cmccabe commented on PR #17625: URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/17625#issuecomment-2452504453
One problem with testing kafka brokers that are 5+ years old is that it will become increasingly difficult to run a JDK and version of ZooKeeper that they support. For example, openjdk 8 is going EOL in 2026. Any security vulnerabilities in it after that point won't be fixed, and probably it will start getting hard to even download using apt-get or similar mechanisms. The versions of ZooKeeper that Kafka 2.x require are already impossible to download from zookeeper.apache.org, although they can be found from other sources. And of course they do have CVEs that will never be fixed. You cannot just swap in newer ZK jars, or a newer JDK, because it's incompatible (both at the client and serrver levels). Compatibility is good, but at some point it starts being retrocomputing... -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
