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Roadmap for connectors developed using Python SDK.

# Kafka

An Apache Kafka connectors for Python SDK that is fully developed using
Splittable DoFn API is planned. This is partially blocked till 
Splittable DoFn work related to portability framework is finalized. 
See [BEAM-3788](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-3788) for more details.

# Parquet
A Python connector for Parquet file format is currently in development. 
See [BEAM-4444](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-4444) for more details.