Excellent, thanks very much for the help!
On 11/28/17, 11:43 AM, "Matthias J. Sax" <matth...@confluent.io> wrote:
Upgrading brokers without client was always supported :)
Since 0.10.2, it also works the other way round.
-Matthias
On 11/28/17 7:33 AM, Brian Cottingham wrote:
> On 11/27/17, 8:36 PM, "Matthias J. Sax" <matth...@confluent.io> wrote:
>
> Not sure were you exactly copied this. However, second paragraph here
> https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#upgrade_10_2_0 explains:
>
> > Starting with version 0.10.2, Java clients (producer and consumer)
have acquired the ability to communicate with older brokers. Version 0.10.2
clients can talk to version 0.10.0 or newer brokers. However, if your brokers
are older than 0.10.0, you must upgrade all the brokers in the Kafka cluster
before upgrading your clients. Version 0.10.2 brokers support 0.8.x and newer
clients.
>
> Ah. I see. You copied from the KIP.
>
> The "Motivation" sections describes the state _before_ the change :)
>
>
> I think we may be talking about different goals; if I understand
correctly, you’re discussing upgrading clients without upgrading brokers. I
want to do the opposite: upgrade brokers and leave the clients alone. It sounds
like that should work fine, right?
>
