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| author | James E. King III <jking@apache.org> | 2019-05-13 07:21:21 -0400 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-05-13 07:21:21 -0400 |
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@@ -4,22 +4,27 @@ Apache Thrift Introduction ============ -Thrift is a lightweight, language-independent software stack with an -associated code generation mechanism for point-to-point RPC. Thrift provides -clean abstractions for data transport, data serialization, and application -level processing. The code generation system takes a simple definition -language as input and generates code across programming languages that -uses the abstracted stack to build interoperable RPC clients and servers. +Thrift is a lightweight, language-independent software stack for +point-to-point RPC implementation. +Thrift provides clean abstractions and implementations for data transport, +data serialization, and application level processing. The code generation +system takes a simple definition language as input and generates code +across programming languages that uses the abstracted stack to build +interoperable RPC clients and servers.  Thrift makes it easy for programs written in different programming languages to share data and call remote procedures. With support -for [25 programming languages](LANGUAGES.md), chances are Thrift +for [28 programming languages](LANGUAGES.md), chances are Thrift supports the languages that you currently use. Thrift is specifically designed to support non-atomic version changes -across client and server code. +across client and server code. This allows you to upgrade your +server while still being able service older clients; or have newer +clients issue requests to older servers. An excellent community-provided +write-up about thrift and compatibility when versioning an API can be +found in the [Thrift Missing Guide](https://diwakergupta.github.io/thrift-missing-guide/#_versioning_compatibility). For more details on Thrift's design and implementation, see the Thrift whitepaper included in this distribution, or at the README.md file @@ -30,7 +35,8 @@ Status | Branch | Travis | Appveyor | Coverity Scan | codecov.io | Website | | :----- | :----- | :------- | :------------ | :--------- | :------ | -| [`master`](https://github.com/apache/thrift/tree/master) | [](https://travis-ci.org/apache/thrift) | [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/ApacheSoftwareFoundation/thrift/history) | [](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/thrift) | | [](https://thrift.apache.org/) | +| [`master`](https://github.com/apache/thrift/tree/master) | [](https://travis-ci.org/apache/thrift/branches) | [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/ApacheSoftwareFoundation/thrift/history) | [](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/thrift) | | [](https://thrift.apache.org/) | +| [`0.12.0`](https://github.com/apache/thrift/tree/0.12.0) | [](https://travis-ci.org/apache/thrift/branches) | | | | | Releases ======== |