Thanks Stamatis! Is this wiki up to date? https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/HowToRelease#HowToRelease-HiveRelease
I will wait for a day or two to see if Aman wants to take the lead here. If not, I can volunteer to release 3.2.0. Thanks, Vihang On Fri, Oct 4, 2024 at 3:28 PM Stamatis Zampetakis <zabe...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. >>> >>
