Hey folks,
I'd like to volunteer to be the release manager for a bug fix release of the 3.6 line. This will be the first bug fix release of this line and will be version 3.6.1. It would contain critical bug fixes for features such as Transaction verification [1], will stabilize Tiered Storage early access release [2] [3] and upgrade dependencies to fix CVEs such as Netty [4] and Zookeeper [5]. If no one has any objections, I will send out a release plan latest by 23rd Dec 2023 with a tentative release in mid-Jan 2024. The release plan will include a list of all of the fixes we are targeting for 3.6.1 along with the detailed timeline. If anyone is interested in releasing this sooner, please feel free to take over from me. Thanks! Regards, Divij Vaidya Apache Kafka Committer [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-15653 [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-15481 [3] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-15695 [4] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-15644 [5] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-15596
