Hi, For CF TTL, “-1” means it will not expire. But for Cell TTL, “-1” will expire immediately. In HBASE-26056, I tried to unify the meaning of cell TTL and CF TTL on the value of -1, both mean never expire.
This is a behavior change. Maybe will break some users usage. However, setting it to -1 will immediately expires, and it doesn't make any sense. I haven't thought of what kind of scene would be used in this way. So I want to hear your opinions about this change. Thanks.
