> Stack proposed the novel idea of all of us agreeing to something and then actually doing it, and there was consensus that this was a good idea. :-)
LOL Discussion was great. Thanks for sharing the notes. On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:16 AM, Stack <[email protected]> wrote: > (I'm sending this for Doug Meil; he is having difficulty getting this up on > the dev list) > > > Hi Devs- > > Notes from an HBase client conference call a few of us had yesterday. > Attendees: Enis, Nick D., James Taylor, Stack, LarsH, Doug Meil and Andy > Johnson. > > - Discussion of Serialization Scheme Independent of Java > - After a short discussion, this is a very interesting idea but off > the table for the next 4-6 releases. > - E.g., would we have to invent serialization for C++ or Python > clients? It's not a small undertaking. > - Nobody was aware of any other open source libraries that did this. > - Component Priority > - After a healthy discussion, the following priority emerged: > - 1) Serialized Types > - But focusing on Java. Using some combination of Orderly and > Phoenix > - Nick/James to lead this. > - New Jira will be created for this effort, with sub-tasks for > follow-on tasks. > - 2) Utilities > - E.g., something akin to what HBASE-7221 was trying to achieve. > This might also be a documentation exercise on how to > properly use Orderly > - I.e., utilities to build rowkeys (et al.) in code for use by > applications (I.e., not Hbase itself) > - Consensus on support for both FixedLength and VariableLength > rowkeys, to allow for faster scans especially in the former case. > But > still providing utilities for variable length keys because > folks still use > things like URLs in rowkeys. > - 3) Schema > - Schema definitions of rowkeys and tables that could be > externalized to Hive, et al. > - HBase-Centric API > - With respect to Utilities and Schemas, there was consensus that > completely enveloping HTable is not the suggested path, but rather we > should look for opportunities to improve the Get, Put, Scan > interfaces with > Htable but make it less tedious with byte-array handling. > - HBASE-7221 > - This will be closed as "won't fixed", but will be linked from > whatever the new Jira is as a related ticket. > - Agreeing To Something And Actually Doing It > - Stack proposed the novel idea of all of us agreeing to something > and then actually doing it, and there was consensus that this was a > good > idea. :-) > -- Best regards, - Andy Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein (via Tom White)
