Hi, I'd like to start a discussion on the following KIP: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-304%3A+Connect+runtime+mode+improvements+for+container+platforms
Basically the idea is to make it easier to run separate instances of Kafka Connect hosting isolated connectors on container platforms such as Mesos or Kubernetes. In particular it would be interesting to hear opinions about the proposed read-only REST API mode, more specifically I'm concerned about the possibility to implement it in distributed mode as it appears the framework is using it internally ( https://github.com/apache/kafka/blob/trunk/connect/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/runtime/distributed/DistributedHerder.java#L1019), however this particular API method appears to be undocumented(?). Looking forward for your feedback.
