Hey, I think that we discussed this in this KIP: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-906%3A+Tools+migration+guidelines. I don't remember all the details though.
Best, David On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 2:54 PM Chia-Ping Tsai <chia7...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Kafka, > > Migrating command tools from core module to tools module is not news. > However, I want to make sure I don't misunderstand the BC rules. > > The question is "Should we keep origin class?" > > FeatureCommand ( > > https://github.com/apache/kafka/blob/trunk/core/src/main/scala/kafka/admin/FeatureCommand.scala > ) > is a good example. We keep the origin class file due to backward > compatibility. However, we don't do that to other tools. > > It seems to me that we should align the BC rules for all tools. And here is > my two cents: the expected way of using command tool is by script file, so > we DON'T need to keep origin class file. > > WDYT? > > Best, > Chia-Ping >
