Thank you for this! On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 8:57 PM Mason Chen <mas.chen6...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I would like to inform you that we have removed the Kafka connector code > from the Flink main repo. This should reduce the developer confusion of > which repo to submit PRs. > > Regarding a few nuances, we have kept the Confluent avro format in the main > repo. This is because the format is actually connector agnostic. Also, to > unblock the code removal for the 1.18 release, we have pinned the connector > versions in tests/examples, and these are the followup items [1][2][3] to > refactor the main repo code because the Kafka connector dependency is not > required in these cases. > > A big thanks to Gordon, Martjin, and Chesnay who helped review the work > from the beginning to the end! > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-32449 > [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-32451 > [3] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-32452 > > Best, > Mason >
