Re: Branch for HDFS-1073 and related work

2011-03-29 Thread Todd Lipcon
Hey folks, There's been a bit of off-list discussion about this, so I wanted to clarify a few points about the development style for this branch, since I think there was some confusion. First, a little bit about the motivation for following something closer to CTR rather than RTC on the branch:

Re: Branch for HDFS-1073 and related work

2011-03-28 Thread Todd Lipcon
I've created this branch "HDFS-1073" as discussed. In this branch there's a new CHANGES.HDFS-1073.txt file -- please add entries into this file rather than CHANGES.txt if you commit stuff to the branch. This will simplify our merges later on, I think. We'll transfer the changes back into CHANGES.tx

Re: Branch for HDFS-1073 and related work

2011-03-28 Thread Konstantin Shvachko
+1 for creating a branch. Agree with Jakob this should not mean less intensive reviewing. --Konstantin On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Jakob Homan wrote: > Doing this work on a branch makes sense. +1. > > However, the patches that have been committed so far required > extensive review and revi

Re: Branch for HDFS-1073 and related work

2011-03-28 Thread Jakob Homan
Doing this work on a branch makes sense. +1. However, the patches that have been committed so far required extensive review and revision, and in one case, an addendum patch. Additionally, the patches in related JIRAs such as HDFS-1557 and HDFS-1572 have required multiple revisions and corrections

Re: Branch for HDFS-1073 and related work

2011-03-28 Thread Dhruba Borthakur
+1. I think this will be very helpful in moving the design forward quickly. -dhruba On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Todd Lipcon wrote: > Hi all, > > I discussed this with a couple folks over the weekend who are involved in > the project, but wanted to let the dev community at large know: > >

Branch for HDFS-1073 and related work

2011-03-28 Thread Todd Lipcon
Hi all, I discussed this with a couple folks over the weekend who are involved in the project, but wanted to let the dev community at large know: I'm planning on creating a new SVN branch for HDFS-1073 and its subtasks. For those not aware, HDFS-1073 is a rethinking of how the NN, 2NN, and Backup