Sorry, the documentation does go live with the RC (thanks to Ismael for pointing this out), so here are the links:
* Documentation: http://kafka.apache.org/20/documentation.html * Protocol: http://kafka.apache.org/20/protocol.html Regards, Rajini On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 9:08 PM, Rajini Sivaram <rajinisiva...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, > > > This is the first candidate for release of Apache Kafka 2.0.0. > > > This is a major version release of Apache Kafka. It includes 40 new KIPs > and > > several critical bug fixes. Please see the 2.0.0 release plan for more > details: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=80448820 > > > A few notable highlights: > > - Prefixed wildcard ACLs (KIP-290), Fine grained ACLs for CreateTopics > (KIP-277) > - SASL/OAUTHBEARER implementation (KIP-255) > - Improved quota communication and customization of quotas (KIP-219, > KIP-257) > - Efficient memory usage for down conversion (KIP-283) > - Fix log divergence between leader and follower during fast leader > failover (KIP-279) > - Drop support for Java 7 and remove deprecated code including old > scala clients > - Connect REST extension plugin, support for externalizing secrets and > improved error handling (KIP-285, KIP-297, KIP-298 etc.) > - Scala API for Kafka Streams and other Streams API improvements > (KIP-270, KIP-150, KIP-245, KIP-251 etc.) > > > Release notes for the 2.0.0 release: > > http://home.apache.org/~rsivaram/kafka-2.0.0-rc0/RELEASE_NOTES.html > > > *** Please download, test and vote by Monday, June 25, 4pm 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/~rsivaram/kafka-2.0.0-rc0/ > > > * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: > > https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/ > > > * Javadoc: > > http://home.apache.org/~rsivaram/kafka-2.0.0-rc0/javadoc/ > > > * Tag to be voted upon (off 2.0 branch) is the 2.0.0 tag: > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/tree/2.0.0-rc0 > > > * Documentation: > > http://home.apache.org/~rsivaram/kafka-2.0.0-rc0/kafka_2.11- > 2.0.0-site-docs.tgz > > (Since documentation cannot go live until 2.0.0 is released, please > download and verify) > > > * Successful Jenkins builds for the 2.0 branch: > > Unit/integration tests: https://builds.apache.org/job/kafka-2.0-jdk8/48/ > > System tests: https://jenkins.confluent.io/job/system-test-kafka/jo > b/2.0/6/ (2 failures are known flaky tests) > > > > Please test and verify the release artifacts and submit a vote for this RC > or report any issues so that we can fix them and roll out a new RC ASAP! > > Although this release vote requires PMC votes to pass, testing, votes, > and bug > reports are valuable and appreciated from everyone. > > > Thanks, > > > Rajini > > >
