We change the type of IDs in CDC_GENERATIONS_V3 to timeuuid to
give them a time-based order. We also change how we initialize
them so that the new CDC generation always has the highest ID.
This is the last step to enabling the efficient clearing of
obsolete CDC generation data.
Additionally, we change the types of current_cdc_generation_uuid,
new_cdc_generation_data_uuid and the second values of the elements
in unpublished_cdc_generations to timeuuid, so that they match id
in CDC_GENERATIONS_V3.
After moving the creation of uuid out of
make_new_generation_description, this function only calls the
topology_description_generator's constructor and its generate
method. We could remove this function, but we instead simplify
the code by removing the topology_description_generator class.
We can do this refactor because make_new_generation_description
is the only place using it. We inline its generate method into
make_new_generation_description and turn its private methods into
static functions.
We make CDC_GENERATIONS_V3 single-partition by adding the key
column and changing the clustering key from range_end to
(id, range_end). This is the first step to enabling the efficient
clearing of obsolete CDC generation data, which we need to prevent
Raft-topology snapshots from endlessly growing as we introduce new
generations over time. The next step is to change the type of the id
column to timeuuid. We do it in the following commits.
After making CDC_GENERATIONS_V3 single-partition, there is no easy
way of preserving the num_ranges column. As it is used only for
sanity checking, we remove it to simplify the implementation.
Update the `Generation switching` section: most of the existing
description landed in `Gossiper-based topology changes` subsection, and
a new subsection was added to describe Raft group 0 based topology
changes. Marked as WIP - we expect further development in this area
soon.
The existing gossiper-based description was also updated a bit.
