Alpakka Kafka 3.0 features the upgrade to the current Kafka client library 3.0.0 which is backwards compatible with Kafka brokers of older versions. Alpakka Kafka 3.0 is published for Scala 2.13.
Alpakka Kafka does not change its APIs, even previously deprecated APIs are kept. The major version upgrade is motivated by the Kafka clients upgrade and some changes to its dependencies.
Changes
- Kafka client 3.0.0 does not require Jackson anymore
- With being Scala 2.13 only the Scala Collection Compatibility library was removed
Upgrading to Alpakka Kafka 3.0
We recommend you ensure to be on current versions of the Alpakka Kafka dependencies before upgrading.
- Scala 2.13.8
- Akka 2.6.18
Full Changelog: v2.1.1...v3.0.0-RC1