Bump version to 0.3.0-RC1 and: (#122)

- change software version to be without v as other clients
- use relative dev or example dependencies to avoid changing version in multiple places
- updates to RELEASE section

Author: emasab

.semaphore/semaphore.yml

@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ blocks:
             - cd examples/performance
             - npm install
             - bash -c '../../ci/tests/run_perf_test.sh'
+            - rm -rf ./node_modules
 
   - name: "Linux amd64: Release"
     dependencies: [ ]

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -220,20 +220,22 @@ Steps to update:
     node ci/librdkafka-defs-generator.js
     ```
 
-1. Run `npm install --lockfile-version 2` to build with the new version and fix any build errors that occur.
+1. Run `npm install` to build with the new version and fix any build errors that occur.
 
 1. Run unit tests: `npm run test`
 
+1. Change the librdkafka version in `semaphore.yml`
+
 1. Update the version numbers referenced in the [`README.md`](https://github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-javascript/blob/master/README.md) file to the new version.
 
 ## Releasing
 
-1. Increment the `version` in `package.json`. Change the version in `client.js` and `README.md`. Change the librdkafka version in `semaphore.yml` and in `package.json`.
+1. Increment the `version` in `package.json`. Change the version in `util.js` too.
+If it's needed to change librdkafka version, see the **Updating librdkafka version** section.
 
 1. Run `npm install` to update the `package-lock.json` file.
 
-1. Create a PR and merge the above changes, and tag the merged commit with the new version, e.g. `git tag vx.y.z && git push origin vx.y.z`.
-   This should be the same string as `version` in `package.json`.
+1. Create a PR and merge the above changes, and tag the merged commit with the new version. This should be the same string as `version` in `package.json`.
 
 1. The CI will run on the tag, which will create the release artifacts in Semaphore CI.
 

lib/util.js

@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ util.dictToStringList = function (mapOrObject) {
   return list;
 };
 
-util.bindingVersion = 'v0.2.1';
+util.bindingVersion = '0.3.0-RC1';

package-lock.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@confluentinc/kafka-javascript",
-  "version": "v0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.3.0-RC1",
   "description": "Node.js bindings for librdkafka",
   "librdkafka": "2.6.0",
   "librdkafka_win": "2.6.0",
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
     "node": ">=18.0.0"
   },
   "workspaces": [
+    ".",
     "schemaregistry",
     "schemaregistry-examples"
   ]

package.json

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
   "license": "ISC",
   "description": "",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@confluentinc/kafka-javascript": "^0.2.0",
-    "@confluentinc/schemaregistry": "^v0.2.1",
+    "@confluentinc/kafka-javascript": "file:..",
+    "@confluentinc/schemaregistry": "file:../schemaregistry",
     "axios": "^1.7.7",
     "uuid": "^10.0.0"
   }

schemaregistry-examples/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@confluentinc/schemaregistry",
-  "version": "v0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.3.0-RC1",
   "description": "Node.js client for Confluent Schema Registry",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@bufbuild/buf": "^1.37.0",
     "@bufbuild/protoc-gen-es": "^2.0.0",
-    "@confluentinc/kafka-javascript": "^0.2.0",
+    "@confluentinc/kafka-javascript": "file:..",
     "@eslint/js": "^9.9.0",
     "@types/eslint__js": "^8.42.3",
     "@types/node": "^20.16.1",