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[jira] [Updated] (KAFKA-20032) KIP-1265 : Public API definition

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-20032?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Ashwin Pankaj updated KAFKA-20032:
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    Description: 
Apache Kafka lacks a concrete, centralized definition of what constitutes a public API. The most relevant information currently available is found here: 
[https://lists.apache.org/thread/ly5ddkobr1wc07gvhwc1p0jg94qg8cxc|https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=50859233#KafkaImprovementProposals-Whatisconsidereda%22majorchange%22thatneedsaKIP]

Without formal definition or guardrails, there is a risk that builders may inadvertently import internal classes leading to possible build breakages when they compile against a newer Kafka version

  was:
Apache Kafka lacks a concrete, centralized definition of what constitutes a public API. The most relevant information currently available is found here: 
[https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=50859233#KafkaImprovementProposals-Whatisconsidereda%22majorchange%22thatneedsaKIP]

Without formal definition or guardrails, there is a risk that builders may inadvertently import internal classes leading to possible build breakages when they compile against a newer Kafka version


> KIP-1265 : Public API definition
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>
>                 Key: KAFKA-20032
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-20032
>             Project: Kafka
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: documentation
>            Reporter: Ashwin Pankaj
>            Assignee: Ashwin Pankaj
>            Priority: Major
>
> Apache Kafka lacks a concrete, centralized definition of what constitutes a public API. The most relevant information currently available is found here: 
> [https://lists.apache.org/thread/ly5ddkobr1wc07gvhwc1p0jg94qg8cxc|https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=50859233#KafkaImprovementProposals-Whatisconsidereda%22majorchange%22thatneedsaKIP]
> Without formal definition or guardrails, there is a risk that builders may inadvertently import internal classes leading to possible build breakages when they compile against a newer Kafka version



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