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Clarify immutable data use cases [JIRA: DOC-367] #2047

Closed lukebakken closed 8 years ago

lukebakken commented 8 years ago

The documentation should be very clear that immutable data is not a use-case for CRDTs. The docs mislead a user into thinking that CRDTs would be a good use-case in the following manner:


Tracing my steps back, I think I was looking at application guide here - the main missing key seems to be missing mention of "write-once" feature (which is mentioned somewhere else): http://docs.basho.com/riak/kv/2.1.4/developing/app-guide/#good-fits-for-riak

Here is how it went in my case (to the best recollection of my faulty memory - caveat emptor):

angrycub commented 8 years ago

@lukebakken, do you feel like the changes in https://github.com/basho/basho_docs/issues/2122 address your concerns here, or does this need additional work?

lukebakken commented 8 years ago

@angrycub looks great, thanks

Basho-JIRA commented 8 years ago

https://github.com/basho/basho_docs/pull/2122

_[posted via JIRA by Lauren Rother]_