On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Matt Foley <mfo...@hortonworks.com> wrote: >>> Btw, I think it is very instructive to take a look at how > Linux community has dealt >>> with version transition between 2.X -> 3.X. > > You mean you want us to not call it 1.0.0? As I remember the vote was > overwhelmingly > in favor of calling it 1.0.0.
That's not what I was trying to drive at. Changing versions is fine as long as there's a clear messaging around it to downstream. For example, making sure that HIVE-2631 is scheduled for inclusion into an upcoming Hive 0.8.0 release would greatly those types of concerns for Hive. Also having a clear message on a website/etc would help. On the other hand -- NOT changing versions for quite a bit of time (to let downstream catch up) is also an option. That's what experience with Linux versioning has taught me. Thanks, Roman.
