Hi all, 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.
The release plan can be found in the usual location: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Release+Plan+0.11.0.0 Here are the important dates (also documented in the wiki): - KIP Freeze: May 10, 2017 (a KIP must be accepted by this date in order to be considered for this release) - Feature Freeze: May 17, 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: May 31, 2017 (first RC created now) - Release: June 14, 2017 There are a couple of changes based on Ewen's feedback as release manager for 0.10.2.0: 1. We now have a KIP freeze one week before the feature freeze to avoid the risky and confusing situation where some KIPs are being discussed, voted on and merged all in the same week. 2. All the dates were moved from Friday to Wednesday so that release management doesn't spill over to the weekend. KIPs: we have 24 adopted with 10 already committed and 10 with patches in flight. The feature freeze is 12 days away so we have a lot of reviewing to do, but significant changes have been merged already. Open JIRAs: As usual, we have a lot! *https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20KAFKA%20AND%20status%20in%20(Open%2C%20%22In%20Progress%22%2C%20Reopened%2C%20%22Patch%20Available%22)%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%200.11.0.0%20ORDER%20BY%20priority%20DESC <https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20KAFKA%20AND%20status%20in%20(Open%2C%20%22In%20Progress%22%2C%20Reopened%2C%20%22Patch%20Available%22)%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%200.11.0.0%20ORDER%20BY%20priority%20DESC>* 146 at the moment. As we get nearer to the feature freeze, I will start moving JIRAs out of this release. * Closed JIRAs: So far ~191 closed tickets for 0.11.0.0: https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20KAFKA%20AND%20status%20in%20(Resolved%2C%20Closed)%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%200.11.0.0%20ORDER%20BY%20priority%20DESC * Release features: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Release+Plan+0.11.0.0 has a "Release Features" section that will be included with the release notes/email for the release. I added some items to get it going. Please add to this list anything you think is worth noting. I'll plan to give another update next week just before the KIP freeze. Ismael
