hi Mickael, Your response is very helpful!
In the documentation, we can focus solely on the "quick start" guide and include a reminder that the Windows version of [software/product name] is *not recommended for production use*. Best, Chia-Ping Mickael Maison <mickael.mai...@gmail.com> 於 2025年1月27日 週一 下午10:33寫道： > Hi, > > One thing to keep in mind is that at the moment Windows not documented > as a supported OS: https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#os > The main reason is the lack of testing. Our CI does not include > Windows environments and as far as I'm aware none of the committers or > active contributors run Kafka on Windows. > > Users have reported a bunch of issues on Windows, for example see > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-18647?jql=summary%20~%20windows%20AND%20project%20%3D%20KAFKA%20AND%20resolution%20%3D%20Unresolved%20ORDER%20BY%20created%20DESC%2C%20priority%20DESC%2C%20updated%20DESC > (ignore the Streams windowing issues!) > > So I'm not sure if we want to actively advertise Windows when we are > aware of issues, and not in a position to properly address them. > > Thanks, > Mickael > > On Sat, Jan 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM Ukpa Uchechi <ukpauchec...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi Chia-Ping, > > > > Thank you for your encouraging response and for the helpful resource! > I’ll > > submit a JIRA ticket and start working on the pull request. > > > > I’ll make sure to ping you once the PR is ready for review. I appreciate > > your willingness to review it. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Uchechi > > On Sat, 25 Jan 2025 at 15:50, Chia-Ping Tsai <chia7...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > hi Uchechi > > > > > > This is an excellent suggestion. Considering Kafka provides numerous > batch > > > scripts tailored for Windows users ( > > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/tree/trunk/bin/windows), > > > I encourage you to submit a JIRA ticket and a pull request to enrich > the > > > documentation with Windows-specific instructions. > > > > > > Additionally, please feel free to ping me in the PR. I'd like to be a > > > reviewer :) > > > > > > Best, > > > Chia-Ping > > > > > > Ukpa Uchechi <ukpauchec...@gmail.com> 於 2025年1月25日 週六 下午7:35寫道： > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I noticed that the Kafka Quick Start documentation doesn’t currently > > > > include support or instructions specific to Windows > environments.Would > > > > there be any plans to address this, or is there a reason it hasn’t > been > > > > included yet? > > > > > > > > If so, I’d be happy to contribute to expanding the documentation to > > > include > > > > Windows-specific guidance. Please let me know if this is something > the > > > team > > > > would be open to. > > > > > > > > Thank you for all your hard work on Kafka! > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > > > Uchechi > > > > > > > >
