I don't like the idea of having two properties file as it will be confusing to both new and existing users.
Even if we decide to go with two files, I think we should strive to keep things simpler for new users, say by have a "old-defaults.properties" file which the existing users can use. On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 8:34 AM, Michael Stolz <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure I want to do wholesale defaults revision. > > Yes this is a release that cannot be done in a rolling fashion, but it is > not (yet) a release that requires that pre-existing users to change their > settings in general to keep their current configuration. > > I think it would be simple enough to supply a "recommended.properties" file > that sets things the way we now like them without actually changing the > hard-coded defaults. > > I view the network-partition-detection property as a special case because > of its affect on diskstores which are automatically created if you use the > recommended serialization mechanism (pdx). > > On the diskstore topic, if we know that the disk stores are wrong at > startup, why don't we just fix them? Why do we require user intervention? > > > -- > Mike Stolz > Principal Engineer, GemFire Product Manager > Mobile: 631-835-4771 > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Real Wes Williams <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > > What’s the level of concern here about members getting kicked out > > prematurely depending on the newly proposed default settings? For > > instance, if the default suspect notification is 3 seconds and they are > > running in AWS or a mildly unpredictable network environment, a member > > could be kicked out. What would be considered “safe” settings? > > > > > On Jan 7, 2016, at 4:18 PM, Bruce Schuchardt <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Another thing that's been discussed for a long time is turning on > > network-partition-detection by default. It is a major problem for > someone > > if a partition occurs and they are using persistence. The disk-stores on > > all but one of the partitions have to be deleted and revoked. > > > > >
