We should mark it deprecated for 0.92 Ted? And then make it private in 0.94? St.Ack
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Ted Yu <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Background: > > I was looking at references to this method in HTable: > > public HTable(final String tableName) > > There was only one, by LoadIncrementalHFiles. > > Actually my coworker stumbled on the above method which cost him a week to > track down the root cause - lack of zookeeper specification. > > I think with the patch in HBASE-3714, we're able to make the above method > package private. > I understand that some users may be using the above method. But the success > of this method may be incidental. And such change wouldn't be the only > compatibility change in 0.90.x from earlier releases. > > Please comment on my proposal. > > Thanks >
