GitHub user tzulitai opened a pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/3925
[FLINK-6600] Add key serializer config snapshot to keyed backend checkpoints This PR adds the config snapshot of the key serializer of keyed backends to its checkpoints. This allows the opportunity to upgrade key serializers, as well as state migration in the future in the case of incompatible old and new key serializers. You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running: $ git pull https://github.com/tzulitai/flink FLINK-6600 Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/3925.patch To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch with (at least) the following in the commit message: This closes #3925 ---- commit afe1acb02a95cc04f6efd929e66c4b919a4b7757 Author: Tzu-Li (Gordon) Tai <tzuli...@apache.org> Date: 2017-05-16T17:15:57Z [FLINK-6600] Add key serializer config snapshot to keyed backend checkpoints This commit adds the config snapshot of the key serializer of keyed backends to its checkpoints. This allows the oppurtunity to upgrade key serializers, as well as state migration in the future in the case of incompatible old and new key serializers. ---- --- If your project is set up for it, you can reply to this email and have your reply appear on GitHub as well. If your project does not have this feature enabled and wishes so, or if the feature is enabled but not working, please contact infrastructure at infrastruct...@apache.org or file a JIRA ticket with INFRA. ---