Thank you for all the feedback on this proposal. Removing clustering support will be done in 7.0.0.
-Bryan > On Aug 20, 2016, at 6:33 PM, Leif Hedstrom <zw...@apache.org> wrote: > >> >> On Aug 19, 2016, at 3:18 PM, James Peach <jpe...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> >>> On Aug 19, 2016, at 11:08 AM, Bryan Call <bc...@apache.org> wrote: >>> >>> There are a few features we are looking to remove in the ATS 7.0.0 release. >>> If you are using these features and require them, please respond to this >>> email. We also need to have people that are willing to invest time and fix >>> some of the bugs for these features. Your feedback is very important! >>> >>> There are a number of bugs filed against clustering. There are >>> alternatives to using clustering, such as parent selection and the CARP >>> plugin that Yahoo is open sourcing. If we are going to keep clustering >>> supporting we would need someone that is willing to work on the bugs. >>> >>> The proposal is to remove the configurations options for clustering and >>> remove the code for it. >> >> I've seen a few people asking about clustering recently, so it seems like >> there is interest. But it *really* needs a code owner to make it live. Count >> me as a +0. > > > A serious issue with the lack of developer support is that other areas of the > code suffers. Meaning, we have a hard time making progress with other areas > (like metrics, or configurations), because we don’t have anyone who’s testing > and maintaining the clustering feature. > > This is a tough one though, the general feature is useful, but we’re > seriously crippling ourselves with an unsupported legacy system. > > +0 from me as well. > > — Leif
