stanislavkozlovski commented on code in PR #578: URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/578#discussion_r1498946795
########## blog.html: ########## @@ -22,6 +22,125 @@ <!--#include virtual="includes/_nav.htm" --> <div class="right"> <h1 class="content-title">Blog</h1> + <article> + <h2 class="bullet"> + <a id="apache_kafka_370_release_announcement"></a> + <a href="#apache_kafka_370_release_announcement">Apache Kafka 3.7.0 Release Announcement</a> + </h2> + February 2024 - Stanislav Kozlovski (<a href="https://twitter.com/BdKozlovski">@BdKozlovski</a>) + <p>We are proud to announce the release of Apache Kafka 3.7.0. This release contains many new features and improvements. This blog post will highlight some of the more prominent features. For a full list of changes, be sure to check the <a href="https://downloads.apache.org/kafka/3.7.0/RELEASE_NOTES.html">release notes</a>.</p> + <p>See the <a href="https://kafka.apache.org/36/documentation.html#upgrade_3_7_0">Upgrading to 3.7.0 from any version 0.8.x through 3.6.x</a> section in the documentation for the list of notable changes and detailed upgrade steps.</p> + <p> + In the last release, 3.6, + <a href="https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#kraft_zk_migration">the ability to migrate Kafka clusters from a ZooKeeper metadata system</a> + to a KRaft metadata system was ready for usage in production environments with one caveat -- JBOD was not yet available for KRaft clusters. + In this release, we are shipping an early access release of JBOD in KRaft. (See <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-858%3A+Handle+JBOD+broker+disk+failure+in+KRaft">KIP-858</a> for details) + </p> + <p> + Additionally, client APIs released prior to Apache Kafka 2.1 are now marked deprecated in 3.7 and will be removed in Apache Kafka 4.0. See <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-896%3A+Remove+old+client+protocol+API+versions+in+Kafka+4.0">KIP-896</a> for details and RPC versions that are now deprecated. + </p> + <p> + Java 11 support for the Kafka broker is also marked deprecated in 3.7, and is planned to be removed in Kafka 4.0. See <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=284789510">KIP-1013</a> for more details Review Comment: renamed to JDK 11 for now -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@kafka.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org