+1 on removing pre-HBASE-14850 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-14850> stuff.
On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Josh Elser <[email protected]> wrote: > Makes sense to me. > > *soapbox* I think focusing on https://issues.apache.org/jira > /browse/HBASE-14850 would be a better use of time than trying to > revitalize the old stuff (which I assume has begun to rot). > > > On 12/4/17 3:00 PM, Andrew Purtell wrote: > >> Mike Drob pointed me at HBASE-19176, where hbase-native-client has already >> been removed from branch-2 given a similar rationale. Therefore I intend >> to >> do the same for branch-1.4 and branch-1. On HBASE-19419 Mike asked if >> hbase-native-client would be removed from branch-1.1, branch-1.2, and >> branch-1.3 as well. I can do that, but would like to hear from the >> respective branch RMs if possible first. >> >> On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 11:43 AM, Andrew Purtell <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> We had a recent non-binding veto in a release candidate vote (for 1.1.13) >>> due to, I think, legitimate confusion over the status of the >>> hbase-native-client subdirectory in our source tree. This is a self >>> contained native code connector that is not hooked up to our Maven build. >>> Therefore there isn't an automated way for our RMs to produce binary >>> convenience artifacts that include this component. I'm not even sure it >>> is >>> buildable or functional at this point. It has not been updated for two >>> years. >>> >>> Because it is self contained, and in what appears to be an unmaintained >>> state, I would like to remove it for the 1.4.0 release, therefore from >>> branch-1.4 and up. Dropping it doesn't represent a compatibility problem >>> in >>> my view as it isn't hooked up to the build and seems unlikely anyone is >>> depending on it given we haven't had a single change nor issue reported >>> against it for two years. >>> >>> If someone does care about this, it can be resurrected at any time as an >>> independent GitHub based project. >>> >>> -- >>> Best regards, >>> Andrew >>> >>> Words like orphans lost among the crosstalk, meaning torn from truth's >>> decrepit hands >>> - A23, Crosstalk >>> >>> >> >> >>
