I didn't take offence, but it's a false equivalency.
On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Lars George <lars.geo...@gmail.com> wrote: > No Andy, I was just saying, if we remove Thrift2 for a PB backed gateway, > then we could as well remove them all. REST was just an example. No offence > meant. > > Lars > > On May 3, 2013, at 6:04 PM, Andrew Purtell <apurt...@apache.org> wrote: > > > We don't have a proper REST API? Please provide more detail on what you > > think is lacking. The status of Thrift2 and REST are the same? The REST > API > > is not actively maintained? > > > > On Friday, May 3, 2013, Lars George wrote: > > > >> Hi Jimmy, > >> > >> Inline... > >> > >> On Apr 25, 2013, at 8:18 PM, Jimmy Xiang <jxi...@cloudera.com > <javascript:;>> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> At first, I am +1 for removing it. We had a similar discussion before, > >> and > >>> didn't pull the plug because of Tim's comment: > >>> > >>> > >> > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/hbase-dev/201212.mbox/%3ccae9mebbh7v1phsbegtepbxg1h5drbs+ydvyo0akdr1d4jce...@mail.gmail.com%3E > >> > >> I am with Tim here (it was me that pushed Tim to complete this work in > the > >> first place). > >> > >>> To me, instead of complete and maintain Thrift2, it will be much better > >> to > >>> come up a new one since we are on PB now. > >> > >> That is independent if you ask me. We should have a proper Thrift one, > >> same with REST. Or do you want to toss out REST as well since we now > have > >> PB RPCs? > >> > >> I am willing to work and maintain Thrift2, I said that before. This > thread > >> though got derailed in general wishful thinking, so could we please > maybe > >> vote if we want Thrift and more especially Thrift2. Because we either > throw > >> out Thrift in total for PB or maintain it for the time being. > >> > >> Thoughts? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Lars > >> > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Jimmy > >>> > >>> > >>> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Andrew Purtell <apurt...@apache.org > <javascript:;> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> I'm glad someone has stepped forward to be an active responsive > >> maintainer > >>>> of this piece of code. Maintenance is one issue, actual usage is > >> another. > >>>> Does anyone actually use this? What is the plan for Thrift? Do we > >> continue > >>>> with both interfaces through one or more subsequent versions? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:45 PM, Lars George <lars.geo...@gmail.com > <javascript:;> > >>> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I am -1 to remove, took a long time to get it in there and should > >>>>> deprecate Thrift v1 - or else we are in the same mess as mapred and > >>>>> mapreduce is. We once replaced the entire client API and now we can't > >> do > >>>>> this for Thrift? > >>>>> > >>>>> I am happy to work on v2 and fix or maintain it. It should be the way > >>>>> forward methinks. > >>>>> > >>>>> Lars > >>>>> > >>>>> On Apr 24, 2013, at 21:53, Stack <st...@duboce.net <javascript:;>> > >> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Thrift2 was supposed to be the future -- an API like the native java > >>>> API > >>>>> -- > >>>>>> but it never got the support needed to make it a superset of > thrift1. > >>>>>> Meantime folks are running thrift1 in production and patching it as > >>>> they > >>>>>> need extra calls and fixes. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> While we have two thrifts, thrift1 and thrift2, the latter of which > we > >>>>> are > >>>>>> afraid to recommend because we do not know of any prod install, we > sew > >>>>>> confusion ("Which should I use?", "Doc only talks about > 'thrift'?"). > >>>>>> > >>>>>> HBASE-8184 is a patch to remove thrift2 until it gets a sponsor who > >> can > >>>>>> move it beyond thrift1 . I already have a +1 to remove. Will let > the > >>>>>> issue stew a day or two in case objection to thrift2 going away. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> St.Ack > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Best regards, > >>>> > >>>> - Andy > >>>> > >>>> Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet > Hein > >>>> (via Tom White) > >>>> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > > > - Andy > > > > Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein > > (via Tom White) > > -- Best regards, - Andy Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein (via Tom White)
