Thanks for the feedback everyone. Since Harsha said that he is OK either way and everyone else is in favour, I think we should go ahead with this. Since we committed to API stability for the new Java consumer in 0.10.0.0 via KIP-45, this is simply a documentation change and I don't think we need an official vote thread (we didn't have one for the equivalent producer change).
Ismael On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Jay Kreps <j...@confluent.io> wrote: > +1 I talk to a lot of kafka users, and I would say > 75% of people doing > new things are on the new consumer despite our warnings :-) > > -Jay > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Jason Gustafson <ja...@confluent.io> > wrote: > > > I'm +1 also. I feel a lot more confident about this with all of the > system > > testing we now have in place (including the tests covering Streams and > > Connect). > > > > -Jason > > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Gwen Shapira <g...@confluent.io> wrote: > > > > > Makes sense :) > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Neha Narkhede <n...@confluent.io> > > wrote: > > > > Yeah, I'm supportive of this. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 9:26 AM Ismael Juma <ism...@juma.me.uk> > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Hi Gwen, > > > >> > > > >> We have a few recent stories of people using Connect and Streams in > > > >> production. That means the new Java Consumer too. :) > > > >> > > > >> Ismael > > > >> > > > >> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Gwen Shapira <g...@confluent.io> > > > wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > Originally, we suggested keeping the beta label until we know > > someone > > > >> > successfully uses the new consumer in production. > > > >> > > > > >> > We can consider the recent KIPs enough, but IMO it will be better > if > > > >> > someone with production deployment hanging out on our mailing list > > > >> > will confirm good experience with the new consumer. > > > >> > > > > >> > Gwen > > > >> > > > > >> > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 8:45 PM, Ismael Juma <ism...@juma.me.uk> > > > wrote: > > > >> > > Hi all, > > > >> > > > > > >> > > We currently say the following in our documentation: > > > >> > > > > > >> > > "As of the 0.9.0 release we have added a new Java consumer to > > > replace > > > >> our > > > >> > > existing high-level ZooKeeper-based consumer and low-level > > consumer > > > >> APIs. > > > >> > > This client is considered beta quality."[1] > > > >> > > > > > >> > > Since then, Jason and the community have done a lot of work to > > > improve > > > >> it > > > >> > > (including KIP-41 and KIP-62), we declared it API stable in > > 0.10.0.0 > > > >> and > > > >> > > it's the only option for those that need security support. Yes, > it > > > >> still > > > >> > > has bugs, but so does the old consumer and all development is > > > currently > > > >> > > focused on the new consumer. > > > >> > > > > > >> > > As such, I propose we remove the beta label for the next release > > and > > > >> > switch > > > >> > > our tools to use the new consumer by default unless the > zookeeper > > > >> > > command-line option is present (for compatibility). This is > > similar > > > to > > > >> > what > > > >> > > we did it for the new producer in 0.9.0.0, but backwards > > compatible. > > > >> > > > > > >> > > Thoughts? > > > >> > > > > > >> > > Ismael > > > >> > > > > > >> > > [1] http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#consumerapi > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > -- > > > >> > Gwen Shapira > > > >> > Product Manager | Confluent > > > >> > 650.450.2760 | @gwenshap > > > >> > Follow us: Twitter | blog > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > -- > > > > Thanks, > > > > Neha > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Gwen Shapira > > > Product Manager | Confluent > > > 650.450.2760 | @gwenshap > > > Follow us: Twitter | blog > > > > > >
