[DISCUSS] KIP-578: Add configuration to limit number of partitions

[Gokul Ramanan Subramanian]

Hi.

I have opened KIP-578, intended to provide a mechanism to limit the number
of partitions in a Kafka cluster. Kindly provide feedback on the KIP which
you can find at
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-578%3A+Add+configuration+to+limit+number+of+partitions

I want to specially thank Stanislav Kozlovski who helped in formulating
some aspects of the KIP.

Many thanks,

Gokul.