Hi devs, I'd like to share some highlights from the release sync on 02/06/2024
*- Cutting release branch* We are waiting for the last blocker[1] fix to be completed. After confirming that fix been the merged, we will cut the release branch (expected to be 02/07 AM CET (UTC+1)), and we will make another announcement on the dev mailing list then. *- Cross-team testing* Release testing is already start and in the meantime, there're still serval flips which need to be confirmed whether cross-team testinig is required[2]. RM had created related tickets includes all the features listed on the 1.19 wiki page[3] as well as other actually completed flips. Also contributors are encouraged to create tickets if there are other ones that need to be cross-team tested (Just create new ticket for testing using title 'Release Testing: Verify ...' without 'Instructions' keyword). *- Release notes *[Highlights again] New features and behavior changes which without the 'Release Note', please help to fill out column in the JIRA(click the Edit button and pull the page to the center), especially since 1.19 involves a lot of deprecation, which is important for users and will be part of the release announcement. - *Sync meeting* (https://meet.google.com/vcx-arzs-trv) We've already switched to weekly release sync, so the next release sync will be on Feb 13th, 2024. Feel free to join! [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-34337 [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-34285 [3] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/1.19+Release Best, Yun, Jing, Martijn and Lincoln
