On 2010-08-01, at 19:31 , Jonathan Ellis wrote:

> use the describe_version thrift api call
>

in principle, obvious.

on the other hand, how does one know whether or not to send the frame  
header?
is there a standard probe one can send?
is there a standard .7 server behaviour if no frame was sent?
a standard .6 if one was?

> On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 2:00 AM, james anderson  
> <james.anderson@setf.de> wrote:
>> good morning;
>>
>> is there somewhere a description of - or code which does, protocol  
>> version
>> negotiation? particularly client code, across the 0.6/0.7 transition.
>>
>> all pointers would be welcome.
>>
>>
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> Jonathan Ellis
> Project Chair, Apache Cassandra
> co-founder of Riptano, the source for professional Cassandra support
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