[STORM-331] storm-kafka: bump Kafka version dependency to 0.8.1.1

• Type: Dependency upgrade
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.2-incubating
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.2-incubating
• Component/s: storm-kafka
• Assignee: Michael G. Noll
• Reporter: Michael G. Noll
• Created: 22/May/14 09:06
• Updated: 05/Oct/15 02:57
• Resolved: 27/May/14 08:27

Description

The Kafka project has recently published the hot fix release Kafka 0.8.1.1, which addresses a number of bugs that, essentially, forced a lot of users to revert from 0.8.1 to 0.8.0.

storm-kafka still depends on the buggy 0.8.1 Kafka release, and thus should be updated to use 0.8.1.1 instead.

I performed basic functional testing of Kafka<->Storm interoperability using Storm 0.9.1 and Kafka 0.8.1.1, and the integration looks ok (I would have been surprised if it didn't). Hence I'd say it's safe to bump the Kafka version of 0.8.1.1.