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Todd Lipcon commented on HBASE-4815: ------------------------------------ +1 > Disable online altering by default, create a config for it > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HBASE-4815 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-4815 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Task > Affects Versions: 0.92.0 > Reporter: Jean-Daniel Cryans > Priority: Blocker > Fix For: 0.92.0 > > > There's a whole class of bugs that we've been revealing from trying out > online altering in conjunction with other operations like splitting. > HBASE-4729, HBASE-4794, and HBASE-4814 are examples. > It's not so much that the online altering code is buggy, but that it wasn't > tested in an environment that permits splitting. > I think we should mark online altering as experimental in 0.92 and add a > config to enable it (so it would be disabled by default, requiring people to > disable to table to alter). -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira