Hi all,
I’d like to start a discussion about moving the kerberos-security extension from core to contrib. This extension hasn’t seen much recent development, and at the moment, there isn’t anyone in the community actively maintaining it. It also brings in Hadoop common libraries, which—similar to the Hadoop batch indexing extension—could create friction as we look to modernize Druid, such as by dropping JDK 11 support or upgrading key dependencies. By moving the extension to contrib, we acknowledge its usefulness to some users while being realistic about the current level of support. As a community, we’ll continue to do our best to keep contrib extensions functional, but this change would clarify that kerberos-security is not officially maintained and does not block broader project progress. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and any concerns. Thanks, Lucas Capistrant
