Hi Divij, Some of these are launch checklist items (not really goals) and some are compatibility guarantees. More below.
On Thu, Jul 27, 2023, 12:10 PM Divij Vaidya <divijvaidy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Satish > > Could we consider adding "launch goals" in the release plan. While > some of these may be implicit, it would be nice to list them down in > the release plan. For this release, our launch requirements would be: > 1. Users should be able to upgrade from any prior Kafka version to this > version. > This is part of the compatibility guarantees. The upgrade notes mention this already. If there is a change in a given release, it should definitely be highlighted. 2. On release, this version (or it's dependencies) would not have any > known MEDIUM/HIGH CVE. > This is a new policy and the details should be discussed. In particular, the threshold (medium or high). 3. Presence of any "early access"/"beta" feature should not impact > other production features when it is not enabled. > This is a general guideline for early access features and not specific to this release. It would be good to have a page that talks about these things. 4. Once enabled, users should have an option to disable any "early > access"/"beta" feature and resume normal production features, i.e. > impact of beta features should be reversible. > This needs discussion and I don't think it's reasonable as a general rule. For example, Kraft early access wasn't reversible and it was not feasible for it to be. 5. KIP-405 will be available in "early access"/"beta" mode. Early > access/beta means that the public facing interfaces won't change in > future but the implementation is not recommended to be used in > production. I don't think it's ok to make this a requirement. Early access is a way to get early feedback and all types of changes should be on the table. They would be discussed via KIPs as usual. I believe there were some incompatible changes for Kraft during the early access period although the team aimed to minimize work required during upgrades. I have mentioned Kraft a couple of times since it's a good example of a large feature that went through this process. Ismael
