Re: Cassandra Java Driver and DataStax

2016-06-05 Thread Dave Brosius
I am a non-datastax-employee committer, and the large percentage of my commits are not reviewed by datastax exmployees. I see problems or areas of improvement in the code base, and directly commit them. No questions asked, no oversight, no direction at all from datastax or their employees. I ha

Re: Cassandra Java Driver and DataStax

2016-06-05 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (3980)
Thanks for the info Jonathan. I think have assessed based on the replies thus far, my studying of the archives and commit and project history the following situation. Unfortunately it seems like there is a bit of control going on I’m going to call a spade a spade here. A key portion of your softw

Re: Cassandra Java Driver and DataStax

2016-06-05 Thread Jonathan Ellis
On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 8:32 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (3980) < chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: > 1. Is Apache Cassandra useful *without* a driver? That is, can > you use the database without a driver to connect to it or in the > real world would your users all have to download at least one > dri

Re: Cassandra Java Driver and DataStax

2016-06-05 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (3980)
Hi Jake, Thanks for the email. So back to my 2 questions - and in particular #1 - a driver is needed to use Apache Cassandra right? As in, you wouldn’t expect users of Apache Cassandra to get the database core from the ASF, and then use it without a driver (from somewhere else?) Cheers, Chris ++

Re: Cassandra Java Driver and DataStax

2016-06-05 Thread Jake Luciani
Chris, We technically do have barebones java client in tree [1] CQL was designed as an open protocol anyone can implement [2] We really want to see a thriving eco-system for drivers. By making CQL an open protocol vs making it some internally controlled document/code we feel it's the best way t

Re: Cassandra Java Driver and DataStax

2016-06-05 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (3980)
Hi All, Thanks for the replies so far. A few last questions: 1. Is Apache Cassandra useful *without* a driver? That is, can you use the database without a driver to connect to it or in the real world would your users all have to download at least one driver in order to use the DB? 2. To confirm