+1 On May 27, 2015 10:45 AM, "Vikram Dixit K" <vikram.di...@gmail.com> wrote:
> +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. > > > > -- > Nothing better than when appreciated for hard work. > -Mark >
