ctubbsii commented on PR #2665: URL: https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/2665#issuecomment-1138619325
> > It's weird to ask for eventual consistency. Nobody wants eventual consistency. Eventual consistency is always tolerated, never desired. > > Eventual consistency for reads is desired in this case No, I don't think so. Like you said yourself, what the user desires is increased availability. Eventual consistency is the trade-off they tolerate to get increased availability. The only scenarios where I can imagine an actual *preference* for the possibility of stale data are nefarious ones where someone is trying to exploit or deceive on the basis of old information. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
