It also makes sense to me. Thanks for your great work, Ismael. Add to this, it seems like there should be some following work on utilizing some parts of the code by applying Java 8's features.
Best, Dongjin On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 3:39 AM, Eno Thereska <eno.there...@gmail.com> wrote: > Makes sense. > > Eno > > > On 3 Feb 2017, at 10:38, 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 > > -- *Dongjin Lee* *Software developer in Line+.So interested in massive-scale machine learning.facebook: www.facebook.com/dongjin.lee.kr <http://www.facebook.com/dongjin.lee.kr>linkedin: kr.linkedin.com/in/dongjinleekr <http://kr.linkedin.com/in/dongjinleekr>github: <http://goog_969573159/>github.com/dongjinleekr <http://github.com/dongjinleekr>twitter: www.twitter.com/dongjinleekr <http://www.twitter.com/dongjinleekr>*
