Andrew, correct me if I'm misunderstanding, but the incompatible change that would require a major version bump is dropping support for JDK6.
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 1:53 PM, sanjay Radia <san...@hortonworks.com> wrote: > > On Jun 21, 2014, at 8:01 AM, Andrew Wang <andrew.w...@cloudera.com> wrote: > > > This is why I'd like to keep my original proposal on the table: keep > going > > with branch-2 in the near term, while working towards a JDK8-based > Hadoop 3 > > by April next year. It doesn't need to be a big bang release either. I'd > be > > delighted if we could rolling upgrade from one to the other. I just > didn't > > want to rule out the inclusion of some very compelling feature outright. > > Trust me though, I'd be the first person to ask about compatibility if > such > > a feature does come up. > > > Given your above statement on compatibility (such as rolling upgrades), > it should be fine for the JDK8-based-Hadoop-release to not be 3.0 and > instead merely be 2.x? Or do you have any incompatible changes to Hadoop > protocol or APIs in mind during the same time period? > > sanjay > -- > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, > privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader > of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that > any printing, copying, dissemination, distribution, disclosure or > forwarding of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately > and delete it from your system. Thank You. >