Re: [VOTE] 4.0.0 RC0

2025-02-23 Thread Ismael Juma
Thanks David! A few ideas of things to test: 1. Test clients and streams with Java 11: this is the first time we use a different Java version for clients/streams vs the rest, so it would be good to ensure the generated artifacts are good when it comes to this. 2. Similarly, test brokers and connec

[VOTE] 4.0.0 RC0

2025-02-22 Thread David Jacot
Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers, This is the first candidate for release of Apache Kafka 4.0.0. We still have some remaining blockers but we figured that getting a first release candidate will help the community to test this major release. - This is the first release without A