+1 for all the reasons outlined. On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 6:13 PM, Thejas Nair <thejas.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 > - This is great for users who want to take longer to upgrade from > hadoop-1 and care mainly for bug fixes and incremental features, > rather than radical new features. > - The ability to release initial 2.x releases marked as alpha/beta > also helps to get users to try it out, and also lets them choose what > is right for them. > - This also lets developers focus on major new features without the > burden of maintaining hadoop-1 compatibility. > > On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Alan Gates <alanfga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> We have discussed this for several weeks now. Some concerns have been >> raised which I have tried to address. I think it is time to vote on it as >> our release plan. To be specific, I propose: >> >> Hive makes a branch-1 from the current master. This would be used for 1.3 >> and future 1.x releases. This branch would not deprecate existing >> functionality. Any new features in this branch would also need to be put on >> master. An upgrade path for users will be maintained from one 1.x release >> to the next, as well as from the latest 1.x release to the latest 2.x >> release. >> >> Going forward releases numbered 2.x will be made from master. The purpose >> of these releases will be to enable users to get access to new features >> being developed in Hive and allow developers to get feedback. It is >> expected that for a while these releases will not be production ready and >> will be clearly so labeled. Some legacy features, such as Hadoop 1 and >> MapReduce, will no longer be supported in the master. Any critical bug >> fixes (security, incorrect results, crashes) fixed in master will also be >> ported to branch-1 for at least a year. This time period may be extended in >> the future based on the stability and adoption of 2.x releases. >> >> Based on Hive's bylaws this release plan vote will be open for 3 days and >> all active committers have binding votes. >> >> Here's my +1. >> >> Alan.
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