Hello Jeff, is it possible that you give some hints about *where* and *what* is poor supported?
Kind regards, Siamak Haschemi Bryan Duxbury schrieb: > I've been doing lots of Java work on Thrift for a while now. Are there > particular things that need to be fixed, or are you just noting that the > Java library is poor in general? > > -Bryan > > On Oct 24, 2008, at 1:02 AM, Jeff Hammerbacher wrote: > >> Hey Thrift Users and Developers, >> >> The Apache Hadoop community is going through the process of hardening >> Hadoop in preparation of a 1.0 release. The process is being >> documented here: http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Release1.0Requirements. >> >> If you check out the "Multi-language serialization" part of the linked >> document, you'll see that there is a debate going on about which >> cross-language RPC framework to use for Hadoop going forward. The >> major contenders are Thrift, Protocol Buffers, Etch, and Hessian. One >> of the major reasons I pushed to get Thrift into Apache when at >> Facebook was the opportunity to replace Hadoop's RPC mechanisms with >> Thrift. I guess now is the moment of truth. >> >> If you'd like to see Hadoop adopt Thrift as it's internal and external >> RPC framework, please voice your opinion on the Hadoop development >> list. If you want to go the extra mile, the biggest blocker to Thrift >> adoption within the Hadoop community is its poor support for Java. If >> you have some time available and you're a Java wizard, any code you >> can contribute to Thrift in the next few weeks will make a difference >> in the push to get Thrift adopted by the Hadoop community. >> >> Anyways, as a Thrift and Hadoop fanboy, I'm just trying to do some >> cheerleading to make the marriage happen. >> >> Regards, >> Jeff >
