Log Compaction | Highlights in the Apache Kafka and Stream Processing Community | April 2016 | Confluent

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This post details the merging of KIP-36 (rack-aware replica assignment), KIP-51 (Connect REST API for listing connectors), KIP-45 (standardizing container types in the new consumer API), and KIP-43 (SASL enhancements). It also highlights active discussions on KIP-4 (administrative operations API), KIP-35 (retrieving protocol version), and KIP-33 (time-based log index for purging and lookup). The technical preview of Kafka Streams is also announced.