Thanks, that clarifies it. Not the answer I hoped for ;-) but at least a definite answer.
On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Martin Liesenberg < martin.liesenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > there are exemplary tests in the kafka repo, described in this issue: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-2845 > > best regards > > Stephan Ewen <se...@apache.org> schrieb am Di., 17. Nov. 2015 um 11:13 > Uhr: > > > Hi! > > > > Sorry if this is question has been asked before, but I have not found a > > complete answer so far. > > > > I found that a 0.9.0 broker will be able to work with 0.8.x consumer > > clients. Does the opposite also hold? Will a new 0.9.0 consumer (new > > consumer API) be able to work with 0.8.x brokers? > > > > Thanks, > > Stephan > > >