Hi! I forgot to mention but now the documentation site should include the instructions.
Best, On Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 11:22 AM Josep Prat <josep.p...@aiven.io> wrote: > Hi Sarah, > Thanks for noticing this! This was an oversight during the 3.8 release. I > filed a PR (https://github.com/apache/kafka-site/pull/634) to fix this. > Basically you would need to follow similar steps as with the previous > versions making sure the right parameters are passed in. > > Best, > > On Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 8:07 AM Sarah Brofeldt <s...@dbc.dk.invalid> wrote: > >> Hi Kafka users, >> >> We've been confused by the recent release notes, notably 3.8 and >> (unreleased so far) 3.9. Both of them appear to be missing upgrade >> instructions. How are we supposed to interpret this? Simply upgrade, or do >> every manual step described in _previous_ versions? Perhaps this is >> supposed to be obvious, but because previous releases contain very detailed >> upgrade instructions, it seems confusing to me. >> >> See eg. these for missing upgrade details: >> https://kafka.apache.org/38/documentation.html#upgrade >> https://kafka.apache.org/39/documentation.html#upgrade >> >> As an example, we're on 3.5 currently and aiming to upgrade. Let's say I >> were to upgrade to 3.7, following the instructions here; >> >> https://kafka.apache.org/37/documentation.html#upgrade >> >> This has me following several steps, for instance, >> >> > 3. Once the cluster's behavior and performance has been verified, bump >> the protocol version by editing inter.broker.protocol.version and setting >> it to 3.7. >> >> Now let's say we're on on 3.5 and want to upgrade instead to 3.8. This >> has no steps at all! How am I meant to interpret this? Is it supposed to be >> simply cross your fingers and let Automagic take the wheel? Or am I >> supposed to understand that I am implicitly supposed to do every upgrade >> step for prior releases I'm "passing through" or am I simply not allowed to >> do the upgrade across multiple versions at all? (This seems to contradict >> the note: "Upgrading to 3.8.0 from any version 0.8.x through 3.7.x") >> >> Thanks in advance. :-) >> >> -- Sarah > > > > -- > [image: Aiven] <https://www.aiven.io> > > *Josep Prat* > Open Source Engineering Director, *Aiven* > josep.p...@aiven.io | +491715557497 > aiven.io <https://www.aiven.io> | > <https://www.facebook.com/aivencloud> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/aiven/> <https://twitter.com/aiven_io> > *Aiven Deutschland GmbH* > Alexanderufer 3-7, 10117 Berlin > Geschäftsführer: Oskari Saarenmaa, Hannu Valtonen, > Anna Richardson, Kenneth Chen > Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 209739 B > -- [image: Aiven] <https://www.aiven.io> *Josep Prat* Open Source Engineering Director, *Aiven* josep.p...@aiven.io | +491715557497 aiven.io <https://www.aiven.io> | <https://www.facebook.com/aivencloud> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/aiven/> <https://twitter.com/aiven_io> *Aiven Deutschland GmbH* Alexanderufer 3-7, 10117 Berlin Geschäftsführer: Oskari Saarenmaa, Hannu Valtonen, Anna Richardson, Kenneth Chen Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 209739 B
