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  1. Hadoop HDFS
  2. HDFS-9047

Retire libwebhdfs

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    • Bug
    • Status: Resolved
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • None
    • 2.8.0, 3.0.0-alpha1
    • webhdfs
    • None
    • Incompatible change, Reviewed
    • libwebhdfs has been retired in 2.8.0 due to the lack of maintenance.

    Description

      This library is basically a mess:

      • It's not part of the mvn package
      • It's missing functionality and barely maintained
      • It's not in the precommit runs so doesn't get exercised regularly
      • It's not part of the unit tests (at least, that I can see)
      • It isn't documented in any official documentation

      But most importantly:

      • It fails at it's primary mission of being pure C (HDFS-3917 is STILL open)

      Let's cut our losses and just remove it.

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        1. HDFS-9047-branch-2.7.patch
          161 kB
          Kihwal Lee
        2. HDFS-9047.000.patch
          164 kB
          Haohui Mai

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