On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 1:49 PM Nick Reich <nre...@pivotal.io> wrote:
> The idea of deprecating —file in favor of path is interesting. I wonder if > instead of making them mutually exclusive to start, having —path be able to > support both modes from the start would be better? That way —file could > still be used for the existing mode, but —path could be used instead (and > override —file is both given?): that would provide a clear path forward for > how the command should be used, while fully supporting existing workflows. > This is what I meant by deprecating. Maybe even providing a message that if --file is set that it is deprecated for --path. > We need to continue to support both modes, as only Partitioned Regions can > make use of parallel export (it is parallelized on a bucket level). > Ok, so why not just make parallel the only mode for partitioned. Then you remove the need for --parallel and --path would work for any region, non-partitioned would create a single file at that path and partitioned would create several? I am all for less options. ;) -Jake
