Merge pull request #537 from kruthar/cassandra-deprecation

[cassandra] added large deprecation message

bin/ycsb

@@ -205,6 +205,13 @@ def main():
 
     # Classpath set up
     binding = args.database.split("-")[0]
+
+    # Deprecation message for the entire cassandra-binding
+    if binding == "cassandra":
+        warn("The 'cassandra-7', 'cassandra-8', 'cassandra-10', and "
+             "cassandra-cql' clients are deprecated. If you are using "
+             "Cassandra 2.X try using the 'cassandra2-cql' client instead.")
+
     if is_distribution():
         db_dir = os.path.join(ycsb_home, binding + "-binding")
         # include top-level conf for when we're a binding-specific artifact.

cassandra/README.md

@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
 LICENSE file.
 -->
+# THIS BINDING IS DEPRECATED
+----------------------------
+Date of removal from YCSB: **March 2016**
+
+Due to the low amount of use and support for older Cassandra lineages (0.X and 1.X), YCSB will not support clients for these versions either.
+
+For Cassandra 2.X use the ```cassandra2-cql``` client: https://github.com/brianfrankcooper/YCSB/tree/master/cassandra2.
 
 # Cassandra (0.7, 0.8, 1.x) drivers for YCSB