I do not think we should remove: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-18692
One of the challenges of HQL is not having a procedure language. This forces users into oozie/airflow/spark even to orchestrate simple flows. Lets give that one some time to marinate, but I agree technically it could be its own sub project. Edward On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Peter Vary <pv...@cloudera.com> wrote: > Hi Team, > > I am seeing several jiras proposing removing functions from Hive: > HIVE-18691 Drop Support for Explicit Table Lock From Apache Hive > HIVE-18692 Remove HPL/SQL From Apache Hive > HIVE-18448 Drop Support For Indexes From Apache Hive > I generally agree with removing unused functions. Especially ones which > add extra effort to upkeep without real user base. > My question is wether Hive has a deprecation policy for function > deprecation like Hadoop: > https://hadoop.apache.org/docs/current/hadoop-project-dist/hadoop-common/ > Compatibility.html#Deprecation <https://hadoop.apache.org/ > docs/current/hadoop-project-dist/hadoop-common/ > Compatibility.html#Deprecation> > > Thanks, > Peter
