This is the first release candidate for Apache Pulsar, version 2.8.1. It fixes the following issues: https://github.com/apache/pulsar/pulls?q=is%3Apr+label%3Arelease%2F2.8.1+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-2.8.1-candidate-1/ SHA-512 checksums: c4ee1ba7ccd86d8e5dcbbc7b874dc1eb27433385 apache-pulsar-2.8.1-src.tar.gz 074e8ff29b8a6fe633c47de33bf1bdd1e46b2d03 apache-pulsar-2.8.1-bin.tar.gz Maven staging repo: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachepulsar-1097 The tag to be voted upon: v2.8.1-candidate-1 (00f99bb3e47ee097dcdadfdd6a1458b36264e254) https://github.com/apache/pulsar/releases/tag/v2.8.1-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 source package, and follow the README to build and run the Pulsar standalone service.
