[FLINK-15302] properties in create table DDL need to be backward compatible

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Component/s: Table SQL / API
• Assignee: Jark Wu
• Reporter: Bowen Li
• Created: 17/Dec/19 20:07
• Updated: 18/Dec/19 02:54
• Resolved: 18/Dec/19 02:54

Description

since we have a persistent HiveCatalog now, properties in create table DDL need to be backward compatible for at least 2 major versions, like state. Otherwise, e.g. if we change properties format in 1.11, table created via DDL in 1.10 may not be readable in 1.11