Seems like all the features listed in the Roadmap wiki are in. I’m going to try cutting an RC this weekend for a first/non-stable release off of branch-2.8.
Let me know if anyone has any objections/concerns. Thanks +Vinod > On Nov 25, 2015, at 5:59 PM, Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli <vino...@apache.org> > wrote: > > Branch-2.8 is created. > > As mentioned before, the goal on branch-2.8 is to put improvements / fixes to > existing features with a goal of converging on an alpha release soon. > > Thanks > +Vinod > > >> On Nov 25, 2015, at 5:30 PM, Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli <vino...@apache.org> >> wrote: >> >> Forking threads now in order to track all things related to the release. >> >> Creating the branch now. >> >> Thanks >> +Vinod >> >> >>> On Nov 25, 2015, at 11:37 AM, Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli <vino...@apache.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I think we’ve converged at a high level w.r.t 2.8. And as I just sent out >>> an email, I updated the Roadmap wiki reflecting the same: >>> https://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Roadmap >>> <https://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Roadmap> >>> >>> I plan to create a 2.8 branch EOD today. >>> >>> The goal for all of us should be to restrict improvements & fixes to only >>> (a) the feature-set documented under 2.8 in the RoadMap wiki and (b) other >>> minor features that are already in 2.8. >>> >>> Thanks >>> +Vinod >>> >>> >>>> On Nov 11, 2015, at 12:13 PM, Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli >>>> <vino...@hortonworks.com <mailto:vino...@hortonworks.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> - Cut a branch about two weeks from now >>>> - Do an RC mid next month (leaving ~4weeks since branch-cut) >>>> - As with 2.7.x series, the first release will still be called as early / >>>> alpha release in the interest of >>>> — gaining downstream adoption >>>> — wider testing, >>>> — yet reserving our right to fix any inadvertent incompatibilities >>>> introduced. >>> >> >
