Most of the work to provide this feature is already done. We need to generate server side CQL for snapshots already. All we need to do is expose it via either a "DESCRIBE" CQL command, or I'm equally happy to see it land in a virtual table.
On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 2:45 PM sankalp kohli <kohlisank...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 on holding off and focus on shipping 4.0 > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 12:25 PM Joshua McKenzie <jmcken...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > This looks like a feature that'd potentially invalidate some testing > that's > > been done and we've been feature frozen for over a year and a half. Also: > > scope creep. > > > > My PoV is we hold off. If we get into a cadence of more frequent releases > > we'll have it soon enough. > > > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 3:03 PM <e.dimitr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > Normally I ping the person on the ticket or in Slack to ask him/her for > > > status update and whether I can help. Then probably he/she gives me a > > > direction. > > > If I can’t find the person anymore, I just use my best judgement and > > > coordinate with people who might know better than me. > > > For now this strategy worked for me personally. > > > Hope this helps > > > Ekaterina > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > On 1 Apr 2020, at 14:27, Jon Haddad <j...@jonhaddad.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hey folks, > > > > > > > > I was looking through our open JIRAs and realized we hadn't merged in > > > > server side describe calls yet. The ticket died off a ways ago, and > I > > > > pinged Chris about it yesterday. He's got a lot of his plate and > won't > > > be > > > > able to work on it anytime soon. I still think we should include > this > > in > > > > 4.0. > > > > > > > > From a technical standpoint, It doesn't say much on the ticket after > > > Robert > > > > tossed an alternative patch out there. I don't mind reviewing and > > > merging > > > > either of them, it sounded like both are pretty close to done and I > > think > > > > from the perspective of updating drivers for 4.0 this will save > quite a > > > bit > > > > of time since driver maintainers won't have to add new CQL generation > > for > > > > the various new options that have recently appeared. > > > > > > > > Questions: > > > > > > > > * Does anyone have an objection to getting this into 4.0? The patches > > > > aren't too huge, I think they're low risk, and also fairly high > reward. > > > > * I don't have an opinion (yet) on Robert's patch vs Chris's, with > > regard > > > > to which is preferable. > > > > * Since soon after Robert put up his PR he hasn't been around, at > least > > > as > > > > far as I've seen. How have we dealt with abandoned patches before? > If > > > > we're going to add this in the patch will need some cleanup. Is it > > > > reasonable to continue someone else's work when they've disappeared? > > > > > > > > Jon > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org > > > > > > > > >
