Hi Konstantine, Thanks for that; I can get to the docs now.
I've validated the release by doing the following - built from source - ran all unit tests - verified all checksums and signatures - spot-checked the Javadoc - worked through the quick start - worked through the Kafka Streams quick start application - ran KRaft in preview mode - created a topic - produced and consumed from the topic - ran metadata shell I did find some minor errors in the docs (all in quickstart) - The beginning of the quickstart still references version 2.8 - The command presented to create a topic in the quickstart is missing the --partitions and --replication-factor params - The link for "Kafka Streams demo" and "app development tutorial" points to version 2.5 But considering we can update the documentation directly and, more importantly, independently of the code, IMHO, I don't think these should block the release. So it's a +1(binding) for me. Thanks for running the release! Bill On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 2:36 AM Konstantine Karantasis < kkaranta...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi Bill, > > I just added folder 30 to the kafka-site repo. Hadn't realized that this > separate manual step was part of the RC process and not the official > release (even though, strangely enough, I was expecting myself to be able > to read the docs online). I guess I needed a second nudge after Gary's > first comment on RC1 to see what was missing. I'll update the release doc > to make this more clear. > > Should be accessible now. Please take another look. > > Konstantine > > > > On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 12:50 AM Bill Bejeck <bbej...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Konstantine, > > > > I've started to do the validation for the release and the link for docs > > doesn't work. > > > > Thanks, > > Bill > > > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 5:59 PM Konstantine Karantasis < > > kkaranta...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > Hello again Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > > > > > This is the third candidate for release of Apache Kafka 3.0.0. > > > It is a major release that includes many new features, including: > > > > > > * The deprecation of support for Java 8 and Scala 2.12. > > > * Kafka Raft support for snapshots of the metadata topic and other > > > improvements in the self-managed quorum. > > > * Deprecation of message formats v0 and v1. > > > * Stronger delivery guarantees for the Kafka producer enabled by > default. > > > * Optimizations in OffsetFetch and FindCoordinator requests. > > > * More flexible Mirror Maker 2 configuration and deprecation of Mirror > > > Maker 1. > > > * Ability to restart a connector's tasks on a single call in Kafka > > Connect. > > > * Connector log contexts and connector client overrides are now enabled > > by > > > default. > > > * Enhanced semantics for timestamp synchronization in Kafka Streams. > > > * Revamped public API for Stream's TaskId. > > > * Default serde becomes null in Kafka Streams and several other > > > configuration changes. > > > > > > You may read and review a more detailed list of changes in the 3.0.0 > blog > > > post draft here: > > > > > > https://blogs.apache.org/preview/kafka/?previewEntry=what-s-new-in-apache6 > > > > > > Release notes for the 3.0.0 release: > > > > https://home.apache.org/~kkarantasis/kafka-3.0.0-rc2/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > > > > > *** Please download, test and vote by Tuesday, September 14, 2021 *** > > > > > > 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/~kkarantasis/kafka-3.0.0-rc2/ > > > > > > * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: > > > https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ > > > > > > * Javadoc: > > > https://home.apache.org/~kkarantasis/kafka-3.0.0-rc2/javadoc/ > > > > > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 3.0 branch) is the 3.0.0 tag: > > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/3.0.0-rc2 > > > > > > * Documentation: > > > https://kafka.apache.org/30/documentation.html > > > > > > * Protocol: > > > https://kafka.apache.org/30/protocol.html > > > > > > * Successful Jenkins builds for the 3.0 branch: > > > Unit/integration tests: > > > > > > > > > https://ci-builds.apache.org/blue/organizations/jenkins/Kafka%2Fkafka/detail/3.0/129/ > > > (1 flaky test failure) > > > System tests: > > > https://jenkins.confluent.io/job/system-test-kafka/job/3.0/67/ > > > (1 flaky test failure) > > > > > > /************************************** > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Konstantine > > > > > >