davidradl commented on code in PR #832: URL: https://github.com/apache/flink-web/pull/832#discussion_r2905093458
########## docs/content/posts/2026-03-01-community-update.md: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,146 @@ +--- +authors: +- davidrad: null + name: David Radley +date: "2026-03-01T08:00:00Z" +excerpt: Flink Community update for March 2026 +title: Flink Community update for March 2026 +aliases: +- /news/2026/03/01/community-update.html +--- + +<!-- TOC --> + * [What happened last month](#what-happened-last-month) + * [Blogs](#blogs) + * [Apache Flink Dev List activity](#apache-flink-dev-list-activity) + * [Key Themes](#key-themes) + * [Community Announcements](#community-announcements) + * [FLIP Activity](#flip-activity) + * [Accepted - being implemented](#accepted---being-implemented) + * [Being discussed](#being-discussed) + * [Kubernetes Operator 1.14.0 Release](#kubernetes-operator-1140-release) + * [Apache Flink Connector Parent 2.0.0 Release](#apache-flink-connector-parent-200-release) + * [Apache Flink Connector AWS 6.0 Release](#apache-flink-connector-aws-60-release) + * [Apache Flink Agents 0.2.0 released](#apache-flink-agents-020-released) + * [For more information](#for-more-information) +<!-- TOC --> + +Previous Blog: [Flink community update February 2026](https://flink.apache.org/2026/02/01/flink-community-update-february26/) + +A strong February; there was a lot of commit activity with 320 open PRs and 4 new releases. + +## What happened last month +* Flink + * [Release planning](https://lists.apache.org/thread/o1lsjzmh2np1fp3b5dk0x6bwzqg4cvw5) for Flink 2.3 ongoing. + * All CI builds were failing; this was fixed in a [PR](https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/27619) that upgraded Kubernetes client libraries. +* Connector parent + * Added [license checking](https://github.com/apache/flink-connector-shared-utils/commit/6e1af169012db40306a56ba8bcf31bb8a309e6e6) to Parent Connector. +* Flink JDBC connector + * [FLINK-38851](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-38851) Support passing arbitrary database options to JDBC Catalog. +* Flink Kafka connector had 14 commits going in. The most interesting were: + * [FLINK-39012](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-39012) Support global enumerator/dispatcher for dynamic Kafka source (handling multiple cluster topologies) + * [FLINK-39120](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-39120) Update to Kafka 4.2.0. + +## Blogs + +* Rion Williams - [Prepare for Launch: Enrichment Strategies for Apache Flink](https://rion.io/2026/01/27/prepare-for-launch-enrichment-strategies-for-apache-flink/) +* Hongshun Wang - [Fluss 0.9 + Flink CDC V3.6 (coming soon) = production level schema evolution](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hongshun-wang-82169a233_apachefluss-streamhouse-opensource-activity-7434953224673181696-sfrO?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAEGQNUBcKgSajZ7VR3bxeiquOHZcR2Gq80) +* Robin Moffatt was kind enough to point me to his list of [Interesting Links - February 2026 (Stream Processing section)](https://rmoff.net/2026/02/27/interesting-links-february-2026/#_stream_processing) + * Lots of interesting Flink blogs here. Review Comment: the link is in the line above. I could go into more detail - I thought a comment would be helpful to provide context as to why this was included. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
