Hi Kafka developers and friends, The release branch for Apache Kafka 3.0 (with version 3.0.0) has been created (https://github.com/apache/kafka/tree/3.0).
The trunk branch is about to be bumped to 3.1.0-SNAPSHOT via https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/10981 At this point, I'll be reviewing the open JIRA tickets to move every non-blocker from this release to the next one. Going forward, most changes should land only on the trunk branch. Blockers (existing and new that we discover while testing the release) will be double-committed. Please discuss with your reviewers whether your PR should go to trunk or to trunk as well as 3.0 so they can merge accordingly. The 3.0 branch going live is an excellent opportunity to focus on testing the features you aim to include in the upcoming release and making sure that tests are stable, dependable and offer good coverage. Please help us test the release and make sure it gets out the door stable and with high quality. Sincerely, Konstantine
