Hi all, We discovered some problems with the first release candidate (RC1) of 2.3.0. Specifically, KAFKA-8484 and KAFKA-8500. I have created a new release candidate that includes fixes for these issues.
Check out the release notes for the 2.3.0 release here: https://home.apache.org/~cmccabe/kafka-2.3.0-rc2/RELEASE_NOTES.html The vote will go until Friday, June 7th, or until we create another R * Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release can be found here: https://kafka.apache.org/KEYS * The release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary) are here: https://home.apache.org/~cmccabe/kafka-2.3.0-rc2/ * Maven artifacts to be voted upon: https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/org/apache/kafka/ * Javadoc: https://home.apache.org/~cmccabe/kafka-2.3.0-rc2/javadoc/ * The tag to be voted upon (off the 2.3 branch) is the 2.3.0 tag: https://github.com/apache/kafka/releases/tag/2.3.0-rc2 best, Colin
