I think recutting branch-2.8 from branch-2 is a good idea. We are running 2.6.x in production, and as a result we spend quite some effort for each patch we want to backport (branch-2 => branch-2.8 => branch-2.7).
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 1:20 AM Brahma Reddy Battula < brahmareddy.batt...@huawei.com> wrote: > Thanks Akira and Karthik for replies. > > > If there is no significant benefit over current branch-2.8 ,re-cutting > will be an good idea, As we can reduce the maintenance effort. > > > > --Brahma Reddy Battula > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Akira Ajisaka [mailto:ajisa...@oss.nttdata.co.jp] > Sent: 31 October 2016 14:06 > To: Karthik Kambatla > Cc: Brahma Reddy Battula; Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli; > common-dev@hadoop.apache.org; hdfs-...@hadoop.apache.org; > mapreduce-...@hadoop.apache.org; yarn-...@hadoop.apache.org > Subject: Re: Updated 2.8.0-SNAPSHOT artifact > > Thanks Karthik for the comment. > > Pros: > > * (Probably) we can release 2.8.0 earlier. > > * New feature in 2.8.0 will be available sooner. > * We can deprecate APIs sooner. After 2.8.0 is released, we can remove > them from trunk. > > Cons: > > * Maintenance cost becomes higher because # of branches becomes more. > * New feature in 2.9.0 will be available later > > I'm okay with either releasing current branch-2.8 or re-cutting it. > > Thoughts? > > Regards, > Akira > > On 10/26/16 07:30, Karthik Kambatla wrote: > > Is there value in releasing current branch-2.8? Aren't we better off > > re-cutting the branch off of branch-2? > > > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 12:20 AM, Akira Ajisaka > > <ajisa...@oss.nttdata.co.jp> > > wrote: > > > >> It's almost a year since branch-2.8 has cut. > >> I'm thinking we need to release 2.8.0 ASAP. > >> > >> According to the following list, there are 5 blocker and 6 critical > issues. > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?filter=12334985 > >> > >> Regards, > >> Akira > >> > >> > >> On 10/18/16 10:47, Brahma Reddy Battula wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Vinod, > >>> > >>> Any plan on first RC for branch-2.8 ? I think, it has been long time. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> --Brahma Reddy Battula > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli [mailto:vino...@apache.org] > >>> Sent: 20 August 2016 00:56 > >>> To: Jonathan Eagles > >>> Cc: common-dev@hadoop.apache.org > >>> Subject: Re: Updated 2.8.0-SNAPSHOT artifact > >>> > >>> Jon, > >>> > >>> That is around the time when I branched 2.8, so I guess you were > >>> getting SNAPSHOT artifacts till then from the branch-2 nightly builds. > >>> > >>> If you need it, we can set up SNAPSHOT builds. Or just wait for the > >>> first RC, which is around the corner. > >>> > >>> +Vinod > >>> > >>> On Jul 28, 2016, at 4:27 PM, Jonathan Eagles <jeag...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Latest snapshot is uploaded in Nov 2015, but checkins are still > >>>> coming in quite frequently. > >>>> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots/org/ap > >>>> ach > >>>> e/hadoop/hadoop-yarn-api/ > >>>> > >>>> Are there any plans to start producing updated SNAPSHOT artifacts > >>>> for current hadoop development lines? > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> - To unsubscribe, e-mail: common-dev-unsubscr...@hadoop.apache.org > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: common-dev-h...@hadoop.apache.org > >>> > >>> > >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> - To unsubscribe, e-mail: common-dev-unsubscr...@hadoop.apache.org > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: common-dev-h...@hadoop.apache.org > >>> > >>> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: mapreduce-dev-unsubscr...@hadoop.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: mapreduce-dev-h...@hadoop.apache.org > >> > >> > > > > -- Zhe Zhang Apache Hadoop Committer http://zhe-thoughts.github.io/about/ | @oldcap
