Hi everyone, After Constraints framework was merged in, I would like to come back to the discussion Jordan brought up in this Jira: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-19677
For context, that Jira ticket (and PR) is adding a bunch of more fine grained size thresholds for column types using guardrails, expanding on what these Jiras added: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-17151 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-17150 Now, we have an alternative way to set sizes to scpecific columns using constraints (we have LENGHT constraint, which is technically different, but adding a SIZE constraint is on the roadmap and straight forward). Jordan raised a really valid concern that these new guardrails may be adding some noise to an already crowded space such as settings. On the other hand, these guardrails operate at a different level than constraints, as they are generic as opposed to column specific. We would like to hear what the community think in this case. Should these guardrails go in? Or do we drop them in favour of plain constraints? My two cents: My opinion is that these guardails still add value and help operators a more fine grained control to "protect" the database. Regards, Bernardo
