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Andrew Purtell commented on HBASE-11891: ---------------------------------------- +1 > Introduce HBaseInterfaceAudience level to denote class names that appear in > configs. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: HBASE-11891 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-11891 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Sean Busbey > Assignee: Sean Busbey > Priority: Minor > Attachments: HBASE-11891.patch > > > We have several classes that are private use as far as APIs are concerned, > but the class name appear in user provided config files. > We should add an HBaseInterfaceAudience level CONFIG and use it to denote > these classes as LimitedPrivate. > HBase contributors can then use this audience marking to see when changes to > a FQCN will require a release note to help upgrading users correct their > configuration files. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)