Hi all, The new Java producer was introduced in 0.8.2.0 (released in February 2015). It has become the default implementation for various tools since 0.9.0.0 (released in October 2015) and it is the only implementation with support for the security features introduced in 0.9.0.0.
Given this, I think there's a good argument for deprecating the old Scala producers for the next release (which is likely to be 0.10.0.0). This would give our users a stronger signal regarding our plans to focus on the new Java producer going forward. Note that this proposal is only about deprecating the old Scala producers as, in my opinion, it is too early to do the same for the old Scala consumers. Thoughts? Ismael
