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paul cannon commented on CASSANDRA-3507:
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bq. Should we just spin cqlsh out to a separate project?
I expect that if cqlsh is in a different project, but cassandra-cli is
distributed with c* proper, cassandra-cli will remain the de facto standard
interactive interface, even if cqlsh is quite simple to install alongside. I've
heard from several people that we want to transition to cqlsh over time, so
that would make this an important issue.
But if we don't mind sticking with cassandra-cli (I don't really know), then it
makes sense to split cqlsh into a different project.
> Proposal: separate cqlsh from CQL drivers
> -----------------------------------------
>
> Key: CASSANDRA-3507
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-3507
> Project: Cassandra
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Packaging, Tools
> Affects Versions: 1.0.3
> Environment: Debian-based systems
> Reporter: paul cannon
> Assignee: paul cannon
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: cql, cqlsh
> Fix For: 1.0.4
>
>
> Whereas:
> * It has been shown to be very desirable to decouple the release cycles of
> Cassandra from the various client CQL drivers, and
> * It is also desirable to include a good interactive CQL client with releases
> of Cassandra, and
> * It is not desirable for Cassandra releases to depend on 3rd-party software
> which is neither bundled with Cassandra nor readily available for every
> target platform, but
> * Any good interactive CQL client will require a CQL driver;
> Therefore, be it resolved that:
> * cqlsh will not use an official or supported CQL driver, but will include
> its own private CQL driver, not intended for use by anything else, and
> * the Cassandra project will still recommend installing and using a proper
> CQL driver for client software.
> To ease maintenance, the private CQL driver included with cqlsh may very well
> be created by "copying the python CQL driver from one directory into
> another", but the user shouldn't rely on this. Maybe we even ought to take
> some minor steps to discourage its use for other purposes.
> Thoughts?
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