A quick note on notable changes since rc1: 1. A significant performance improvement if transactions are enabled: https://github.com/apache/kafka/commit/f239f1f839f8bcbd80cce2a4a8643e15d340be8e 2. Fixed a controller regression if many brokers are started simultaneously: https://github.com/apache/kafka/commit/c0033b0e0b9e56242752c82f15c6388d041914a1 3. Fixed a couple of Connect regressions: https://github.com/apache/kafka/commit/c029960bf4ae2cd79b22886f4ee519c4af0bcc8b and https://github.com/apache/kafka/commit/1d65f15f2b656b7817eeaf6ee1d36eb3e2cf063f 4. Fixed an import log cleaner issue: https://github.com/apache/kafka/commit/186e3d5efc79ed803f0915d472ace77cbec88694
Full diff: https://github.com/apache/kafka/compare/5b351216621f52a471c21826d0dec3ce3187e697...0.11.0.0-rc2 Ismael On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 2:16 AM, Ismael Juma <ism...@juma.me.uk> wrote: > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > This is the third candidate for release of Apache Kafka 0.11.0.0. > > This is a major version release of Apache Kafka. It includes 32 new KIPs. > See the release notes and release plan (https://cwiki.apache.org/ > confluence/display/KAFKA/Release+Plan+0.11.0.0) for more details. A few > feature highlights: > > * Exactly-once delivery and transactional messaging > * Streams exactly-once semantics > * Admin client with support for topic, ACLs and config management > * Record headers > * Request rate quotas > * Improved resiliency: replication protocol improvement and > single-threaded controller > * Richer and more efficient message format > > Release notes for the 0.11.0.0 release: > http://home.apache.org/~ijuma/kafka-0.11.0.0-rc2/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > *** Please download, test and vote by Tuesday, June 27, 6pm 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/~ijuma/kafka-0.11.0.0-rc2/ > > * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: > https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ > > * Javadoc: > http://home.apache.org/~ijuma/kafka-0.11.0.0-rc2/javadoc/ > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 0.11.0 branch) is the 0.11.0.0 tag: > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=kafka.git;a=tag;h= > 8698fa1f41102f1664b05baa4d6953fc9564d91e > > * Documentation: > http://kafka.apache.org/0110/documentation.html > > * Protocol: > http://kafka.apache.org/0110/protocol.html > > * Successful Jenkins builds for the 0.11.0 branch: > Unit/integration tests: https://builds.apache.org/job/ > kafka-0.11.0-jdk7/187/ > System tests: pending (will send an update tomorrow) > > /************************************** > > Thanks, > Ismael >
