Update kafka-go settings to be compatible to latest Kafka Helm Charts

[gab-arrobo]

In Kafka 24.0.0, autoCreateTopicsEnable was removed due to the implementation of readOnlyRootFs support. For the kafka.Reader to properly work with the latest version of the Helm Charts, the GroupID is removed

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

Updates Kafka configuration to be compatible with Kafka Helm Charts version 24.0.0 by removing the deprecated GroupID setting and making various code improvements.

• Removes GroupID from Kafka reader configuration as it's no longer supported in Kafka 24.0.0
• Updates logging format for better consistency and error handling
• Refactors control flow structures and variable declarations for improved maintainability

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 4 out of 4 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

File	Description
metricfunc.go	Moves configuration logging after IP address assignment for more accurate output
internal/reader/reader.go	Removes deprecated GroupID, adds MaxBytes limit, and improves logging format consistency
internal/metricdata/subscriber.go	Refactors if-else chain to switch statement and consolidates variable declaration
VERSION	Updates version from 1.6.6-dev to 1.7.0

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