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Haohui Mai commented on HDFS-9047:
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bq. libhdfs still depends on Hadoop jar files and Java VM, which libwebhdfs
does not. These are funamentally different use-cases.
Unfortunately libwebhdfs does depend on Hadoop jars and Java VM today
(HDFS-3917). Although it is fixable, but I don't think anyone has signed up for
it given the current state of libwebhdfs. Are there any use cases in mind that
libhdfs fails to replace libwebhdfs?
> deprecate libwebhdfs in branch-2; remove from trunk
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> Key: HDFS-9047
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-9047
> Project: Hadoop HDFS
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: webhdfs
> Reporter: Allen Wittenauer
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> This library is basically a mess:
> * It's not part of the mvn package
> * It's missing functionality and barely maintained
> * It's not in the precommit runs so doesn't get exercised regularly
> * It's not part of the unit tests (at least, that I can see)
> * It isn't documented in any official documentation
> But most importantly:
> * It fails at it's primary mission of being pure C (HDFS-3917 is STILL open)
> Let's cut our losses and just remove it.
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