[jira] [Created] (KAFKA-1674) auto.create.topics.enable docs are misleading

["Stevo Slavic (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Stevo Slavic created KAFKA-1674:
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             Summary: auto.create.topics.enable docs are misleading
                 Key: KAFKA-1674
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-1674
             Project: Kafka
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: 0.8.1.1
            Reporter: Stevo Slavic
            Priority: Minor


{{auto.create.topics.enable}} is currently [documented|http://kafka.apache.org/08/configuration.html] with
{quote}
Enable auto creation of topic on the server. If this is set to true then attempts to produce, consume, or fetch metadata for a non-existent topic will automatically create it with the default replication factor and number of partitions.
{quote}

In Kafka 0.8.1.1 reality, topics are only created when trying to publish a message on non-existing topic.

After [discussion|http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/kafka-users/201410.mbox/%3CCAFbh0Q1WXLUDO-im1fQ1yEvrMduxmXbj5HXVc3Cq8B%3DfeMso9g%40mail.gmail.com%3E] with [~junrao] conclusion was that it's documentation issue which needs to be fixed.

Please check once more if this is just non-working functionality. If it is docs only issue, and implicit topic creation functionality should work only for producer, consider moving configuration property (docs only, but maybe code also?) from broker configuration options to producer configuration options.



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