Heya! Added it, thanks for pointing it out. I have done one more audit and reached out to implementers for a couple of KIPs which should probably be moved to a subsequent release!
Best, Christo > On 26 Nov 2025, at 06:30, Herman K. Jakobsen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Looks like my previous mail unfortunately wasn't sent. However, could we > include KIP-1146 - Anchored Punctuation? The feature is already implemented > and merged to trunk. > > Thanks, > > Herman > >> On 2025/10/30 07:27:22 Christo Lolov wrote: >> Hello! >> >> We have now passed the KIP freeze date for 4.2.0. The next goal is the >> feature freeze on the 19th of November! >> >> Feel free to reachout on this thread if your changes are not getting >> traction to meet that date! >> >> Best, >> Christo >> >>> On Wed, 22 Oct 2025 at 11:16, Christo Lolov <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hello! >>> >>> This is to bump the 4.2.0 thread to the top of the mailing list! >>> >>> The KIP freeze date is 1 week from today on the 29th of October. >>> Please ensure that you have the required number of binding votes for >>> your KIP by that date if you would like it included in 4.2.0. >>> >>> Best, >>> Christo >>> >>> On Thu, 2 Oct 2025 at 15:08, Mickael Maison <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I think moving code freeze to December 10 makes sense. >>>> Many people will be off the last 2 weeks of December, so it's best to >>>> not have deadlines then. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Mickael >>>> >>>> On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM Christo Lolov <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello! >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for the review! >>>>> >>>>> I am okay with pulling all dates by 2 weeks earlier in time > (barring the >>>>> 7th of January one). If there are no objections to the new dates I > will >>>>> update them in the plan tomorrow! >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Christo >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, 2 Oct 2025 at 07:14, Ismael Juma <[email protected]> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Christo, >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for managing the release and for the proposed release > plan. >>>>>> >>>>>> Given our desire to ship every 4 months, I think the proposed > dates should >>>>>> be shifted a bit. The original plan was for 4.1 to ship in mid > July and for >>>>>> 4.2 to ship in mid November. The former eventually shipped on > September 2nd >>>>>> and with the current plan would probably result in 4.2 shipping > in late >>>>>> January/early February. Given where we are, I would suggest > something like: >>>>>> >>>>>> KIP Freeze: October 29 (Wednesday) >>>>>> Feature Freeze: November 19 (Wednesday) >>>>>> Code Freeze: December 10 (Wednesday) >>>>>> At least four weeks of stabilization will follow Code Freeze > (taking >>>>>> holidays into account), meaning we expect to release no earlier > than >>>>>> January 7 2026. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ideally, we'd get RC0 out before the holiday break and then > complete the >>>>>> release by early/mid January. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thoughts? >>>>>> >>>>>> Ismael >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 6:09 AM Christo Lolov <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I would like to volunteer to be the release manager for the > Apache Kafka >>>>>>> 4.2.0 release. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If no one has any objections, you can find a proposed release > plan at >>>>>>> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Release+Plan+4.2.0. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>> Christo >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>
