Hello folks, Reviving this old thread https://lists.apache.org/thread/ly5ddkobr1wc07gvhwc1p0jg94qg8cxc to discuss KIP-1265.
Apache Kafka lacks a concrete, centralized definition of what constitutes a public API. The most relevant information currently available is found here: Kafka Improvement Proposals#Whatisconsidereda%22majorchange%22thatneedsaKIP <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Kafka+Improvement+Proposals#KafkaImprovementProposals-Whatisconsidereda%22majorchange%22thatneedsaKIP> Without formal definition or guardrails, there is a risk that builders may inadvertently import internal classes leading to possible build breakages when they compile against a newer Kafka version Please let me know your thoughts for https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1265%3A+Public+API+needs+to+be+explicitly+declared Cheers, Ashwin
