Someone, but not necessarily the original contributor, should step up and maintain. Ideally someone who is also using it :)
This could be a good chance to get on the good sides of everyone! On Jul 14, 2011 11:48 AM, "Doug Meil" <doug.m...@explorysmedical.com> wrote: > +1 > > > On 7/14/11 2:16 PM, "Andrew Purtell" <apurt...@apache.org> wrote: > >>HBASE-2400 introduced a new connector contrib architecturally equivalent >>to the Thrift connector, but using Avro serialization and associated >>transport and RPC server work. However, it remains unfinished, was >>developed against an old version of Avro, is currently not maintained, >>and is regarded as "not production quality" (see: >>http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-current-status-for-using-Avro-with-HBase) >>. Therefore I propose: >> >>If a contributor steps up, then this person should bring the Avro >>connector up to par with the Thrift connector. >> >>Otherwise, we should deprecate and remove the Avro connector. >> >>Best regards, >> >> - Andy >> >>Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein >>(via Tom White) >
