+1. Hope this is the last one. On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Guozhang Wang <wangg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > This is the fifth candidate for release of Apache Kafka 1.0.0. The main PRs > that gets merged in after RC3 are the following: > > *https://github.com/apache/kafka/commit/def1a768a6301c14ad6611358716ab > 03de04e76b > <https://github.com/apache/kafka/commit/def1a768a6301c14ad6611358716ab > 03de04e76b>* > > *https://github.com/apache/kafka/commit/b9fc0f2e6892062efa1fff0c6f7bfc > 683c8ba7ab > <https://github.com/apache/kafka/commit/b9fc0f2e6892062efa1fff0c6f7bfc > 683c8ba7ab>* > > *https://github.com/apache/kafka/commit/a51fdcd2ee7efbd14857448a2fb7ec > b71531e1f9 > <https://github.com/apache/kafka/commit/a51fdcd2ee7efbd14857448a2fb7ec > b71531e1f9>* > > *https://github.com/apache/kafka/commit/109a60c77a56d4afed488c3ba35dc8 > 459fde15ce > <https://github.com/apache/kafka/commit/109a60c77a56d4afed488c3ba35dc8 > 459fde15ce>* > > It's worth noting that starting in this version we are using a different > version protocol with three digits: *major.minor.bug-fix* > > Any and all testing is welcome, but the following areas are worth > highlighting: > > 1. Client developers should verify that their clients can produce/consume > to/from 1.0.0 brokers (ideally with compressed and uncompressed data). > 2. Performance and stress testing. Heroku and LinkedIn have helped with > this in the past (and issues have been found and fixed). > 3. End users can verify that their apps work correctly with the new > release. > > This is a major version release of Apache Kafka. It includes 29 new KIPs. > See the release notes and release plan > (*https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage. > action?pageId=71764913 > <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=71764913 > >*) > for more details. A few feature highlights: > > * Java 9 support with significantly faster TLS and CRC32C implementations > * JBOD improvements: disk failure only disables failed disk but not the > broker (KIP-112/KIP-113 part I) > * Controller improvements: reduced logging change to greatly accelerate > admin request handling. > * Newly added metrics across all the modules (KIP-164, KIP-168, KIP-187, > KIP-188, KIP-196) > * Kafka Streams API improvements (KIP-120 / 130 / 138 / 150 / 160 / 161), > and drop compatibility "Evolving" annotations > > Release notes for the 1.0.0 release: > *http://home.apache.org/~guozhang/kafka-1.0.0-rc4/RELEASE_NOTES.html > <http://home.apache.org/~guozhang/kafka-1.0.0-rc4/RELEASE_NOTES.html>* > > > > *** Please download, test and vote by Tuesday, October 31, 8pm PT > > Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release: > http://kafka.apache.org/KEYS > > * Release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary): > *http://home.apache.org/~guozhang/kafka-1.0.0-rc4/ > <http://home.apache.org/~guozhang/kafka-1.0.0-rc4/>* > > * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: > https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ > > * Javadoc: > *http://home.apache.org/~guozhang/kafka-1.0.0-rc4/javadoc/ > <http://home.apache.org/~guozhang/kafka-1.0.0-rc4/javadoc/>* > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 1.0 branch) is the 1.0.0-rc4 tag: > > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=kafka.git;a=tag;h= > d4a3919e408e444dde5db5a261c6f912cb8475a2 > > * Documentation: > Note the documentation can't be pushed live due to changes that will not go > live until the release. You can manually verify by downloading > http://home.apache.org/~guozhang/kafka-1.0.0-rc4/ > kafka_2.11-1.0.0-site-docs.tgz > > > The Jenkins builders for this RC can now be found here: > > System test (still running): > *https://jenkins.confluent.io/job/system-test-kafka-1.0/18/ > <https://jenkins.confluent.io/job/system-test-kafka-1.0/18/>* > Unit test: *https://builds.apache.org/job/kafka-1.0-jdk7/61/ > <https://builds.apache.org/job/kafka-1.0-jdk7/61/>* > > > /************************************** > > > Thanks, > -- Guozhang >
