[ANNOUNCE] Apache Flink Stateful Functions 2.2.0 released

["Tzu-Li (Gordon) Tai" <tz...@apache.org>]

The Apache Flink community is very happy to announce the release of Apache
Flink Stateful Functions 2.2.0.

Stateful Functions is an API that simplifies the building of distributed
stateful applications with a runtime built for serverless architectures.
It's based on functions with persistent state that can interact dynamically
with strong consistency guarantees.

Please check out the release blog post for an overview of the release:
https://flink.apache.org/news/2020/09/28/release-statefun-2.2.0.html

The release is available for download at:
https://flink.apache.org/downloads.html

Maven artifacts for Stateful Functions can be found at:
https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:org.apache.flink%20statefun

Python SDK for Stateful Functions published to the PyPI index can be found
at:
https://pypi.org/project/apache-flink-statefun/

Official Docker image for building Stateful Functions applications is
currently being published to Docker Hub. Progress for creating the Docker
Hub repository can be tracked at:
https://github.com/docker-library/official-images/pull/7749

In the meantime, before the official Docker images are available,
Ververica has volunteered to make Stateful Function's images available for
the community via their public registry:
https://hub.docker.com/r/ververica/flink-statefun

The full release notes are available in Jira:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12315522&version=12348350
<https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12315522&version=12346878>
We would like to thank all contributors of the Apache Flink community who
made this release possible!

Cheers,
Gordon