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[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-1281) DataFileWriter should default to using the null codec

    [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1281?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13609359#comment-13609359 ] 

Carl Steinbach commented on AVRO-1281:
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According to the Avro spec the header metadata property 'avro.codec' is optional
and is assumed to have the value 'null' when absent. I recently discovered a bug
in Avro-C (AVRO-1279) that causes a segfault when 'avro.codec' is missing from
the header. I think it's likely that this bug will crop up again in the future,
and propose that we modify DataFileWriter so that it always include 'avro.codec'
in the file header metadata.
                
> DataFileWriter should default to using the null codec
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: AVRO-1281
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1281
>             Project: Avro
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: java
>            Reporter: Carl Steinbach
>            Assignee: Carl Steinbach
>


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