Revision 2c98b06bff6f4c23ed84eb8a76e8a7b16023edac authored by Maysam Yabandeh on 15 June 2017, 23:08:32 UTC, committed by Facebook Github Bot on 15 June 2017, 23:14:08 UTC
Summary:
This would simplify db_bench_tool.cc
Closes https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/pull/2457

Differential Revision: D5259035

Pulled By: maysamyabandeh

fbshipit-source-id: 0a9c3abda624070fe2650200b885ad7e1c60182c
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ROCKSDB_LITE.md
# RocksDBLite

RocksDBLite is a project focused on mobile use cases, which don't need a lot of fancy things we've built for server workloads and they are very sensitive to binary size. For that reason, we added a compile flag ROCKSDB_LITE that comments out a lot of the nonessential code and keeps the binary lean.

Some examples of the features disabled by ROCKSDB_LITE:
* compiled-in support for LDB tool
* No backupable DB
* No support for replication (which we provide in form of TrasactionalIterator)
* No advanced monitoring tools
* No special-purpose memtables that are highly optimized for specific use cases
* No Transactions

When adding a new big feature to RocksDB, please add ROCKSDB_LITE compile guard if:
* Nobody from mobile really needs your feature,
* Your feature is adding a lot of weight to the binary.

Don't add ROCKSDB_LITE compile guard if:
* It would introduce a lot of code complexity. Compile guards make code harder to read. It's a trade-off.
* Your feature is not adding a lot of weight.

If unsure, ask. :)
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