(Moving discussion to dev) Since this is a public API change, don't we technically need a KIP + Vote?
On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 11:38 PM, Pierre-Yves Ritschard <p...@spootnik.org> wrote: > Hi list, > > I've been working on an issue at > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-3006 and it is now a good > time to ask for feedback. > > The attached PR moves all signatures which accepted either arrays or > java.util.List to accept java.util.Collection. The aim is to provide > consumers of kafka-clients a unified way to work with sequences. > > Some concern was raised in the issue wrt to potential source > compatibility issues when different versions of the kafka-clients JAR > end up on a given classpath. Any people who feel they might be impacted > is encouraged to mention it here to inform the decision (it would still > be possible to keep the other signatures around but it adds a load of > bloat and decreases legibility/clarity IMO). >