Github user mtaylor commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/activemq-artemis/pull/1607
My thoughts on this.
I love the idea of having a Kafka to/from Artemis connector. However, we
were burnt in the past with carrying integration code, e.g. aerogear and vertx
connections. The code was contributed but wasn't maintained, it required
expertise/knowledge of the project it was integrating with and in the end, what
happened was that those projects moved forward and integration bits were left
to rot in the broker. Users weren't quite sure were we stood.
We ended up solving the problem by removing the service connector
implementations. My view going forward from this was that the broker should
provide the pieces to enable integration, but that the integration plugins
themselves were kept maintained outside of the broker.
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