Any thoughts, Rajini? On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 9:55 PM Randall Hauch <rha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > When I was checking the documentation for RC1 after the tag was pushed, I > noticed that the fix Rajini mentioned in the RC0 vote thread ( > https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/8979 > <https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/8979/files#diff-369f0debebfcda6709beeaf11612b34bR20-R21>) > and merged to the `2.6` branch includes the following comment about being > deprecated in 2.7: > https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/8979/files#diff-369f0debebfcda6709beeaf11612b34bR20-R21 > . > > Rajini, can you please check the commits merged to the `2.6` do not have > the reference to 2.7? Since these are JavaDocs, I'm assuming that we'll > need to cut RC2. > > But it'd be good for everyone else to double check this release. > > Best regards, > > Randall Hauch > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 9:50 PM Randall Hauch <rha...@apache.org> wrote: > >> Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, >> >> This is the second candidate for release of Apache Kafka 2.6.0. This is a >> major release that includes many new features, including: >> >> * TLSv1.3 has been enabled by default for Java 11 or newer. >> * Smooth scaling out of Kafka Streams applications >> * Kafka Streams support for emit on change >> * New metrics for better operational insight >> * Kafka Connect can automatically create topics for source connectors >> * Improved error reporting options for sink connectors in Kafka Connect >> * New Filter and conditional SMTs in Kafka Connect >> * The default value for the `client.dns.lookup` configuration is >> now `use_all_dns_ips` >> * Upgrade Zookeeper to 3.5.8 >> >> This release also includes a few other features, 76 improvements, and 165 >> bug fixes. >> >> Release notes for the 2.6.0 release: >> https://home.apache.org/~rhauch/kafka-2.6.0-rc1/RELEASE_NOTES.html >> >> *** Please download, test and vote by Monday, July 20, 9am PT >> >> Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: >> https://kafka.apache.org/KEYS >> >> * Release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary): >> https://home.apache.org/~rhauch/kafka-2.6.0-rc1/ >> >> * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: >> https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ >> >> * Javadoc: >> https://home.apache.org/~rhauch/kafka-2.6.0-rc1/javadoc/ >> >> * Tag to be voted upon (off 2.6 branch) is the 2.6.0 tag: >> https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/2.6.0-rc1 >> >> * Documentation: >> https://kafka.apache.org/26/documentation.html >> >> * Protocol: >> https://kafka.apache.org/26/protocol.html >> >> * Successful Jenkins builds for the 2.6 branch: >> Unit/integration tests: https://builds.apache.org/job/kafka-2.6-jdk8/91/ (one >> flaky test) >> System tests: (link to follow) >> >> Thanks, >> Randall Hauch >> >
