> First of all I'd like to say thanks for your hard work! I also agree > that this should go in post 0.12 branch. >
Ditto. As far as merging this into trunk goes, we're currently hamstrung by the fact that the Hive Bylaws don't include any provisions covering development work done on feature branches. Consequently, the only option currently available for getting this merged into trunk is to treat it like a regular patch, i.e. file a JIRA ticket, post a patch for review, get a +1 vote and then wait 24 hours before doing the actual commit. I think we should consider amending the bylaws to include the feature branch provisions that are currently found in the Hadoop project bylaws: http://hadoop.apache.org/bylaws.html Thanks. Carl
