[DISCUSS] KIP-822: Optimize the semantics of KafkaConsumer#pause to be consistent between the two RebalanceProtocols

[Riven Sun]

Hi team, I opened a KIP to add the option to make the semantics of the
KafkaConsuemr#Pause method consistent under different RebalanceProtocols:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=199534763
<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-810%3A+Allow+producing+records+with+null+values+in+Kafka+Console+Producer>
Let me know if you have any feedback. Thanks, RivenSun