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KIP-162 — Enable topic deletion by default

Accepted Kafka 1.0 AdminBroker

Changes the default value of delete.topic.enable from false to true and removes the commented-out line from the default server.properties. Topic deletion had been gated behind an opt-in flag for years; the feature had been stable for two years and the default-off behavior was a consistent source of confusion in development environments.

Details

AuthorGwen Shapira
StatusAccepted
Kafka Version1.0
JIRAKAFKA-5384
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Created2017-05-26
Last Modified2017-07-20
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