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ASF GitHub Bot commented on DRILL-4699:
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GitHub user sudheeshkatkam opened a pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/drill/pull/536

    DRILL-4699: Add description column to sys.options table

    + Add new constructor for each validator in TypeValidators with
      description field; deprecate old constructors
    + Add descriptions for some validators

You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running:

    $ git pull https://github.com/sudheeshkatkam/drill DRILL-4699

Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at:

    https://github.com/apache/drill/pull/536.patch

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    This closes #536
    
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commit f8a78394423cca46aa3bfd63b2436c606df4b5b7
Author: Sudheesh Katkam <[email protected]>
Date:   2016-06-28T23:12:08Z

    DRILL-4699: Add description column to sys.options table
    
    + Add new constructor for each validator in TypeValidators with
      description field; deprecate old constructors
    + Add descriptions for some validators

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> Add Description Column in sys.options
> -------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: DRILL-4699
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-4699
>             Project: Apache Drill
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components:  Server, Documentation
>    Affects Versions: 1.6.0
>            Reporter: John Omernik
>            Assignee: Sudheesh Katkam
>
> select * from sys.options provides a user with a strong understanding of what 
> options are available to Drill. These options are not well documented.  Some 
> options are "experimental" other options have a function only in specific 
> cases (writers vs readers for example).  If we had a large text field for 
> description, we could enforce documentation of the settings are option 
> creation time, and the description of the setting could change as the 
> versions change (i.e. when an option graduates to being supported from being 
> experimental, it would be changed in the version the user is using. I.e. when 
> they run select * from sys.options, they know the exact state of the option 
> every time they query. It could also facilitate better self documentation via 
> QA on pull requests "Did you update the sys.options.desc?"  This makes it 
> easier for users, and admins in the use of Drill in an enterprise.    
> The first step is adding the field, and then going back and filling in the 
> desc for each option.  (Another JIRA after the option is available)



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