Thanks Ismael. Makes sense to me. On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 at 10:39 Ismael Juma <ism...@juma.me.uk> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I have posted a KIP for dropping support for Java 7 in Kafka 0.11: > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-118%3A+Drop+Support+for+Java+7+in+Kafka+0.11 > > Most people were supportive when we last discussed the topic[1], but there > were a few concerns. I believe the following should mitigate the concerns: > > 1. The new proposal suggests dropping support in the next major version > instead of the next minor version. > 2. KIP-97 which is part of 0.10.2 means that 0.11 clients will support 0.10 > brokers (0.11 brokers will also support 0.10 clients as usual), so there is > even more flexibility on incremental upgrades. > 3. Java 9 will be released shortly after the next Kafka release, so we'll > be supporting the 2 most recent Java releases, which is a reasonable > policy. > 4. 8 months have passed since the last proposal and the release after > 0.10.2 won't be out for another 4 months, which should hopefully be enough > time for Java 8 to be even more established. We haven't decided when the > next major release will happen, but we know that it won't happen before > June 2017. > > Please take a look at the proposal and share your feedback. > > Thanks, > Ismael > > [1] http://search-hadoop.com/m/Kafka/uyzND1oIhV61GS5Sf2 >
