Hey Vihang, If someone volunteers to become the release manager and can prepare an RC in the next 1-2 weeks then personally I have no problem testing and voting for it.
Even though the EOL vote has started we can postpone the announcement if there's an RC in progress. Best, Stamatis On Thu, Oct 3, 2024, 3:58 AM vihang karajgaonkar <vihan...@apache.org> wrote: > While I agree with the overall sentiment and reasoning that we can all > focus on Hive 4.x I would like to register my protest about this decision. > There are 411 commits in branch-3 which are not in branch-3.1 most of those > are bug fixes on 3.1.3. The work/effort to backport these is already been > done and this is not a new effort that we are asking from the community. If > all that is needed is to cut a branch, validate it and make a release out > of it, I feel that that effort is small enough to be taken up and then > officially mark Hive 3.x as EOL. > > On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 9:32 PM Ayush Saxena <ayush...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Marking the 3.x release line EOL has no impact on existing users; they >> are free to continue using it as they have for the past two years. >> This decision is primarily about development focus—we’re officially >> acknowledging that we won’t be dedicating efforts to 3.x anymore, >> which has already been the case for some time. >> >> The processes are designed to support the project's long-term health, >> and without formally closing this chapter, we risk negatively >> affecting the project's future. Every good thing comes to an end, and >> it's better to conclude this phase on a positive note rather than >> letting it become a burden. >> >> Let’s push forward together and focus on Hive 4.x! I will start a vote >> thread for marking the end of 3.x soon. >> >> >> -Ayush >> >> On Mon, 30 Sept 2024 at 13:29, Denys Kuzmenko <dkuzme...@apache.org> >> wrote: >> > >> > Hive 3.1 is certainly the most widely adopted release line, however, we >> do not see any activity on this line, even in terms of providing security >> fixes and CVE backports. Hive 3.1.3, the most recent release of the 3.x, >> was released on 2022-06-17. >> > >> > We don't want to scatter our resources so we focus on Hive 4.0 and >> would like to encourage everyone to start using Hive 4.0 where we resolved >> numerous critical bug and security fixes, introduced number of improvements >> and new features. >> >
