Thanks for the feedback. I intend to commit HBASE-19419 shortly unless objection.
On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Ted Yu <[email protected]> wrote: > +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 > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > -- Best regards, Andrew Words like orphans lost among the crosstalk, meaning torn from truth's decrepit hands - A23, Crosstalk
