[KAFKA-15198] Improve version release scripts

• Type: Improvement
• Status: In Progress
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Labels: newbie
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Divij Vaidya
• Created: 17/Jul/23 22:17
• Updated: 05/Sep/24 12:38

Description

This is the parent Jira to track improvement items for version release process.

See: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Release+Process for the complete release process.

Sub-Tasks

• remove leading and trailing spaces from user input in release.py: Resolved
• verify pre-requisite at start of release.py: Resolved
• Automate adding version to system tests: Open
• When git fails, script goes into a loop: Open
• Mention vote should be open for at atleast 72 hours: Resolved
• Automate version change to snapshot: Open
• Add code reviewers to contributors list in release email: Resolved