From my point of view, it’s a nice feature. I can’t imagine why ZK wouldn’t add it. If there are additional implications for the future those can be dealt with in the future. My personal main goal is to eliminate a benefit of etcd over ZooKeeper.
-Jordan > On Aug 29, 2016, at 1:19 PM, Camille Fournier <cami...@apache.org> wrote: > > I'm happy to take back up the conversation of why have this at all. > I proposed this feature after doing some personal research into etcd for a > talk about a year and a half ago. I found that one of the interesting > features of etcd was that you could have clients enable ephemeral data > without sticky sessions to the server. This is a popular feature in etcd > and I can understand the desire to have a more lightweight way to create > such nodes. > > I suppose I will kick it back to you, what are you afraid of vis a vis > usage? > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Flavio Junqueira <f...@apache.org> wrote: > >> I've left some time back a request to have it somewhere so that I could >> leave some specific review comments and asked a question about the API >> changes. >> >> I'd like to understand at a high level what we are trying to achieve. For >> example, the description of the jira mentions that the goal is to enable >> nodes to expire without relying on sessions. Does it imply that this is for >> applications that will rely purely on local sessions? Should we provide a >> way of not having sessions at all, global or local? >> >> My sense is that this is a great feature and I'm happy to see a patch and >> discussion, but I feel that we need to discuss it further so that we >> understand how this is going to be used. At least, I'd like to understand >> it better. >> >> -Flavio >> >>> On 29 Aug 2016, at 13:11, Jordan Zimmerman <jor...@jordanzimmerman.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Per Benjamin: "i'm fine letting it go in as is" >>> >>>> On Aug 26, 2016, at 8:18 PM, Patrick Hunt <ph...@apache.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks Camille! It's fine with me, although notice that Flavio has been >>>> providing feedback and has some concerns. Also there is a pending issue >>>> (testing) identified by Ben most recently and afaict not yet resolved. >>>> >>>> Patrick >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Camille Fournier <cami...@apache.org> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> OK I'm the slacker that proposed us doing this in the first place and >> I'm >>>>> THRILLED that you have done it Jordan, thank you so much. >>>>> Pat, I can review and merge, unless you are concerned with >> interference on >>>>> other issues. LMK. >>>>> >>>>> C >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Patrick Hunt <ph...@apache.org> >> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Jordan. This looks like a great new feature, but I'm afraid I'm >>>>> focused >>>>>> on other things atm. I don't have much time after work/home >> currently, as >>>>>> such I've been focused on other priorities; 1) supporting existing >>>>>> users/issues in 3.4, and 2) trying to get 3.5 branch to production >> ready. >>>>>> There are already a number of features queued up in that branch (3.5) >>>>> which >>>>>> we need to get out to folks. Thanks for your patience. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Patrick >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 9:00 PM, Jordan Zimmerman < >>>>>> jor...@jordanzimmerman.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> So - what’s a guy got to do to get this merged? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -Jordan >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Aug 18, 2016, at 11:27 AM, Andrew Purtell <apurt...@apache.org> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Please >>>>>>>> This looks really handy for implementing transient data structures. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 5:53 AM, Jordan Zimmerman < >>>>>>>> jor...@jordanzimmerman.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Any chance of getting https://issues.apache.org/ >>>>>>> jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-2169 >>>>>>>>> merged? It has: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> * A patch that’s been reviewed >>>>>>>>> * 7 Votes >>>>>>>>> * 15 Watchers >>>>>>>>> * Will help ZooKeeper compete against etcd/consul >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -Jordan >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Best regards, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> - Andy >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet >>>>>> Hein >>>>>>>> (via Tom White) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>> >> >>
