+1 (non-binding) On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 9:39 PM, Ashish Singh <asi...@cloudera.com> wrote:
> +1 (non-binding) > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Becket Qin <becket....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > +1 (non-binding) > > > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Gwen Shapira <g...@confluent.io> wrote: > > > > > +1 > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Ismael Juma <ism...@juma.me.uk> wrote: > > > > 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 we should deprecate the old Scala producers for > > > > 0.10.0.0 by adding @deprecated annotations in the code and updating > the > > > the > > > > documentation to encourage usage of the new Java producer. 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. The > > > > new Java consumer was only introduced in 0.9.0.0 and it's still > marked > > as > > > > beta. It would be good to have a full release cycle where the new > > > consumer > > > > is no longer in beta before we deprecate the old consumers. We are > > hoping > > > > to remove the beta label for the consumer for 0.10.0.0, but that's a > > > > separate discussion. > > > > > > > > With regards to removal of the deprecated producers, the current > > thinking > > > > is to remove all Scala clients at the same time, so it will take at > > least > > > > two non bug-fix release cycles (it could take longer depending on > > users' > > > > feedback). > > > > > > > > The feedback was mostly positive in the discuss thread although some > > > points > > > > were raised about deprecating the old producers before deprecating > the > > > old > > > > consumers: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://search-hadoop.com/m/uyzND1KVJJmcbgAf2&subj=+DISCUSS+Deprecating+the+old+Scala+producers+for+the+next+release > > > > > > > > The JIRA for tracking this is KAFKA-2982. > > > > > > > > The vote will run for 72 hours. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ismael > > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > Ashish > -- Grant Henke Software Engineer | Cloudera gr...@cloudera.com | twitter.com/gchenke | linkedin.com/in/granthenke
