0.8 branch will be the 0.8 release grabbing HEAD would be 0.8.X or 0.9 changes that don't go in the 0.8 release
you should be able to set replication factor = 0 On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 5:13 AM, Matan Safriel <ma...@cloudaloe.org> wrote: > As per 0.8, just a quick question about grabbing HEAD. What's the > difference between the 0.8 branch and the trunk? Also should I take it from > Neha's reply that replication is a must in using 0.8 even if you don't wish > to use it? is there any design limitation (or operations aspect) that > should make me want to use replication, even if data loss in case of a > totally lost server - is not a major concern? > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 7:37 AM, graham sanderson <gra...@vast.com> wrote: > > > thanks Jun > > > > On Feb 21, 2013, at 11:26 PM, Jun Rao <jun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > The remaining 0.8 blockers are tracked in > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Kafka+replication+development > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Jun > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 9:14 PM, graham sanderson <gra...@vast.com> > > wrote: > > > > > >> Thanks, so if I understand what you are saying is that 0.8 is > alpha-ish; > > >> i.e. everything pretty much implemented (is there anything major > > missing - > > >> hard to tell looking at JIRA without much context) - we use at our own > > risk > > >> (which we're fine with), but that given we really want 0.8 features we > > can > > >> and should start testing with it today, with an expectation of a > > release in > > >> the next N months where N is hopefully no more than 2 > > >> > > >> On Feb 21, 2013, at 11:06 PM, Neha Narkhede <neha.narkh...@gmail.com> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >>> 0.8 is a significant rewrite since the 0.7 codebase. Hence, there is > no > > >>> easy way to "turn off" replication and expect 0.7.2 like > functionality. > > >>> Having said that, it is somewhat stable so you can use it for > > >> prototyping. > > >>> > > >>> Thanks, > > >>> Neha > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 1:42 PM, graham sanderson <gra...@vast.com> > > >> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> So I am excited that 0.8 is getting close. > > >>>> > > >>>> I understand that 0.8 is pre-beta, but to what extent would you say > > the > > >>>> bugs are mostly with the new redundancy code vs regressions in > > existing > > >>>> functionality; i.e. if wanting to prototype and deploy something > over > > >> the > > >>>> next month or so with the view to deploying it within the next two > > >> months, > > >>>> is it safe-ish to go with 0.8 with replicated brokers turned off > (for > > >> now) > > >>>> vs going with 0.7.2? > > >>>> > > >>>> Also does anyone know the status of any node.js clients for 0.8 > > >>>> > > >>>> On Feb 21, 2013, at 3:32 PM, David Arthur <mum...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> I've been having trouble building trunk since the changes to sbt in > > >> 0.8. > > >>>> Is there some documentation on building and running trunk? > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On 2/21/13 3:53 PM, Neha Narkhede wrote: > > >>>>>> HEAD is good as of today and has been stable for past few days. > > There > > >>>> are > > >>>>>> some bugs we are working on but you can certainly run the cluster > > and > > >> do > > >>>>>> some basic send/receive operations. Also, let us know if you have > > >>>> feedback > > >>>>>> on the APIs, protocols, tools etc since that takes some time to > > >> refactor > > >>>>>> and change. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Good luck! :-) > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Thanks, > > >>>>>> Neha > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Jason Rosenberg < > j...@squareup.com > > > > > >>>> wrote: > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>>> Thanks Neha, > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> That's helpful info. Is there a reasonable checkpoint rev to > check > > >>>> out now > > >>>>>>> and experiment with, or is HEAD as good as anything else? > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> Jason > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Neha Narkhede < > > >>>> neha.narkh...@gmail.com > > >>>>>>>> wrote: > > >>>>>>>> Hi Jason, > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> We are closely monitoring the health of one of our production > > >> clusters > > >>>>>>> that > > >>>>>>>> has the 0.8 code deployed. This cluster is feeding off of > > LinkedIn's > > >>>>>>>> production traffic. Once this cluster is fairly stable, we'd > like > > to > > >>>> run > > >>>>>>>> all of our tools and ensure those are working. Another thing we > > are > > >>>>>>> trying > > >>>>>>>> is to introduce failures on this cluster when it is under load > and > > >>>> ensure > > >>>>>>>> that there is no data loss. > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> So far, we've been working on stabilizing this cluster and > fixing > > >>>> bugs. > > >>>>>>>> Next week, we will be working on tools and setting up audit so > we > > >> can > > >>>> do > > >>>>>>>> some data loss analysis, if any. This will probably take another > > >>>> month. > > >>>>>>>> After that, I think we should be ready to release a public BETA > > and > > >>>> have > > >>>>>>>> our users try it. If we release it sooner than that, I'm not > sure > > it > > >>>> will > > >>>>>>>> be helpful since tools and simple failure cases might not work > as > > >>>>>>> expected. > > >>>>>>>> As far as formal release goes, I believe end of March or April > > will > > >>>> be a > > >>>>>>>> good timeframe. We will try our best to update documentation for > > the > > >>>> BETA > > >>>>>>>> release, 3-4 weeks from now. > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> Thanks, > > >>>>>>>> Neha > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Jason Rosenberg < > > j...@squareup.com> > > >>>>>>> wrote: > > >>>>>>>>> Just wanted to inquire as to the status 0.8 being released to > > beta. > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> I have several use cases now that would like to take advantage > of > > >> the > > >>>>>>> new > > >>>>>>>>> features in 0.8, and I'm not sure if it makes sense to keep > > waiting > > >>>> for > > >>>>>>>> an > > >>>>>>>>> actual release, before attempting to use the latest HEAD > version > > in > > >>>>>>>>> staging/production environments. > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> How stable is the 0.8 branch at this point? What is the > schedule > > >>>> for a > > >>>>>>>>> formal release? When will there at least be a link to 0.8 > > >>>>>>> documentation, > > >>>>>>>>> where to download it, on the main apache kafka site? > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> Thanks, > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> Jason > > >>>>>>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >> > > >> > > > > > -- /* Joe Stein http://www.linkedin.com/in/charmalloc Twitter: @allthingshadoop <http://www.twitter.com/allthingshadoop> */
