Changes for v2.7.0 release (confluentinc#1886)

Author: pranavrth

Diff for: CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,7 +1,21 @@
 # Confluent's Python client for Apache Kafka
 
+## v2.7.0
+
+v2.7.0 is a feature release with the features, fixes and enhancements present in v2.6.2 including the following fix:
+
+- Added missing dependency on googleapis-common-protos when using protobufs. (#1881, @tenzer)
+
+confluent-kafka-python v2.7.0 is based on librdkafka v2.6.1, see the
+[librdkafka release notes](https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/releases/tag/v2.6.1)
+for a complete list of changes, enhancements, fixes and upgrade considerations.
+
 ## v2.6.2
 
+> [!WARNING]
+> Due to an error in which we included dependency changes to a recent patch release, Confluent recommends users to **refrain from upgrading to 2.6.2** of Confluent Kafka. Confluent will release a new minor version, 2.7.0, where the dependency changes will be appropriately included. Users who have already upgraded to 2.6.2 and made the required dependency changes are free to remain on that version and are recommended to upgrade to 2.7.0 when that version is available. Upon the release of 2.7.0, the 2.6.2 version will be marked deprecated.
+We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate the feedback that we have gotten from the community.
+
 v2.6.2 is a feature release with the following features, fixes and enhancements:
 
 Note: This release modifies the dependencies of the Schema Registry client. 

Diff for: README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> [!WARNING]
+> Due to an error in which we included dependency changes to a recent patch release, Confluent recommends users to **refrain from upgrading to 2.6.2** of Confluent Kafka. Confluent will release a new minor version, 2.7.0, where the dependency changes will be appropriately included. Users who have already upgraded to 2.6.2 and made the required dependency changes are free to remain on that version and are recommended to upgrade to 2.7.0 when that version is available. Upon the release of 2.7.0, the 2.6.2 version will be marked deprecated.
+We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate the feedback that we have gotten from the community.
+
 Confluent's Python Client for Apache Kafka<sup>TM</sup>
 =======================================================
 

Diff for: docs/conf.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '2.6.2'
+version = '2.7.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = version
 ######################################################################

Diff for: pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "confluent-kafka"
-version = "2.6.2"
+version = "2.7.0"
 description = "Confluent's Python client for Apache Kafka"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",

Diff for: src/confluent_kafka/src/confluent_kafka.h

@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
  *  0xMMmmRRPP
  *  MM=major, mm=minor, RR=revision, PP=patchlevel (not used)
  */
-#define CFL_VERSION     0x02060200
-#define CFL_VERSION_STR "2.6.2"
+#define CFL_VERSION     0x02070200
+#define CFL_VERSION_STR "2.7.0"
 
 /**
  * Minimum required librdkafka version. This is checked both during