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Neha Narkhede commented on KAFKA-537:
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Agree with Jay here. I assume this is to enable special consumers that can
fetch from any replica and to be able to tell external consumers from
followers. Wouldn't the clientId suffice ?
> expose clientId and correlationId in ConsumerConfig
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>
> Key: KAFKA-537
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-537
> Project: Kafka
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: core
> Affects Versions: 0.8
> Reporter: Jun Rao
> Assignee: Yang Ye
> Labels: bugs, newbie
> Fix For: 0.8
>
> Attachments: kafka_537_v1.diff
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> Original Estimate: 24h
> Remaining Estimate: 24h
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> We need to expose clientId and correlationId in ConsumerConfig and use it
> properly in AbstractFetcherThread. For follower fetchers, we should set the
> clientId to a special string, something list "follower".
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