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  • Make sure the documentation (docs/documentation.html, docs/quickstart.html,docs/api.html) are all referring to the correct release and links.
  • git clone https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/kafka-site.git
  • git checkout asf-site
  • The releaseTarGzAll target should auto-generate the configuration docs for broker/producer/consumer in ./core/build/distributions/kafka_2.11-0.10.0.0-site-docs.tgz. Untar the file and rename site-docs to 0100 (or if the latter already exists, replace its contents).
  • Copy release javadoc to 0100/ (for bug-fix releases, only do this after the vote has passed to avoid showing an unreleased version number in the published javadocs)
  • If this is a major/minor release, update the list of legacy paths in includes/_header.htm
  • Commit

Voting

  • Send out a voting email to users@kafka.apache.orgdev@kafka.apache.orgkafka-clients@googlegroups.com. In the email, include the git revision next to the git tag (since tag will be dropped when rolling out a new RC).

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    To: dev@kafka.apache.org
    Subject: [VOTE] 0.10.0.0 RC0
     
    Hello Kafka users, developers and client-developers,
    
    This is the first candidate for release of Apache Kafka 0.10.0.0. This is a major release that includes: (1) New message format including timestamps (2) client interceptor API (3) Kafka Streams. Since this is a major release, we will give people more time to try it out and give feedback.
    
    Release notes for the 0.10.0.0 release:
    http://home.apache.org/~gwenshap/kafka-0.10.0.0-rc0/RELEASE_NOTES.html
    
    *** Please download, test and vote by Monday, March 28, 9am PT
    
    Kafka's KEYS file containing PGP keys we use to sign the release:
    http://kafka.apache.org/KEYS
    
    * Release artifacts to be voted upon (source and binary):
    http://home.apache.org/~gwenshap/kafka-0.10.0.0-rc0/
    
    * Maven artifacts to be voted upon:
    https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging/
    
    * Javadoc:
    http://home.apache.org/~gwenshap/kafka-0.10.0.0-rc0/javadoc/
    
    * Tag to be voted upon (off 0.10.0 branch) is the 0.10.0.0 tag:
    https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=kafka.git;a=tag;h=72fd542633a95a8bd5bdc9fdca56042b643cb4b0
    
    * Documentation:
    http://kafka.apache.org/0100/documentation.html
    
    * Protocol:
    http://kafka.apache.org/0100/protocol.html
     
    * Successful Jenkins builds for the 0.10.0 branch:
    Unit/integration tests: https://builds.apache.org/job/kafka-0.10.0-jdk7/170/
    System tests: https://jenkins.confluent.io/job/system-test-kafka-0.10.0/130/
    
    /**************************************
    
    Thanks,
    
    Gwen


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