Thanks Suresh. Regarding where; we can state it on http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HowToContribute in the test-patch section perhaps.
+1 on the merge. On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Suresh Srinivas <sur...@hortonworks.com> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Harsh J <ha...@cloudera.com> wrote: > >> Have we agreed (and stated it somewhere proper) that a -1 obtained for >> a Windows CI build for a test-patch will not block the ongoing work >> (unless it is Windows specific) and patches may still be committed to >> trunk despite that? >> > > This thread is long and possibly hard to follow. Yes, I and several others > have > stated that for now it is okay to commit even if Windows precommit build > posts -1. > >> >> I'm +1 if someone can assert and add the above into the formal >> guidelines. I'd still prefer that Windows does its releases separately >> as that ensures more quality for its audience and better testing >> periods (and wouldn't block anything), but we can come to that iff we >> are unable to maintain the currently proposed model. > > > Which do you think is the right place to add this? > > At this time we are voting for merging into trunk. I prefer having a single > release > that supports both Linux and windows. Based on working on Windows support > I think this is doable and should not hold up releases for Linux. -- Harsh J
