Hello folks, I wanted to share the news of merging of BEAM-239 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-239> via PullRequest : PR1164 <https://github.com/apache/incubator-beam/pull/1164>.
*On the Pull Request:* 1) Refactored the code for the occurrences of RemoveDuplicates / RemovedDuplicatesand replacing with the word "Distinct" 2) Also changing "DedupExample" to DistinctExample (since DedupExampleTest was already changed on this PR). Added BEAM-879 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-879> for that. *There was a large discussion that ensued on the Dev list since the JIRA involved the following:* 1) Adding a non-verb to the list of transforms although there are exceptions. 2) The changing of the occurrences of RemoveDuplicates / RemovedDuplicates in the code and replacing with the word "Distinct" is a backwards-incompatible API change. 3) It's best to post a discussion for such changes on the dev@ list prior to moving forward to help contributors and committers alike to chime in and reach a conclusion. A Vote would be a way to go for a large design change but, I think, when in doubt, it's best to ask. Feel free to add your thoughts. Thank you. Regards, -- Neelesh Srinivas Salian Engineer
