Hi devs, This is initial post to separate out discussion topic from vote thread, and continue discussing.
Background of the topic: 1. Only 1.x-branch of storm-kafka-client got stabilized. (relatively) 2. We would avoid to port back patches to 1.1.x and 1.0.x because they're diverged too much. Downside: Backward compatibility might be broken for 1.1.x and 1.0.x. Not sure for 1.1.x, but at least 1.0.x, since supported Kafka client version is different, and if my memory is right, we already applied backward incompatible change into storm-kafka-client 1.1.0. Please put your opinion regarding topic. You're encouraged to copy your previous post in vote thread which helps to centralize opinions in current thread. Thanks, Jungtaek Lim (HeartSaVioR)
