Most people upgrade clients to enjoy new client features, fix bugs or improve performance. If none of these apply, no need to upgrade.
Since you are upgrading to 0.10.1.0, read the upgrade docs closely - there are specific server settings regarding the message format that you need to configure a certain way if the clients are not upgraded. Gwen On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 6:30 AM, Tim Visher <tim.vis...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I have an install of Kafka 0.8.2.1 which I'm upgrading to 0.10.1.0. I see > that Kafka 0.10.1.0 should be backwards compatible with client libraries > written for older versions but that newer client libraries are only > compatible with their version and up. > > My question is what disadvantages would there be to never upgrading the > clients? I'm mainly asking because it would be advantageous to save some > time here with a little technical debt if the costs weren't too high. If > there are major issues then I can take on the client upgrade as well. > > Thanks in advance! > > -- > > In Christ, > > Timmy V. > > http://blog.twonegatives.com/ > http://five.sentenc.es/ -- Spend less time on mail -- Gwen Shapira Product Manager | Confluent 650.450.2760 | @gwenshap Follow us: Twitter | blog
