[STORM-1755] Revert the kafka client version upgrade in storm-kafka module

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0, 1.0.2, 1.1.0
• Component/s: storm-kafka
• Epic Link: Release Apache Storm 1.0.2
• Assignee: Abhishek Agarwal
• Reporter: Abhishek Agarwal
• Created: 02/May/16 12:16
• Updated: 10/Jun/16 17:29
• Resolved: 01/Jun/16 08:16

Description

storm-kafka module does not use any feature of new API. The newer kafka client (0.9.x) is not backward compatible with 0.8.x brokers and upgrading storm-kafka version in topology could break the currently running topologies.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1386