+1
- Andy
----- Original Message ----
> From: Stack <st...@duboce.net>
> To: HBase Dev List <hbase-dev@hadoop.apache.org>
> Sent: Mon, March 8, 2010 4:03:46 PM
> Subject: Any objection if we up RPC version when we go from 0.20.3 to 0.20.4?
>
> Are there objections to changing the RPC version number when we
> release 0.20.4? Changing the RPC version number will mean that a
> 0.20.4 and 0.20.3 version hbase cluster will not be able to talk to
> each other. Updating your cluster from 0.20.3 to 0.20.4 will require
> a restart.
>
> Currently our RPC is brittle in that we can't add or amend methods
> without breaking the interface. We'd like to make the interface
> tolerant of small changes. To do this, we need to change how RPC
> identifies remote methods. See HBASE-2219 for details. The change in
> method identification requires that we up the RPC version so
> mismatched clients fail fast.
>
> If above is amenable, we'll also pull into 0.20.4 other facility such
> as the new multiput and fixes that make us less vulnerable to flapping
> dns, etc.
>
> Yours,
> St.Ack
