HDP-CHANGES.txt

Changes only in Hortonworks github and not in Apache Kafka release 0.9.0.1 and hence not covered in releaes notes htp://apache.arvixe.com/kafka/0.9.0.1/RELEASE_NOTES.html

 * KAFKA-2812: improve consumer integration tests
 * KAFKA-2862: Fix MirrorMaker's message.handler.args description
 * KAFKA-2872: unite sink nodes with parent nodes in addSink
 * KAFKA-2879: Make MiniKDC test service slightly more generic
 * KAFKA-2877: handle request timeout in sync group
 * KAFKA-2881: Improve Consumer Configs and API Documentation
 * KAFKA-2803: Add hard bounce system test for Kafka Connect.
 * KAFKA-2878: Guard against OutOfMemory in Kafka broker
 * KAFKA-2892: Consumer Docs Use Wrong Method
 * KAFKA-2882: Add constructor cache for Snappy and LZ4 Output/Input streams in Compressor.java
 * KAFKA-2899: improve logging when unexpected exceptions thrown in reading local log
 * KAFKA-2906: Fix Connect javadocs, restrict only to api subproject, and clean up javadoc warnings.
 * KAFKA-2913: missing partition check when removing groups from cache
 * KAFKA-2880: consumer should handle disconnect/timeout for metadata requests
 * KAFKA-2942: inadvertent auto-commit when pre-fetching can cause message loss
 * KAFKA-2950: Fix performance regression in the producer