>From Todd's comment for HBASE-4677: I don't think we need to deprecate this before removal, because IMO HRegionInterface is not a public API. Users should only be using the public interfaces like HTable, LoadIncrementalHFiles, etc. There is no real legitimate use to directly access the HRI API.
See HBASE-4552 for the whole story. If you have objection to Todd's suggestion, please outline your reasoning. Thanks
