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kafka-tools overwrites kafka-python `__init__`

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Description

Hey,

I am using `poetry` tool to manage my dependencies.
My package uses `aiokafka` for consumer/producer management with `kafka-python` as its dependency.
When istalling both `kafka-tools` and `aiokafka`, `kafka-tools` overwrites `__init__.py` file from `kafka-python` dependency, resulting in an error from aiokafka: `ImportError: cannot import name 'ConsumerRebalanceListener' from 'kafka'`.

How can I solve it? It obviously happens because both `kafka-python` and `kafka-tools` decided to name their modules `kafka`, which results in one overwriting another.

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Reproduce the Poetry installation with both kafka-tools and aiokafka, then inspect the conflicting kafka __init__.py files and the failing ConsumerRebalanceListener import. Done means aiokafka imports successfully without kafka-tools overwriting kafka-python's package contents.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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Newbie friendliness
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