[SPARK-14807] Create a hivecontext-compatibility module

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Component/s: SQL
• Assignee: Yin Huai
• Reporter: Yin Huai
• Created: 21/Apr/16 18:26
• Updated: 19/May/16 23:56
• Resolved: 23/Apr/16 00:50

Description

In 2.0, SparkSession will replace SQLContext/HiveContext. We will move HiveContext to a compatibility module and users can optionally use this module to access HiveContext.

This jira is to create this compatibility module.

Issue Links

• is required by: SPARK-14904 Add back HiveContext in compatibility package
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #12580 (yhuai)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #13207 (rxin)