fix: dropped support for kafka-avro (#2141)

- No updates or releases in over 5 years
- Very few downloads (around 100+)
- No Instana customers using it
- Supports only Node.js up to v14, which we’ve already dropped in v4
- Already we deprecated an year ago the warning also added.

ref: https://jsw.ibm.com/browse/INSTA-63921

Author: aryamohanan

.tekton/assets/sidecars.json

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
       "command": ["/bin/bash"],
       "args": [
         "-lc",
-        "kafka_server=\"0.0.0.0:9092\"; kafka_topics=\"test test-topic test-batch-topic rdkafka-topic kafka-avro-topic\"; until kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --list >/dev/null 2>&1; do echo 'waiting for Kafka...'; sleep 2; done; for t in $kafka_topics; do kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --create --if-not-exists --topic \"$t\"; done; echo 'All topics created.'"
+        "kafka_server=\"0.0.0.0:9092\"; kafka_topics=\"test test-topic test-batch-topic rdkafka-topic\"; until kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --list >/dev/null 2>&1; do echo 'waiting for Kafka...'; sleep 2; done; for t in $kafka_topics; do kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --create --if-not-exists --topic \"$t\"; done; echo 'All topics created.'"
       ]
     },
     {

.tekton/tasks/test-groups/collector-tracing-messaging-split-2-task.yaml

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ spec:
       imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
       args:
           - "-lc"
-          - "kafka_server=\"0.0.0.0:9092\"; kafka_topics=\"test test-topic test-batch-topic rdkafka-topic kafka-avro-topic\"; until kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --list >/dev/null 2>&1; do echo 'waiting for Kafka...'; sleep 2; done; for t in $kafka_topics; do kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --create --if-not-exists --topic \"$t\"; done; echo 'All topics created.'"
+          - "kafka_server=\"0.0.0.0:9092\"; kafka_topics=\"test test-topic test-batch-topic rdkafka-topic\"; until kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --list >/dev/null 2>&1; do echo 'waiting for Kafka...'; sleep 2; done; for t in $kafka_topics; do kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --create --if-not-exists --topic \"$t\"; done; echo 'All topics created.'"
       command:
           - "/bin/bash"
     - name: schema-registry

.tekton/tasks/test-groups/collector-tracing-messaging-split-3-task.yaml

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ spec:
       imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
       args:
           - "-lc"
-          - "kafka_server=\"0.0.0.0:9092\"; kafka_topics=\"test test-topic test-batch-topic rdkafka-topic kafka-avro-topic\"; until kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --list >/dev/null 2>&1; do echo 'waiting for Kafka...'; sleep 2; done; for t in $kafka_topics; do kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --create --if-not-exists --topic \"$t\"; done; echo 'All topics created.'"
+          - "kafka_server=\"0.0.0.0:9092\"; kafka_topics=\"test test-topic test-batch-topic rdkafka-topic\"; until kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --list >/dev/null 2>&1; do echo 'waiting for Kafka...'; sleep 2; done; for t in $kafka_topics; do kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --create --if-not-exists --topic \"$t\"; done; echo 'All topics created.'"
       command:
           - "/bin/bash"
     - name: schema-registry

.tekton/tasks/test-groups/collector-tracing-messaging-split-4-task.yaml

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ spec:
       imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
       args:
           - "-lc"
-          - "kafka_server=\"0.0.0.0:9092\"; kafka_topics=\"test test-topic test-batch-topic rdkafka-topic kafka-avro-topic\"; until kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --list >/dev/null 2>&1; do echo 'waiting for Kafka...'; sleep 2; done; for t in $kafka_topics; do kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --create --if-not-exists --topic \"$t\"; done; echo 'All topics created.'"
+          - "kafka_server=\"0.0.0.0:9092\"; kafka_topics=\"test test-topic test-batch-topic rdkafka-topic\"; until kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --list >/dev/null 2>&1; do echo 'waiting for Kafka...'; sleep 2; done; for t in $kafka_topics; do kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --create --if-not-exists --topic \"$t\"; done; echo 'All topics created.'"
       command:
           - "/bin/bash"
     - name: schema-registry

.tekton/tasks/test-groups/collector-tracing-messaging-split-5-task.yaml

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ spec:
       imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
       args:
           - "-lc"
-          - "kafka_server=\"0.0.0.0:9092\"; kafka_topics=\"test test-topic test-batch-topic rdkafka-topic kafka-avro-topic\"; until kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --list >/dev/null 2>&1; do echo 'waiting for Kafka...'; sleep 2; done; for t in $kafka_topics; do kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --create --if-not-exists --topic \"$t\"; done; echo 'All topics created.'"
+          - "kafka_server=\"0.0.0.0:9092\"; kafka_topics=\"test test-topic test-batch-topic rdkafka-topic\"; until kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --list >/dev/null 2>&1; do echo 'waiting for Kafka...'; sleep 2; done; for t in $kafka_topics; do kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --create --if-not-exists --topic \"$t\"; done; echo 'All topics created.'"
       command:
           - "/bin/bash"
     - name: schema-registry

.tekton/tasks/test-groups/collector-tracing-messaging-split-6-task.yaml

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ spec:
       imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
       args:
           - "-lc"
-          - "kafka_server=\"0.0.0.0:9092\"; kafka_topics=\"test test-topic test-batch-topic rdkafka-topic kafka-avro-topic\"; until kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --list >/dev/null 2>&1; do echo 'waiting for Kafka...'; sleep 2; done; for t in $kafka_topics; do kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --create --if-not-exists --topic \"$t\"; done; echo 'All topics created.'"
+          - "kafka_server=\"0.0.0.0:9092\"; kafka_topics=\"test test-topic test-batch-topic rdkafka-topic\"; until kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --list >/dev/null 2>&1; do echo 'waiting for Kafka...'; sleep 2; done; for t in $kafka_topics; do kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --create --if-not-exists --topic \"$t\"; done; echo 'All topics created.'"
       command:
           - "/bin/bash"
     - name: schema-registry

.tekton/tasks/test-groups/collector-tracing-messaging-task.yaml

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ spec:
       imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
       args:
           - "-lc"
-          - "kafka_server=\"0.0.0.0:9092\"; kafka_topics=\"test test-topic test-batch-topic rdkafka-topic kafka-avro-topic\"; until kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --list >/dev/null 2>&1; do echo 'waiting for Kafka...'; sleep 2; done; for t in $kafka_topics; do kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --create --if-not-exists --topic \"$t\"; done; echo 'All topics created.'"
+          - "kafka_server=\"0.0.0.0:9092\"; kafka_topics=\"test test-topic test-batch-topic rdkafka-topic\"; until kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --list >/dev/null 2>&1; do echo 'waiting for Kafka...'; sleep 2; done; for t in $kafka_topics; do kafka-topics --bootstrap-server \"$kafka_server\" --create --if-not-exists --topic \"$t\"; done; echo 'All topics created.'"
       command:
           - "/bin/bash"
     - name: schema-registry

bin/dependencies/utils.js

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ exports.getLatestVersion = ({ pkgName, installedVersion, isBeta, fromInstalledMa
     }
   }
 
-  // e.g. kafka-avro released a wrong order of versions
+  // some packages released a wrong order of versions
   if (installedVersion && semver.lt(latestVersion, installedVersion)) {
     return installedVersion;
   }

currencies.json

@@ -747,17 +747,6 @@
     "note": "",
     "core": false
   },
-  {
-    "name": "kafka-avro",
-    "policy": "Deprecated",
-    "lastSupportedVersion": "",
-    "latestVersion": "",
-    "cloudNative": false,
-    "isBeta": false,
-    "ignoreUpdates": false,
-    "note": "",
-    "core": false
-  },
   {
     "name": "node-rdkafka",
     "policy": "45-days",

docker-compose-base.yaml

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ services:
         set -euo pipefail
 
         kafka_server="kafka:29092"
-        kafka_topics="test test-topic test-batch-topic rdkafka-topic kafka-avro-topic"
+        kafka_topics="test test-topic test-batch-topic rdkafka-topic"
 
         echo "Waiting for Kafka to be ready on $$kafka_server..."