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  1. Cassandra
  2. CASSANDRA-9424 Schema Improvements
  3. CASSANDRA-8384

Change CREATE TABLE syntax for compression options

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      Currently, `compression` table options are inconsistent with the likes of it (table `compaction`, keyspace `replication`).

      I suggest we change it for 3.0, like we did change `caching` syntax for 2.1 (while continuing to accept the old syntax for a release).

      I recommend the following changes:
      1. rename `sstable_compression` to `class`, to make it consistent `compression` and `replication`
      2. rename `chunk_length_kb` to `chunk_length_in_kb`, to match `memtable_flush_period_in_ms`, or, alternatively, to just `chunk_length`, with `memtable_flush_period_in_ms` renamed to `memtable_flush_period` - consistent with every other CQL option everywhere else
      3. add a boolean `enabled` option, to match `compaction`. Currently, the official way to disable comression is an ugly, ugly hack (see CASSANDRA-8288)

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              blerer Benjamin Lerer
              aleksey Aleksey Yeschenko
              Benjamin Lerer
              Aleksey Yeschenko
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