All, Thanks for the feedback on KIP-228. I've updated the KIP, and would like to start to start a vote.
KIP: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-228+Negative+record+timestamp+support <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-228+Negative+record+timestamp+support> Pull Request: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/5072/files <https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/5072/files> Discussion Thread: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/kafka-dev/201712.mbox/%3c178138fa-ca30-44a8-b92a-b966b8ca1...@gmail.com%3e <http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/kafka-dev/201712.mbox/%3c178138fa-ca30-44a8-b92a-b966b8ca1...@gmail.com%3E> Thanks!
