Arun, Following issues need to be ported from trunk to 0.23.
HADOOP-2298 TestDFSOverAvroRpc fails Justification: This makes a protocol method name change. Required for compatibility of 0.23 with future releases. Risk: low HDFS-2355 Enable using same configuration file in federation Justification: This makes configuration for federation simpler Risk: low HADOOP-7668 Adds a NetUtil utility to identify if an IP address belongs to the local host Justifiction: This is a useful utility needed for HDFS-2355 Risk: low HDFS-395 Add block deletion acks from datanode to namenode Justification: This is an important change for robustness and can reduce block report load Risk: low HADOOP-7509 Improve message when Authentication is required HADOOP-7745 Fix bug related to 7509 Justification: Improves exception message Risk: low HDFS-2371 Refactor BlockSender Justification: Integrating this will help merging to/from trunk to 0.23 Risk: low Let me know if I can proceed. Regards, Suresh
