+1 for deprecating --template-region User can always find the command used to create the region and re-use it (or if its in script, cut and paste the line).
-Anil. On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 9:49 AM, Jinmei Liao <jil...@pivotal.io> wrote: > Hi, All, > > currently, there are two ways to create a region, either to use a "--type" > option indicating a region shortcut or a "--template-region" option > specifying another regionPath where you want to copy the attribute from. > > First of all, we are not sure what set of attributes that make sense to > copy to the new region. e.g listeners/loaders/writers, normally these are > connected to a downstream database that user may/may not want the new > region to read/write the same table. And the current implementation would > fail to create a region from a template that has these custom callbacks > (including listeners, loader, writer, compressor, resolvers etc). So we > would like to understand how useful this command option is and if we can > stop supporting it? > > Suggestions/feedback welcome! > > -- > Cheers > > Jinmei >