Thanks for the updates, it reads much more clearly to me now. Looks great

+1 (binding)

Cheers,
Sophie

On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 1:42 AM Sagar <sagarmeansoc...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Sophie for the review. I see the confusion. As you pointed out, the
> problem the KIP is trying to solve is not the avoidance of a custom
> partitioner. Instead the process of sending or replicating the message N
> times and then having the record wired through via a new custom partitioner
> for every replication. That's what I tried to convey in the motivation
> section. I updated the motivation slightly, let me know if that sounds ok.
>
> Also, yes the dropping of records using a custom partitioner is an added
> benefit that we get. I think the custom partitioner bit is important as one
> can always filter the records out initially.
>
> Let me know if this looks ok?
>
> Thanks!
> Sagar.
>
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 10:17 AM Sophie Blee-Goldman
> <sop...@confluent.io.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Sagar -- one thing I'm still confused about, and sorry to keep
> > pushing on this, but the example
> > you gave for how this works in today's world seems not to correspond to
> the
> > method described in the
> > text of the Motivation exception, ie
> >
> > Currently, if a user wants to replicate a message into N partitions, the
> > > only way of doing that is to replicate the message N times and then
> > plug-in
> > > a custom partitioner to write the message N times into N different
> > > partitions.
> >
> >
> >
> >  This seems a little cumbersome way to broadcast. Also, there seems to be
> > > no way of dropping a record within the partitioner. This KIP aims to
> make
> > > this process simpler in Kafka Streams.
> >
> >
> > It sounds like you're saying the problem this KIP is fixing is that the
> > only way to do this is by implementing
> > a custom partitioner and that this is cumbersome, but that's actually
> > exactly what this KIP is doing: providing
> > a method od multi-casting via implementing a custom partitioner (as seen
> in
> > the example usage you provided).
> > Thanks to your examples I think I now understand better what the KIP is
> > doing, and assume what's written in
> > the motivation section is just a type/mistake -- can you confirm?
> >
> > That said, the claim about having "no way of dropping a record within the
> > partitioner" does actually seem to be
> > correct, that is you couldn't do it with a custom partitioner prior to
> this
> > KIP and now you can. I would consider
> > that a secondary/additional improvement that these changes provide, but
> > it's not strictly speaking related to
> >  multi-casting, right? (Just checking my understanding, not challenging
> > anything about this)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Sophie
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 7:27 AM Sagar <sagarmeansoc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Sophie,
> > >
> > > Thanks for your feedback. I have made all the suggested changes.
> > >
> > > One note, on how users can accomplish this in today's world , I have
> made
> > > up this example and have never tried myself before. But I am assuming
> it
> > > will work.
> > >
> > > Let me know what you think.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Sagar.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 7:17 AM Sophie Blee-Goldman
> > > <sop...@confluent.io.invalid> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hey Sagar, thanks for the KIP!
> > > >
> > > > Just some cosmetic points to make it absolutely clear what this KIP
> is
> > > > doing:
> > > > 1) could you clarify up front in the Motivation section that this is
> > > > focused on Kafka Streams applications, and not the plain Producer
> > client?
> > > > 2) you included the entire implementation of the `#send` method to
> > > > demonstrate the change in logic, but can you either remove the parts
> of
> > > > the implementation that aren't being touched here or at least
> highlight
> > > in
> > > > some way the specific lines that have changed?
> > > > 3) In general the implementation is, well, an implementation detail
> > that
> > > > doesn't need to be included in the KIP, but it's ok -- always nice to
> > > get a
> > > > sense of how things will work internally. But what I think would be
> > more
> > > > useful to show in the KIP is how things will work with the new public
> > > > interface -- ie, can you provide a brief example of how a user would
> go
> > > > about taking advantage of this new interface? Even better, include an
> > > > example of what it takes for a user to accomplish this behavior
> before
> > > this
> > > > KIP. It would help showcase the concrete benefit this KIP is bringing
> > and
> > > > anchor the motivation section a bit better.
> > > >
> > > > Also nit: in the 2nd sentence under Public Interfaces I think it
> should
> > > say
> > > > "it would invoke the partition()  method" -- ie this should be
> > > > "partition()" not "partition*s*()"
> > > >
> > > > Other than that this looks good, but I'll wait until you've addressed
> > the
> > > > above to cast a vote.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > Sophie
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 10:36 PM Sagar <sagarmeansoc...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hey John,
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for the vote. I added the reason for the rejection of the
> > > > > alternatives. The first one is basically an option to broadcast to
> > all
> > > > > partitions which I felt was restrictive. Instead the KIP allows
> > > > > multicasting to 0-N partitions based upon the partitioner
> > > implementation.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > Sagar.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 7:35 AM John Roesler <vvcep...@apache.org>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks, Sagar!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I’m +1 (binding)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Can you add a short explanation to each rejected alternative? I
> was
> > > > > > wondering why we wouldn’t provide an overloaded to()/addSink()
> (the
> > > > first
> > > > > > rejected alternative), and I had to look back at the Streams code
> > to
> > > > see
> > > > > > that they both already accept the partitioner (I thought it was a
> > > > > config).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > > -John
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2022, at 13:44, Walker Carlson wrote:
> > > > > > > +1 (non binding)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Walker
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 4:44 AM Sagar <
> sagarmeansoc...@gmail.com
> > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >> Hi All,
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> I would like to start a voting thread on
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=211883356
> > > > > > >> .
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> I am just starting this as the discussion thread has been open
> > for
> > > > 10+
> > > > > > >> days. In case there are some comments, we can always discuss
> > them
> > > > over
> > > > > > >> there.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Thanks!
> > > > > > >> Sagar.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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