There has been a discussion taking place in CASSANDRA-2474[1] regarding the language and semantics of compound columns in CQL. Though the issue was only opened in July, and despite extended periods of inactivity, it is monstrously long. Additionally, the discussion necessarily includes inline visual aids (tables, graphics, and verbatim code snippets) that are constantly being revised, which only compounds (pun intended) the problem. I feel as though this is not only making the discussion less constructive, but that it may be scaring people off, (and IMO, this issue could use to be discussed among a larger group anyway).
I propose two things, 1) that we move the discussion to this mailing list, and 2) that we track the various approaches in the wiki. For the latter of these, I've stubbed out a page[2] that would hopefully serve as a starting point. Thoughts? [1]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-2474 [2]: http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/Cassandra2475 -- Eric Evans Acunu | http://www.acunu.com | @acunu
