Hi All HBASE-4669 (Bijieshan's patch) is an useful feature and can be good even in 0.90.x. Though it is an improvement i feel it will be a good value add . Infact as part of our application we need a feature of that sort. Also i think it will not be a problem to the existing feature. Pls provide your inputs and suggestions if it is ok to backport HBASE-4669 to 0.90.x. Regards Ram
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