What do others think?
I think, RMI isn't a good idea. I waste a lot of time with it. I like the nutch rpc very much. However I think usage of Externalizable is a good idea, first it is a very small change. Second many users use nutch for very custom things and usage of Externalizable make customization more easily. For example using caching frameworks, (what in some case makes a lot of sense), post or pre processing data, experimental data storages etc.
For sure such a change is low priority but I would love to see it. Stefan
