That is a good point Michael. It looks like Joe fixed the typo. I added an explanation of the scala versioning.
-Jay On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Michael G. Noll <mich...@michael-noll.com>wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Many thanks to everyone involved in the release! > > Please let me share two comments: > > One, there's a typo on the Downloads page [1] for the text of the > source download link: It incorrectly says "kafka-0.8.0-src.tgz" > instead of "kafka-0.8.1-src.tgz". (the hyperlink target/href is > correct though) > > Two, this release is the first time that the project provides binary > downloads for Scala versions other than 2.8.0. Wouldn't it make sense > to add a short note which of the binary versions (Scala 2.8.0, 2.8.2, > 2.9.1, 2.9.2, 2.10) is the recommended version, and also why? > > Right now I assume that the 2.8.0 version is still recommended one > (and still used in production at LinkedIn)? > > Again, many thanks for the release! > Michael > > > [1] http://kafka.apache.org/downloads.html > > > On 12.03.2014 17:31, Joe Stein wrote: > > The Apache Kafka community is pleased to announce the general > > availability release of Apache Kafka 0.8.1. > > > > The 0.8.1 release introduces log compaction > > http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#compaction and a move to > > Gradle for builds. Other changes in this release: > > https://archive.apache.org/dist/kafka/0.8.1/RELEASE_NOTES.html. > > > > Apache Kafka is high-throughput, publish-subscribe messaging system > > rethought of as a distributed commit log. > > > > ** Fast => A single Kafka broker can handle hundreds of megabytes > > of reads and writes per second from thousands of clients. > > > > ** Scalable => Kafka is designed to allow a single cluster to serve > > as the central data backbone for a large organization. It can be > > elastically and transparently expanded without downtime. Data > > streams are partitioned and spread over a cluster of machines to > > allow data streams larger than the capability of any single machine > > and to allow clusters of co-ordinated consumers. > > > > ** Durable => Messages are persisted on disk and replicated within > > the cluster to prevent data loss. Each broker can handle terabytes > > of messages without performance impact. > > > > ** Distributed by Design => Kafka has a modern cluster-centric > > design that offers strong durability and fault-tolerance > > guarantees. > > > > You can download the release from: > > http://kafka.apache.org/downloads.html > > > > We welcome your help and feedback. For more information on how to > > report problems, and to get involved, visit the project website at > > http://kafka.apache.org/ > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlMgzt8ACgkQeW5XuG18ujTXjwCffASY/Io5SVQc1H7lHfxFs0lK > o0kAn1/0t0FQKKaoJNKcm1zhpZh7iT9W > =ZhNm > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
