Mario, Thanks for the KIP, but it seems your KIP and my KIP (https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1272%3A+Support+compacted+topic+in+tiered+storage) are using the same KIP number, can you increase your KIP number by one?
Thanks. On 2026/01/19 10:26:16 Mario Fiore Vitale via dev wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I would like to start a discussion on KIP-1272: Improve Connect > configurable components discoverability [1]. > > Summary: > The idea is to introduce a common ConfigSpecifier interface for Kafka > Connect components that expose configuration metadata. By unifying the > existing config() method across connectors, converters, transformations, > and predicates under a single contract, it simplifies component discovery, > reduces code duplication, and enables uniform tooling for configuration > introspection, validation, documentation, and UI generation. The change is > fully backward compatible and requires no modifications to existing > component implementations. > > [1] > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1272%3A+Improve+Connect+configurable+components+discoverability > > Regards, >
