[ANNOUNCE] Weekly community update #31

[Till Rohrmann <tr...@apache.org>]

Dear community,

this is the weekly community update thread #31. Please post any news and
updates you want to share with the community to this thread.

# Flink 1.5.2 has been released

The community released the second bug fix release Flink 1.5.2 [1]. The
release contains more than 20 improvements and fixes compared to Flink
1.5.1. It is recommended to upgrade to this version.

# GitBox is live

The migration to GitBox has been completed. This changes the location for
the remote Apache repository which is now located at
https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/flink.git.

# Flink 1.6.0 RC2 has been published

The community has published the second RC for Flink 1.6.0 [2]. Please help
the community by giving the release candidate exposure.

[1] https://flink.apache.org/news/2018/07/31/release-1.5.2.html
[2]
http://apache-flink-mailing-list-archive.1008284.n3.nabble.com/VOTE-Release-1-6-0-release-candidate-2-td23648.html

Cheers,
Till