Hi, I agree that the option can be removed/deprecated.
However, I don't understand this: > there will be no check that the new-consumer option is an invalid argument > with the old consumer. I thinks, for backward compatibility, this check should be there. The only change should be, that if `--bootstrap-servers` is used, one can omit `--new-consumer` (and if used, as warning is printed). -Matthias On 7/17/17 6:30 AM, Paolo Patierno wrote: > Hi dev, > > I'd like to discuss the possibility to remove the new-consumer option in the > ConsoleConsumer tool. > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-176%3A+Remove+deprecated+new-consumer+option+in+ConsoleConsumer+tool > > > I have already opened a JIRA with related PR for marking it as deprecated in > the next release (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-5599) as > suggested by Ismael Juma. > > The next step should be to vote/accept the KIP and removing the option from > the tool in the subsequent release cycle. > > > Thanks, > > > Paolo Patierno > Senior Software Engineer (IoT) @ Red Hat > Microsoft MVP on Microsoft Azure IoT > Microsoft Azure Advisor > > Twitter : @ppatierno<http://twitter.com/ppatierno> > Linkedin : paolopatierno<http://it.linkedin.com/in/paolopatierno> > Blog : DevExperience<http://paolopatierno.wordpress.com/> >
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