Hi Andrew, thanks for this useful KIP. This is something that I also though while working on tools migration from Scala to Java, but that wasn't the right time.
On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM Andrew Schofield <andrew_schofield_j...@outlook.com> wrote: > > Hi Kirk, > Thanks for your email. > > KT01: During the migration period, using both --producer-props and > --producer-property > is an error. If they use --producer-props, it works and they get a > deprecation warning. > If they use --producer-property, it works with no warning. I have updated the > KIP > accordingly. > > I don't really like --command-config either, but I don't think it's ambiguous > as such. It's > just a bit generic to my way of thinking. > > Thanks, > Andrew > ________________________________________ > From: Kirk True <k...@kirktrue.pro> > Sent: 10 July 2025 02:06 > To: dev@kafka.apache.org <dev@kafka.apache.org> > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] KIP-1147: Improve consistency of command-line arguments > > Hi Andrew, > > Thanks for the KIP. Yes, the inconsistency drives me crazy :) > > Just one initial question: > > KT01: During the migration period where both command line arguments are > supported (e.g. --producer-props and --producer-property), which takes > precedence? > > I'm not ecstatic about the existing naming of "--command-config" because it's > ambiguous, but that's a battle for another day... > > Thanks, > Kirk > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2025, at 6:53 AM, Andrew Schofield wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd like to start discussion of KIP-1147. This KIP aligns the names of the > > command-line > > arguments across all of the Apache Kafka command-line tools. > > > > KIP: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1147%3A+Improve+consistency+of+command-line+arguments > > > > Thanks, > > Andrew