<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Hi,</span><br></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">The Release Candidate <span class="gmail-m_-3232299101774786838gmail-il">1</span> for the first <span class="gmail-m_-3232299101774786838gmail-m_8075381201834153207gmail-il">Strimzi</span> <span class="gmail-m_-3232299101774786838gmail-il">0</span>.8.<span class="gmail-m_-3232299101774786838gmail-il">0</span> is now available. </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">The main features are:</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">* Better support for TLS hostname verification for external connections</div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">* Support for unencrypted external connections on LoadBalancers and NodePorts.</div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">* Certificate renewal / expiration</div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">* Mirror Maker operator</div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">* Triggering rolling update / pod deletion manually</div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">More details can be found on our GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/releases/tag/0.8.0-rc1">https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/releases/tag/0.8.0-rc1</a></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Thanks & Regards</div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Jakub</div></div></div></div>