+1 Given the delays in the previous release, we should definitely cut the branch on time so the release is not delayed like last time. That and having a higher bar for backports. We decided to deprecate Hadoop 2 in this release. It doesn't require any code changes. We just need to call it out in the release notes.
On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 3:32 PM Amatya Avadhanula <ama...@apache.org> wrote: > Hello all, > I am starting a discussion for the 27.0.0 release. I volunteer to be the > release manager. The branch for druid 26.0.0 was cut on 8th April, 2023. > Since we do quarterly releases, we should now cut the 27.0.0 branch on 8th > July 2023. Please use this thread to discuss important issues or features > that are in flight, and can be released in time for 27.0.0. > > I had also volunteered to become the RM for 26.0.1 but I think that we need > not do 26.0.1, and could just do 27.0.0 in time. > > Regards > Amatya >