Hi Chia-ping,

1) Yes, I miss this tool, thanks
2) Update to KIP.
3) I will keep old implementation and remove it until next major release.

Sincerely,
TaiJuWu

Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]> 於 2026年5月9日週六 下午2:36寫道:

> hi TaiJu
>
> 1) kafka-broker-api-versions.bat needs to be deprecated too, right?
>
> 2) could you clarify the "output format" in the KIP?
>
> 3) "The bin/kafka-broker-api-versions.sh script will be modified to act as
> a wrapper" - Is this necessary? Encouraging users to exercise
> kafka-cluster.sh should be sufficient.
>
> Best,
> Chia-Ping
>
> On 2026/05/09 01:51:35 TaiJu Wu wrote:
> > Hi  Chia-Ping and Jun,
> >
> > I have updated KIP, thanks.
> >
> > new link:
> >
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1220%3A+Unify+kafka-broker-api-versions+tool+to+cluster-tool+and+support+bootstrap+controllers
> >
> > Best,
> > TaiJuWu
> >
> > Jun Rao via dev <[email protected]> 於 2026年5月6日週三 上午1:38寫道:
> >
> > > Hi, Chia-Ping,
> > >
> > > Migrating the functionality to kafka-cluster.sh looks reasonable to me.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Jun
> > >
> > > On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 10:29 AM Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Jun,
> > > >
> > > > I totally agree that the name kafka-broker-api-versions.sh becomes
> weird
> > > > once it supports showing controller-related information. While
> > > > kafka-node-api-versions.sh is a good alternative, I'd like to propose
> > > > taking it a step further:
> > > >
> > > > 1) Enhance the ClusterTool (kafka-cluster.sh) to support an
> api-versions
> > > > command.
> > > > 2) Deprecate kafka-broker-api-versions.sh.
> > > >
> > > > The reasoning is that the implementation becomes trivial if we
> leverage
> > > > the existing Admin client logic in ClusterTool. This also helps us
> > > > consolidate our command-line scripts and avoid further tooling
> > > > fragmentation.
> > > >
> > > > What do you think?
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > > Chia-Ping
> > > >
> > > > On 2026/05/05 16:51:03 Jun Rao via dev wrote:
> > > > > Hi, Taiju,
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for the KIP and sorry for the late comment.
> > > > >
> > > > > The tool's name kafka-broker-api-versions.sh indicates that it's
> > > intended
> > > > > for the broker. So, it's a bit weird to use that to get the
> controller
> > > > > info. It's probably clearer to have a new tool like
> > > > > kafka-controller-api-versions.sh or rename the tool to something
> more
> > > > > generic like kafka-node-api-versions.sh.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jun
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM TaiJu Wu <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi chia,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks for your suggestion, this idea looks can help us reduce
> > > > maintenence
> > > > > > overhead.
> > > > > > I have updated KIP and draft PR.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Best,
> > > > > > TaiJuWu
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Chia-Ping Tsai <[email protected]> 於 2026年1月6日週二 下午11:42寫道:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > hi TaiJu
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The current tool implementation manually constructs requests
> and
> > > > parses
> > > > > > > responses. I think that might be the right time to refactor it
> to
> > > > use the
> > > > > > > Admin client.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > What do you think about including the following changes in this
> > > KIP?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 1. Reuse the Admin client to handle request sending and
> response
> > > > parsing,
> > > > > > > replacing the manual implementation
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 2. Leverage KIP-1160 to send `ApiVersionsRequest` to specific
> nodes
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 3. Add an internal `InternalDescribeFeaturesResult` to expose
> > > > > > `ApiVersion`
> > > > > > > information. This would be used exclusively by the tool
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The main benefit is that the tool would be significantly
> > > streamlined,
> > > > > > > making it much easier to introduce support for the bootstrap
> > > > controller
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Best,
> > > > > > > Chia-Ping
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 2025/10/29 00:55:50 TaiJu Wu wrote:
> > > > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I would like to start discuss KIP-1220:
> kafka-broker-api-versions
> > > > tool
> > > > > > > > support bootstrap controllers.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > KIP:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-1220*3A*kafka-broker-api-versions*tool*support*bootstrap*controllers__;JSsrKysr!!Ayb5sqE7!q41M_Vt34jcinP10M2L21XbZwJthzAO63EUroy9f4HCEM4p5FFguZm14U3vvcps8KBoC1TeTsmHriGhWDQ$
> > > > > > > > JIRA:
> > > >
> > >
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-19663__;!!Ayb5sqE7!q41M_Vt34jcinP10M2L21XbZwJthzAO63EUroy9f4HCEM4p5FFguZm14U3vvcps8KBoC1TeTsmGTh8N6Lw$
> > > > > > > > Draft PR:
> > > >
> > >
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/20598__;!!Ayb5sqE7!q41M_Vt34jcinP10M2L21XbZwJthzAO63EUroy9f4HCEM4p5FFguZm14U3vvcps8KBoC1TeTsmHXoQDUTQ$
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Any feedback are appreciated.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > > > > TaiJuWu
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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