HBase could live with sync() in 0.20.0 (and preferably 0.19.2), but 0.20.0 is an absolute blocker.
--- Jim Kellerman, Powerset (Live Search, Microsoft Corporation) > -----Original Message----- > From: Owen O'Malley [mailto:owen.omal...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Owen > O'Malley > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 1:51 PM > To: core-dev@hadoop.apache.org > Subject: Re: Hadoop 0.19.1 > > On Feb 2, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Doug Judd wrote: > > > What do you recommend? Is there anyway we could get these two > > issues fixed > > for 0.19.1, or should I file issues for them and get them on the > > schedule > > for 0.19.2? > > Given the outstanding problems and general level of uncertainty, I'd > favor releasing a 0.19.1 with the equivalent of the 0.18.3 disable on > fsync and append. Let's get them fixed in 0.20 first and then we can > debate whether the rewards of pushing them back into an 0.19.2 would > make sense. I'm pretty uncomfortable at the moment with how the entire > functional complex seems to cause a continuous stream of problems. > > -- Owen