Github user ChinmaySKulkarni commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/phoenix/pull/406#discussion_r236472049
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phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/coprocessor/MetaDataEndpointImpl.java
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@@ -530,6 +530,10 @@ private static PName newPName(byte[] keyBuffer, int
keyOffset, int keyLength) {
private int maxIndexesPerTable;
private boolean isTablesMappingEnabled;
+ // this flag denotes that we will continue to write parent table
column metadata while creating
+ // a child view and also block metadata changes that were previously
propagated to children
+ // before 4.15, so that we can rollback the upgrade to 4.15 if required
+ private boolean allowSystemCatalogRollback;
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Had a conversation offline with Thomas and the underlying point in my
comment above is already being addressed. Thanks @twdsilva.
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