem (Zookeeper, Brokers, Streams
> etc) within a Kubernetes cluster. The last item is similar to the 6th item
> but installs these components on virtual machines instead.
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