This directory contains the tools used to publish a release.

• python 3.12
• git
• gpg 2.4

The full instructions for producing a release are available in https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Release+Process.

Create a virtualenv for python, activate it and install dependencies:

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

To start a release, first activate the virutalenv, and then run the release script.

source .venv/bin/activate

You'll need to setup PUSH_REMOTE_NAME to refer to the git remote for apache/kafka.

export PUSH_REMOTE_NAME=<value>

It should be the value shown with this command:

git remote -v | grep -w 'github.com' | grep -w 'apache/kafka' | grep -w '(push)' | awk '{print $1}'

Then start the release script:

python release.py

Should you encounter some problem, where re-running the script doesn't work, look at the following steps:

• The script remembers data inputted previously if you need to correct it, it is saved under the .release-settings.json file in the release folder.
• If the script is interrupted you might need to manually delete the tag named after the release candidate name and branch named after the release version.