HorizonNet commented on a change in pull request #2558:
URL: https://github.com/apache/hbase/pull/2558#discussion_r509734109
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File path: hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HConstants.java
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@@ -661,10 +660,8 @@
* Timestamp to use when we want to refer to the oldest cell.
* Special! Used in fake Cells only. Should never be the timestamp on an
actual Cell returned to
* a client.
- * @deprecated Should not be public since hbase-1.3.0. For internal use
only. Move internal to
- * Scanners flagged as special timestamp value never to be returned as
timestamp on a Cell.
*/
- @Deprecated
+ @InterfaceAudience.Private
public static final long OLDEST_TIMESTAMP = Long.MIN_VALUE;
Review comment:
Makes sense. I looked through the usages and there doesn't seem to be a
common place. Do we have a place for kind of "private" constants?
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