Re: Bug#836936: ITP: python-confluent-kafka -- Python library to interact with Apache Kafka

[Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>]

On 09/07/2016 01:14 PM, Christos Trochalakis wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Christos Trochalakis <yatiohi@ideopolis.gr>
> 
> * Package name    : python-confluent-kafka
>  Version         : 0.9.1.2
>  Upstream Author : Magnus Edenhill <magnus@edenhill.se>
> * URL             : https://github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-python
> * License         : Apache-2.0
>  Programming Lang: Python
>  Description     : Python client to interact with Apache Kafka
> 
> python-confluent-kafka wraps the librdkafka C library, providing full
> kafka protocol support with great performance and reliability. It's
> supported by Confluent, the company behind Apache Kafka.

In which way is this one different from python-kafka? Do we need both in
the Debian archive?

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)