Missing GQL support

[tseaver]

The protobuf spec for queries suggests that queries should support GQL, but that support is missing. Do we need to add support?

[dhermes]

ISTM that GQL is an artifact of days gone by, i.e. what people thought was useful when the datastore was initially created. Having it in the proto just allows continued support of existing apps which use GQL.

For me, explicitly not supporting GQL is a good thing, but I'm happy to support it if people think we should.

[silvolu]

AFAIK GQL has never been on the roadmap.
@jgeewax, @beriberikix ?

[jgeewax]

👍 +1 to @dhermes -- I think we should not support it directly (at least not part of early milestones).

[jgeewax]

Can we maybe keep this open and add it for a later milestone? @silvolu

[silvolu]

Well, I closed it because I think we should not implement it.

[jgeewax]

I think the debate is open about whether we should eventually do this -- I certainly agree it shouldn't be done immediately...

[silvolu]

Re-opening it, but looks like you're currently the only one in favor of doing it :)

[dhermes]

Re-closing per discussion in meeting today with @jgeewax