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________________________________ From: Randall Hauch <rha...@apache.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 4:57 PM To: dev <dev@kafka.apache.org>; Users <us...@kafka.apache.org>; kafka-clients <kafka-clie...@googlegroups.com> Subject: [VOTE] 2.6.0 RC0 Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, This is the first 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://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https:%2F%2Fhome.apache.org%2F~rhauch%2Fkafka-2.6.0-rc0%2FRELEASE_NOTES.html&data=02%7C01%7Cgrussell%40vmware.com%7C79493bcbf8764a2439cb08d828384f64%7Cb39138ca3cee4b4aa4d6cd83d9dd62f0%7C0%7C0%7C637303569605796741&sdata=gSEE7%2Ba1OO2NqprMHoFHTfscddV72A4YoVm8ffacpKc%3D&reserved=0 *** 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://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkafka.apache.org%2FKEYS&data=02%7C01%7Cgrussell%40vmware.com%7C79493bcbf8764a2439cb08d828384f64%7Cb39138ca3cee4b4aa4d6cd83d9dd62f0%7C0%7C0%7C637303569605796741&sdata=2qDdViKaLs4YmUPj2o%2F1Bjaf1RHiPVrEgH4gECVIKvY%3D&reserved=0 * Release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary): https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https:%2F%2Fhome.apache.org%2F~rhauch%2Fkafka-2.6.0-rc0%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cgrussell%40vmware.com%7C79493bcbf8764a2439cb08d828384f64%7Cb39138ca3cee4b4aa4d6cd83d9dd62f0%7C0%7C0%7C637303569605806736&sdata=23HdLoF2fTT7ZIgJRkeblg90nwX2R795uL5giMlpNU4%3D&reserved=0 * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frepository.apache.org%2Fcontent%2Fgroups%2Fstaging%2Forg%2Fapache%2Fkafka%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cgrussell%40vmware.com%7C79493bcbf8764a2439cb08d828384f64%7Cb39138ca3cee4b4aa4d6cd83d9dd62f0%7C0%7C0%7C637303569605806736&sdata=OKKF1SuDPi%2BN9HFAesbeJFLDl6kipjVPbMjm%2F3oA%2BZY%3D&reserved=0 * Javadoc: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https:%2F%2Fhome.apache.org%2F~rhauch%2Fkafka-2.6.0-rc0%2Fjavadoc%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cgrussell%40vmware.com%7C79493bcbf8764a2439cb08d828384f64%7Cb39138ca3cee4b4aa4d6cd83d9dd62f0%7C0%7C0%7C637303569605806736&sdata=owaSLXhSs4NHVYN51u29Q3HD0YI4iD08qwb4iT2quvQ%3D&reserved=0 * Tag to be voted upon (off 2.6 branch) is the 2.6.0 tag: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fapache%2Fkafka%2Freleases%2Ftag%2F2.6.0-rc0&data=02%7C01%7Cgrussell%40vmware.com%7C79493bcbf8764a2439cb08d828384f64%7Cb39138ca3cee4b4aa4d6cd83d9dd62f0%7C0%7C0%7C637303569605806736&sdata=jcVDQHyPPQNGSMGyhHfVN4U2MQdG5jpcYKdv4U%2F1BYI%3D&reserved=0 * Documentation: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkafka.apache.org%2F26%2Fdocumentation.html&data=02%7C01%7Cgrussell%40vmware.com%7C79493bcbf8764a2439cb08d828384f64%7Cb39138ca3cee4b4aa4d6cd83d9dd62f0%7C0%7C0%7C637303569605806736&sdata=MV%2FqchaN2pgFyI1i1FU0xmlIxurpdRryz%2BXoA1EZh2c%3D&reserved=0 * Protocol: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkafka.apache.org%2F26%2Fprotocol.html&data=02%7C01%7Cgrussell%40vmware.com%7C79493bcbf8764a2439cb08d828384f64%7Cb39138ca3cee4b4aa4d6cd83d9dd62f0%7C0%7C0%7C637303569605806736&sdata=FGKpvYFIJe220%2FNOseaU%2FFCrnA2JW%2BHt1tbS3vA%2Bofs%3D&reserved=0 * Successful Jenkins builds for the 2.6 branch: Unit/integration tests: https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbuilds.apache.org%2Fjob%2Fkafka-2.6-jdk8%2F80%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cgrussell%40vmware.com%7C79493bcbf8764a2439cb08d828384f64%7Cb39138ca3cee4b4aa4d6cd83d9dd62f0%7C0%7C0%7C637303569605806736&sdata=nPWHTi1%2Byh4LqQ4Za39TNv%2BrMneLAWRj3fUgKpq1nO4%3D&reserved=0 System tests: (link to follow) Thanks, Randall Hauch
