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* Reference data-digger in README

* Remove redundant roadmap info from readme

* Update README
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See [this blog post](https://segment.com/blog/easier-management-of-Kafka-topics-with-topicctl/) for
more details.

## Related projects

Check out the [data-digger](https://github.com/segmentio/data-digger) for a command-line tool
that makes it easy to tail and summarize structured data in Kafka.

## Roadmap

We are planning on making some changes to (optionally) remove the ZK dependency and also to support
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5. `apply` with topic creation

In the future, we may shift more functionality away from ZooKeeper, at least for newer cluster
versions; see the "Feature roadmap" section below for more details.

## Feature roadmap

The following are in the medium-term roadmap:

1. **Use broker APIs exclusively for newer cluster versions:** This is needed for a
[future world](https://www.confluent.io/blog/removing-zookeeper-dependency-in-kafka/)
where Kafka doesn't use ZooKeeper at all. Even before that happens, though, doing everything
through broker APIs simplifies the configuration and is also needed to run `topicctl` in
environments where users aren't given direct ZK access.
2. **Support TLS for communication with cluster:** This is fairly straightforward assuming
that (1) is done. It allows `topicctl` to be run in environments that don't permit insecure
cluster access.
versions; see the "Roadmap" section above for more details.

## Development

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