Hi, We are exploring the possibility of using hive metastore as metastore for Apache Drill, to store and manage our metadata. While investigating, I came across the metastore TLP proposal, https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Metastore+TLP+Proposal.
I want to find out what is the timeline for this to be available to end users ? when will it be production ready ? If we integrate with hive and design/develop using current metastore client API, do we run into risk of incompatibility in the future ? Our goal is to eventually move to using hive metastore only for the reasons correctly identified in your wiki i.e. users do not have to install hive to be able to use Drill. Any input/feedback you can provide to us will be very helpful for us to figure out our plans. Thanks Padma