Mich T had cross-posted a question to users@{hbase,phoenix} the only
day. After some more information, we were able to find out that Mich was
trying to use Hadoop 3.1 with HBase 1.2.6
After pointing Mich to the compatibility table[1], I was about to puff
out my chest and say "look! this table could've told you that HBase
1.2.6 wouldn't work with Hadoop 3.x!"
But, then I realized that we don't have a single entry for HBase that
implies it would even work for Hadoop 3. We presently have the following:
"S" = supported
"X" = not supported
"NT" = Not tested
I propose that would should add another "value" for cells in the table
to better represent "Works, but not battle-tested" or similar. That
would make possible values:
"S" = supported
"NP" = not production ready
"X" = not supported
"NT" = not tested
Furthermore, the word "supported" drives me up a wall (as I think it
implies the wrong mindset for an open source community), and I would
rather see "functional". e.g.
"F" = Fully functional, production ready
"NP" = Functional, but not production ready/has known issues
"X" = Not functional, lacking basic ability
"NT" = Not tested, functionality is unknown
Thoughts? Things that I've missed?
- Josh
[1] http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#hadoop
