[KAFKA-516] Consider catching all exceptions in ShutdownableThread

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.8.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.8.0
• Labels: bugs
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jay Kreps
• Created: 14/Sep/12 21:12
• Updated: 09/Oct/12 15:40
• Resolved: 08/Oct/12 21:24

Description

I don't think there is any case where we want an uncaught exception to kill the thread. In fact this can be a bit hard to debug if an important background thread disappears. We should consider catching everything.