+1 to drop it. On Fri, Sep 28, 2018, 7:25 PM Hequn Cheng <chenghe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > +1 to drop it. It seems that few people use it. > > Best, Hequn > > On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 10:22 PM Chesnay Schepler <ches...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > I'm very much in favor of dropping it. > > > > Flink has been continually growing in terms of features, and IMO we've > > reached the point where we should cull some of the more obscure ones. > > flink-storm, while interesting from a theoretical standpoint, offers too > > little value. > > > > Note that the bolt/spout wrapper parts of the part are still compatible, > > it's only topologies that aren't working. > > > > IMO compatibility layers only add value if they ease the migration to > > Flink APIs. > > * bolt/spout wrappers do this, but they will continue to work even if we > > drop it > > * topologies don't do this, so I'm not interested in then. > > > > On 28.09.2018 15:22, Till Rohrmann wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > I would like to discuss how to proceed with Flink's storm > > > compatibility layer flink-strom. > > > > > > While working on removing Flink's legacy mode, I noticed that some > > > parts of flink-storm rely on the legacy Flink client. In fact, at the > > > moment flink-storm does not work together with Flink's new distributed > > > architecture. > > > > > > I'm also wondering how many people are actually using Flink's Storm > > > compatibility layer and whether it would be worth porting it. > > > > > > I see two options how to proceed: > > > > > > 1) Commit to maintain flink-storm and port it to Flink's new > architecture > > > 2) Drop flink-storm > > > > > > I doubt that we can contribute it to Apache Bahir [1], because once we > > > remove the legacy mode, this module will no longer work with all newer > > > Flink versions. > > > > > > Therefore, I would like to hear your opinion on this and in particular > > > if you are using or planning to use flink-storm in the future. > > > > > > [1] https://github.com/apache/bahir-flink > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Till > > > > > > >
