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| status: PUBLISHED |
| published: true |
| title: Announcing the release of Apache Samza 1.8.0 |
| id: d9b6a389-6abf-48e1-b25e-fb22f2cfbac8 |
| date: '2023-01-19 01:09:09 -0500' |
| categories: samza |
| tags: [] |
| permalink: samza/entry/announcing-the-release-of-apache7 |
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| <p>We are thrilled to announce the release of Apache Samza 1.8.0.</p> |
| <h3 id="key-features">Key Features:</h3> |
| <p> |
| Below is a list of key features that we intend to include in this release:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li> <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SAMZA/SEP-31%3A+Pipeline+Drain-+Support+the+ability+to+drain+pipelines+to+allow+incompatible+intermediate+schema+changes">[SEP-31]</a> : Pipeline Drain- Support the ability to drain pipelines to allow incompatible intermediate schema changes |
| </li> |
| <li> <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SAMZA-2757">[SAMZA-2757]</a> : Make Samza Compatible with Java 11 |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| <p> |
| Full list of the jira tickets addressed in this release can be found <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SAMZA-2744?jql=project%20%3D%20SAMZA%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%201.8">[here]</a></p> |
| <h3 id="upgrade-instructions">Upgrade Instructions</h3> |
| <p> |
| For applications that are already on Samza 1.7.0, updating your dependencies to use Samza 1.8.0 should be sufficient to upgrade.<br /> |
| <br><br /> |
| For applications that are on version 1.6 & below, please see instructions for 1.7.0 upgrade.</p> |
| <h3 id="sources-download">Sources downloads</h3> |
| <p> |
| A source download of Samza 1.8.0 is available <a href="https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/samza/1.8.0/">here</a>, and is also available in Apache’s Maven repository.<br /> |
| <br><br /> |
| See Samza’s download <a href="https://samza.apache.org/startup/download/">page</a> for details and Samza’s feature preview for new features.</p> |
