Hey folks, We're quickly approaching our next time-based release. If you missed any of the updates on the new time-based releases we'll be following, see https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Time+Based+Release+Plan for an explanation.
I've started to organize the 0.10.2.0 release, scheduled for mid-February, here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Release+Plan+0.10.2.0 Here are the important dates (also documented in the wiki): * Feature Freeze: Jan 13, 2017 (major features merged & working on stabilization, minor features have PR, release branch cut; anything not in this state will be automatically moved to the next release in JIRA) * Code Freeze: Jan 27, 2017 (first RC created now) * Release: Feb 14, 2017 Please note that we expect these Feb releases to be a bit lighter than average because so many folks are on vacation over the winter holidays. However, we still have lots of good stuff happening! * KIPs! We have 11 adopted with 5 already committed and 6 with patches in flight. Let's plan to get all of these merged before the feature freeze in ~2w. Also, I did a quick pass over the VOTE threads to move some KIPs into the adopted section. But there are some that I saw just didn't have enough committer votes yet. If you have a KIP outstanding that is just waiting for votes & already has a PR prepared, please revive the thread and push it through. We'll cut them off by the feature freeze, but KIPs that are just waiting on votes could still make it in. * Open JIRAs. Oh my, we have a lot. https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20KAFKA%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%200.10.2.0%20AND%20status%20not%20in%20(resolved%2C%20closed)%20ORDER%20BY%20priority%20DESC%20 More than 200 at the moment. I will be culling these and cleaning them up, although I won't remove the majority of them until we hit feature freeze (except for cases where we know they absolutely cannot make it). Note that if you have something you're aiming to get into 0.10.2.0, *you should mark it with that version now*. * Closed JIRAs: So far ~130 closed tickets for 0.10.2.0 https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20KAFKA%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%200.10.2.0%20AND%20status%20%3D%20resolved%20ORDER%20BY%20priority%20DESC%20 * Release features: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Release+Plan+0.10.2.0 has a "Release Features" section that I will include with the release notes/email for the release. I've populated it with notes about important KIPs, but key bug fixes or features could also be relevant. Please add to this list anything you think is worth noting -- it's a struggle keeping up with everything happening on the -dev list, so please chime in! I'll plan to give another update in ~1w as we get closer to the freeze dates, and with increasing frequency after that. -Ewen
