Hey all -- was just wondering where we currently stand Re: delaying 3. for the KRaft KIPs vs doing a 3.9 release
I know we don't want to have to wait for a whole release cycle to ship these KRaft features, but delaying 3.8 up to month is also rather difficult to swallow. I just wanted to throw an unusual idea out there and see if this might be a possible compromise, or is out of the question: What if we proceed with the 3.8 release as-is, without these KIPs, but rather than doing 3.9 in another 3 months we continue on with the plan to ship 4.0 in the fall and simply do a very small 3.9 release just for the KRaft KIPs once they are finished? I know this breaks our usual release cycle and may be confusing to some users, but many of us are waiting on things being shipped in 3.8 and delaying it by another month (perhaps more) feels unfair. At the same time, I understand the need to ship these KRaft KIPs before 4.0 and that there are others who would consider it unfair if the KRaft KIPs were delayed until the next release cycle. So it seems like an easy win-win to make everyone happy by shipping 3.8 now and shipping the KRaft KIPs whenever they are ready. This also removes the pressure on these KIPs to rush everything in or cut scope, and would give them some breathing room to take the time they need. Thoughts? On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 11:44 PM Josep Prat <josep.p...@aiven.io.invalid> wrote: > Hi all, > > We are now past the code freeze for the 3.8.0 release. If you think a > commit should be backported to the 3.8 branch, please ping me in the PR > (@jlprat). > > Thanks! > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 7:22 PM José Armando García Sancio > <jsan...@confluent.io.invalid> wrote: > > > Hi Josep, > > > > See my comment below. > > > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 1:17 PM Josep Prat <josep.p...@aiven.io.invalid> > > wrote: > > > How long do you think it will take to bring KIP-853 to completion? > > > > We are still missing a few issues/jiras that need to get implemented > > for the feature to be usable. I would say a few more weeks. May be > > early July or mid July. > > > > Thanks, > > -- > > -José > > > > > -- > [image: Aiven] <https://www.aiven.io> > > *Josep Prat* > Open Source Engineering Director, *Aiven* > josep.p...@aiven.io | +491715557497 > aiven.io <https://www.aiven.io> | <https://www.facebook.com/aivencloud > > > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/aiven/> < > https://twitter.com/aiven_io> > *Aiven Deutschland GmbH* > Alexanderufer 3-7, 10117 Berlin > Geschäftsführer: Oskari Saarenmaa & Hannu Valtonen > Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 209739 B >
