Re: [DISCUSS] KIP-1013: Drop broker and tools support for Java 11 in Kafka 4.0 (deprecate in 3.7)

[Ismael Juma <me...@ismaeljuma.com>]

It seems like people are generally in favor, I'll start a vote thread.

Ismael

On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 10:39 AM Ismael Juma <me...@ismaeljuma.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I was watching the Java Highlights of 2023 from Nicolai Parlog[1] and it
> became clear that many projects are moving to Java 17 for its developer
> productivity improvements. It occurred to me that there is also an
> opportunity for the Apache Kafka project and I wrote a quick KIP with the
> proposal. Please take a look and let me know what you think:
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=284789510
>
> P.S. I am aware that we're past the KIP freeze for Apache Kafka 3.7, but
> the proposed change would only change documentation and it's strictly
> better to share this information in 3.7 than 3.8 (if we decide to do it).
>
> [1] https://youtu.be/NxpHg_GzpnY?si=wA57g9kAhYulrlUO&t=411
>