Hi Alexandre, Thanks for the contribution! Just in regard to your last concern, it’s pretty straightforward... just open the PR against trunk. Once it’s merged, then we worry about cherry-picking to older release branches.
Thanks, John On Fri, Jan 3, 2020, at 08:19, Alexandre Vermeerbergen wrote: > Hello Kafka devs, > > I just created this JIRA to resolve a Kafka compatibility problem with > OpenJ9-based Java versions >= 9: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-9362 > > Since this is my first JIRA on Kafka, I hope that I have fed all > needed informations. > > I have specified that this issue is for Kafka 2.1.x and above release, > because : > 1. Before Kafka 2.1.0, Java 11 support was not official > 2. Who cares about Java 9 & Java 11 support since these versions are > not LTS (Long Term Support) ones? > > I also proposed a fix in myJIRA ticket, and I could do the PR if > somebody could help me to avoid getting lost in branches :) or if some > super clear contributor documentation exists to make per-branches PRs > not a too risky game. > > Please also note that this issue does also impacts IBM AIX users using > Java >=9, because on AIX, Java is also based on OpenJ9 JVM. > > Kind regards, > Alexandre Vermeerbergen >
