[IMPALA-6963] Consider allowing extension of the builtin list of compression types

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: Backend
• Target Version: Product Backlog
• Epic Color: ghx-label-1
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Tim Armstrong
• Created: 02/May/18 22:59
• Updated: 02/May/18 23:00

Description

Following on from IMPALA-6941, we could make this more flexible by allowing extension of the list of supported compression types (e.g. the HdfsCompression and THdfsCompression enums) via configuration.

Issue Links

• depends upon: IMPALA-6941 Allow loading more text scanner plugins