+1 about rewriting to Java (in a year or more). +1 about upping Scala use in the meanwhile +1 about using Gradle instead of Maven or SBT.
Eddie On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 5:26 AM, Ismael Juma <ism...@juma.me.uk> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 1:29 AM, Gwen Shapira <g...@confluent.io> wrote: > > > +1 on not breaking git blame > > > > -1 on rewriting Kafka in Java > > +1 on upping our Scala game (as Ismael pointed out) > > > > I filed a couple of JIRAs, and I'll look at introducing Scalastyle once > some of the bigger patches/PRs are merged. > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-2423 > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-2424 > > Regarding the rewrite of Kafka in Java, I think it's a bit early to be > voting on that given that Jay's suggestion was to do it once we can use > Java 8 in the broker (over a year away). I'm with you Gwen, let's up our > Scala game in the meantime. Once the time comes to make the decision, we > can evaluate the pros and cons and have the vote. > > Ismael >
