David Arthur announces Apache Kafka 2.5:
KIP-500 update
In Apache Kafka 2.5, some preparatory work has been done towards the removal of Apache ZooKeeper™ (ZK).
– KIP-555: details about the ZooKeeper deprecation process in admin tools
– KIP-543: dynamic configs will not require ZooKeeper access
KIP-500 looks like a doozy.