By setting the message format version, one certifies that all existing messages are on or below that message format version. Otherwise consumers before 0.10.0.0 might break. In particular, after the message format is set to 0.10.0, one should not change it back to an earlier format as it may break consumers on versions before 0.10.0.0.
上面是kafka 0.10.0潜在性能影响中的一段介绍。对于这段的理解,有点疑惑。我想它大概的意思应该是说如果消息格式被设置成0.10.0之后,不要将其更改为低版本的消息格式,否则会导致consumer崩溃。但是,我没太明白的是: