I did the following:
- Validated all checksums and signatures - Built from source and ran all the unit tests - Ran quickstart steps for ZK, KRaft, and Kafka Streams (with KRaft) - Spot checked the docs and Javadocs Thanks for running the release! +1(binding) -Bill On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 5:14 AM David Jacot <dja...@confluent.io.invalid> wrote: > I performed the following validations: > * Verified all checksums and signatures. > * Built from source and ran unit tests. > * Ran the first quickstart steps for both ZK and KRaft. > * Spotchecked the Javadocs. > > I am +1 (binding). Thanks for running the release! > > Best, > David > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 8:00 PM David Arthur <davidart...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > Hey folks, we found a couple of blockers with RC1 and have fixed them in > > the latest release candidate, RC2. > > > > The major features of this release include: > > > > * KIP-881: Rack-aware Partition Assignment for Kafka Consumers > > < > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-881%3A+Rack-aware+Partition+Assignment+for+Kafka+Consumers > > > > > > > * KIP-876: Time based cluster metadata snapshots > > < > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-876%3A+Time+based+cluster+metadata+snapshots > > > > > > > * KIP-787: MM2 manage Kafka resources with custom Admin implementation. > > < > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=191335620 > > > > > > > * KIP-866 ZooKeeper to KRaft Migration > > < > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-866+ZooKeeper+to+KRaft+Migration > > > > > (Early > > Access) > > > > > > > > Release notes for the 3.4.0 release: > > > > https://home.apache.org/~davidarthur/kafka-3.4.0-rc2/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > > > > > Please download, test and vote by Friday, February 3, 5pm PT > > > > > > --- > > > > > > 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/~davidarthur/kafka-3.4.0-rc2/ > > > > > > * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: > > > > https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ > > > > > > * Javadoc: > > > > https://home.apache.org/~davidarthur/kafka-3.4.0-rc2/javadoc/ > > > > > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 3.4 branch) is the 3.4.0 tag: > > > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/3.4.0-rc2 > > > > > > * Documentation: > > > > https://kafka.apache.org/34/documentation.html > > > > > > * Protocol: > > > > https://kafka.apache.org/34/protocol.html > > > > > > --- > > > > > > Test results: > > > > > > We haven't had a 100% passing build, but the latest system test run looks > > pretty good: > > > > > http://confluent-kafka-system-test-results.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/3.4/2023-01-31--001.system-test-kafka-3.4--1675184554--confluentinc--3.4--ef3f5bd834/report.html > > > > > > Here are the Jenkins test runs for 3.4: > > https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Kafka/job/kafka/job/3.4/. We will > > continue > > trying to diagnose the flaky test failures as the release continues. I do > > not expect that any of these test failures are blockers for the release. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > David Arthur > > >
