[HADOOP-4087] Make Hive metastore server to work for PHP & Python clients

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.19.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.19.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Prasad Chakka
• Reporter: Prasad Chakka
• Created: 05/Sep/08 17:41
• Updated: 08/Jul/09 17:06
• Resolved: 17/Sep/08 20:14

Description

RawStore object in HiveMetaStore is not thread-safe. This is ok in local mode (where most of the java client work) but not for Python & PHP clients who need a stand-alone remote server. The client interface for Python is little old so need to update that as well.