That makes sense for Beta users but most of our users will be upgrading from a previous GA release and the changelog will mislead them. The webpage does not mention this is a delta from the beta release.
From: Andrew Wang <andrew.w...@cloudera.com> Date: Friday, December 15, 2017 at 10:36 AM To: Arpit Agarwal <aagar...@hortonworks.com> Cc: general <gene...@hadoop.apache.org>, "common-...@hadoop.apache.org" <common-...@hadoop.apache.org>, "yarn-...@hadoop.apache.org" <yarn-...@hadoop.apache.org>, "mapreduce-...@hadoop.apache.org" <mapreduce-...@hadoop.apache.org>, "hdfs-dev@hadoop.apache.org" <hdfs-dev@hadoop.apache.org> Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Apache Hadoop 3.0.0 GA is released Hi Arpit, If you look at the release announcements, it's made clear that the changelog for 3.0.0 is diffed based on beta1. This is important since users need to know what's different from the previous 3.0.0-* releases if they're upgrading. I agree there's additional value to making combined release notes, but it'd be something additive rather than replacing what's there. Best, Andrew On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 8:27 AM, Arpit Agarwal <aagar...@hortonworks.com<mailto:aagar...@hortonworks.com>> wrote: Hi Andrew, Thank you for all the hard work on this release. I was out the last few days and didn’t get a chance to evaluate RC1 earlier. The changelog looks incorrect. E.g. This gives an impression that there are just 5 incompatible changes in 3.0.0. http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r3.0.0/hadoop-project-dist/hadoop-common/release/3.0.0/CHANGES.3.0.0.html I assume you only counted 3.0.0 changes in this log excluding alphas/betas. However, users shouldn’t have to manually compile incompatibilities by summing up a/b release notes. Can we fix the changelog after the fact? On 12/14/17, 10:45 AM, "Andrew Wang" <andrew.w...@cloudera.com<mailto:andrew.w...@cloudera.com>> wrote: Hi all, I'm pleased to announce that Apache Hadoop 3.0.0 is generally available (GA). 3.0.0 GA consists of 302 bug fixes, improvements, and other enhancements since 3.0.0-beta1. This release marks a point of quality and stability for the 3.0.0 release line, and users of earlier 3.0.0-alpha and -beta releases are encouraged to upgrade. Looking back, 3.0.0 GA is the culmination of over a year of work on the 3.0.0 line, starting with 3.0.0-alpha1 which was released in September 2016. Altogether, 3.0.0 incorporates 6,242 changes since 2.7.0. Users are encouraged to read the overview of major changes <http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r3.0.0/index.html> in 3.0.0. The GA release notes <http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r3.0.0/hadoop-project-dist/hadoop-common/release/3.0.0/RELEASENOTES.3.0.0.html> and changelog <http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r3.0.0/hadoop-project-dist/hadoop-common/release/3.0.0/CHANGES.3.0.0.html> detail the changes since 3.0.0-beta1. The ASF press release provides additional color and highlights some of the major features: https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/12/14/1261879/0/en/The-Apache-Software-Foundation-Announces-Apache-Hadoop-v3-0-0-General-Availability.html Let me end by thanking the many, many contributors who helped with this release line. We've only had three major releases in Hadoop's 10 year history, and this is our biggest major release ever. It's an incredible accomplishment for our community, and I'm proud to have worked with all of you. Best, Andrew
