Hi everyone, We've just finished our 1.16 release sync update and would like to update you on the current status and request for your help:
1. The Flink 1.16 release branch is expected to be cut in 3 weeks, which means that we will cut the release branch and start with the release testing. New features that didn't make that time will be postponed until the Flink release after this one. 2. Please help make it easier for the release managers by making sure that the Flink 1.16 release page is updated [1]. This means that: * There should be a Jira link on the release page * This is assigned to someone * The release page has the latest state reflected * When a Jira ticket is completed, proper release notes have been added to the Jira ticket. 3. There are numerous test instabilities which we need help with to get fixed. We currently have 1 release blocker and numerous critical test stability tickets open. You can see an overview of these also on the release page [2]. Please help the release managers with: * Volunteering to pick up a test instability ticket. You can ping me (martijnvisser) to get it assigned to you. * Please also mark the ticket as 'In Progress' when you're working on it and 'Stop Progress' if you're not working on it anymore, so that we know who is working on which ticket. Current open test instability tickets that needs a volunteer to review and/or create fix are https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-26979 (reviewer), https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-28398, https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-28392 and https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-26402. Best regards, Martijn [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/1.16+Release [2] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/1.16+Release#id-1.16Release-2022-07-05
