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Todd Lipcon commented on HDFS-1123:
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Absolutely agree, we should document semantics. I guess my suggestion is that we do the two
tasks separately - in the short term do a quick brushup of what we've got now, and in parallel
start working on documentation of the semantics, etc.
> Need HDFS Protocol Specification
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> Key: HDFS-1123
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-1123
> Project: Hadoop HDFS
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: documentation
> Reporter: bc Wong
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> It'd be great to document (in a spec, not in the code) the HDFS wire protocol:
> * The layout of the different request and reply messages.
> * The semantics of the various calls.
> * The semantics of the various fields.
> For example, I stumbled upon the goldmine of comments around DataNode.java:1150. It looks
correct, but the version number of 9 doesn't inspire confidence that it's up-to-date. (It's
also a random place to put such an important comment.)
> Having a formal spec is a big step forward for compatibility. It also highlights design
decisions and helps with protocol evolution.
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