Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-general-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: (qmail 25583 invoked from network); 30 Sep 2009 23:05:43 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 30 Sep 2009 23:05:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 12097 invoked by uid 500); 30 Sep 2009 23:05:42 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-general-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 12019 invoked by uid 500); 30 Sep 2009 23:05:42 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 12009 invoked by uid 99); 30 Sep 2009 23:05:42 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:05:42 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.4 required=10.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [216.145.54.173] (HELO mrout3.yahoo.com) (216.145.54.173) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:05:30 +0000 Received: from [172.16.132.152] (snvvpn1-10-72-244-c195.hq.corp.yahoo.com [10.72.244.195]) by mrout3.yahoo.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/y.out) with ESMTP id n8UN3FkM018908 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:04:11 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=serpent; d=yahoo-inc.com; c=nofws; q=dns; h=message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type:mime-version: subject:date:references:x-mailer; b=KeWgJR/B8xqV1Wi6aRN/kox0R3DCYtKj2ejN7sfBQcUZi4yyeW7COs8a8sUALpMr Message-Id: <076526D4-2D47-4841-99E0-9D3678ED7F99@yahoo-inc.com> From: Sanjay Radia To: In-Reply-To: <4AC2775C.2000302@apache.org> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-45--980739934 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: HTTP transport? Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:04:10 -0700 References: <4AAAC403.80809@apache.org> <1CB467B9-B60C-4ED0-BA82-7BB571E724C6@apache.org> <4AC13BC7.6020902@apache.org> <4AC2635C.20902@apache.org> <7c962aed0909291338o7f09601ci102186e23fd4d464@mail.gmail.com> <4AC2775C.2000302@apache.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --Apple-Mail-45--980739934 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sep 29, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Doug Cutting wrote: > ... > > Alternately, we could try to make Avro's RPC more HTTP-friendly, and > pull stuff out of Avro's payload into HTTP headers. The downside of > that would be that, if we still wish to support non-HTTP transports, > we'd end up with duplicated logic. > I would prefer to retain layer independence so that we can use other transports. (I am still not sold on HTTP as a transport so far but am listening with an open mind). > > --Apple-Mail-45--980739934--