Bug#857318: ITP: golang-github-optiopay-kafka -- Go client library for Apache Kafka

[Faidon Liambotis <paravoid@debian.org>]

Hi Tim,

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 12:48:01AM +0000, Potter, Tim wrote:
> This library provides a high-level client API for Apacha Kafaka. It
                                                           ^^^^^^
                                                           typo

> implements connection management as well as producer and consumer
> objects for sending and receiving messages, respectively.

How is that different than Sarama, already present in the archive as
src:golang-github-shopify-sarama? Even if they both are worthy of being
in the archive, it might be worth documenting the differences in the
package description.

Also, a few of us have created pkg-kafka; we currently package mainly
librdkafka and related tools but that's not set in stone. One of my
comaintainers, Christos (Cc'ed), is also planning to package
confluent-kafka-go which is a wrapper of librdkafka. You might be also
interested in that one, as you might be in the pkg-kafka team in
general. You're welcome to join it -- but also understandable if you
wish to maintain this package under pkg-go too.

Best,
Faidon