I don't think we need to bump a major version to remove something that we never claimed to support though. The docs are pretty clear:
https://impala.apache.org/docs/build/html/topics/impala_allow_unsupported_formats.html "An obsolete query option from early work on support for file formats. Do not use. Might be removed in the future." On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 10:16 PM, Jim Apple <[email protected]> wrote: > As for the time zone case, I’d like to be careful about versioning. If we > remove Avro, that seems like a breaking changedeserving of a major version > bump. > > It might be worth taking a survey wider than dev@. User@ or the customers > of Impala packagers might be good places to start. > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 5:10 PM Tim Armstrong > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > For a few years now we've had write support for Sequence, Avro and > > compressed text hidden behind a query option. We haven't really made any > > progress on turning it into a supported feature, so I'm wondering if we > > should remove the code and save some overhead of building, testing and > code > > maintenance. > > > > I know I've found it useful once or twice to generate test data but I > don't > > think this is enough to justify maintaining it. > > > > It seems like we should get it out of this in-between state - either > delete > > the code or get it to the point where it's supported and tested. If we > > delete it, it's always possible for someone to resurrect it later. > > > > What do people think? > > > > - Tim > > >
