This is the first release candidate for Apache Pulsar, version 2.8.0. It fixes the following issues:https://github.com/apache/pulsar/pulls?q=is%3Apr+milestone%3A2.8.0+-label%3Arelease%2F2.7.1+-label%3Arelease%2F2.7.2+is%3Aclosed
*** Please download, test and vote on this release. This vote will stay open for at least 72 hours *** Note that we are voting upon the source (tag), binaries are provided for convenience. Source and binary files:https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/pulsar/pulsar-2.8.0-candidate-1/ SHA-512 checksums: 48306629a261f78c560b449f85b58b6e66ae9c7464961ec3990784a97dcb75870f32bfe99393f60195224a66e6b29f06154230a96a7d5edecddb35618a2d69b2 apache-pulsar-2.8.0-SNAPSHOT-bin.tar.gz 3fdab0dad99d7ef2fe9728c1b538d424ef95b208b5d1d01aa7fc23859fe8c8f82074be9ba6426f525159a33ea742ca892c34b87fa641f94c8ddbb84fbacab6eb apache-pulsar-2.8.0-SNAPSHOT-src.tar.gz Maven staging repo:https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachepulsar-1088/ The tag to be voted upon: v2.8.0-candidate-1 (73172334d15e29b7755e5792d7c577f48e54554d)https://github.com/apache/pulsar/releases/tag/v2.8.0-candidate-1 Pulsar's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release:https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/pulsar/KEYS Please download the the source package, and follow the README to build and run the Pulsar standalone service.