[FLINK-8191] Add a RoundRobinPartitioner to be shipped with the Kafka connector

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Do
• Component/s: Connectors / Kafka
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Aegeaner
• Reporter: Tzu-Li (Gordon) Tai
• Created: 04/Dec/17 06:54
• Updated: 18/Oct/19 12:06
• Resolved: 18/Oct/19 12:06

Description

We should perhaps consider adding a round-robin partitioner ready for use to be shipped with the Kafka connector, along side the already available FlinkFixedPartitioner.

See the original discussion here:
http://apache-flink-user-mailing-list-archive.2336050.n4.nabble.com/FlinkKafkaProducerXX-td16951.html

Issue Links

• Blocked: FLINK-7913 Add support for Kafka default partitioner
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #5116
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #5116