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Colin Patrick McCabe commented on HDFS-9047: -------------------------------------------- I was on vacation so I couldn't comment earlier. Anyway, since {{hadoop-hdfs-native-client}} got merged, I agree that {{libwebhdfs}} is no longer strictly necessary and I withdraw my -1. Thanks, all. > Retire libwebhdfs > ----------------- > > Key: HDFS-9047 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-9047 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Bug > Components: webhdfs > Reporter: Allen Wittenauer > Assignee: Haohui Mai > Fix For: 2.8.0 > > Attachments: HDFS-9047-branch-2.7.patch, HDFS-9047.000.patch > > > This library is basically a mess: > * It's not part of the mvn package > * It's missing functionality and barely maintained > * It's not in the precommit runs so doesn't get exercised regularly > * It's not part of the unit tests (at least, that I can see) > * It isn't documented in any official documentation > But most importantly: > * It fails at it's primary mission of being pure C (HDFS-3917 is STILL open) > Let's cut our losses and just remove it. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)