Roman, this is not about early and frequent releases, but about special beta releases.
I agree with Dmitry and Pavel that we do not need such releases, but need to mark somehow that feature is experimental: - add notice to javadocs and readmeio docs (as Dmitry suggested) - add warning output to logs on the first use of API --Yakov 2016-03-03 11:50 GMT+03:00 Roman Shtykh <rsht...@yahoo.com.invalid>: > I like Vladimir's idea.It is particularly useful when we implement > integrations with other systems. Releasing them early and, if needed, > oftenly, may attract more users of those systems and give advantages over > competitors. > -Roman > > > On Wednesday, March 2, 2016 2:01 AM, Dmitriy Setrakyan < > dsetrak...@apache.org> wrote: > > > In my opinion, if a certain feature is experimental, we should simply > mention it in the release notes and/or documentation. I would not create a > separate beta release just for a certain feature. > > D. > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 6:57 AM, Pavel Tupitsyn <ptupit...@gridgain.com> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I don't think that features like LINQ and ODBC need the same approach > > as IDEA EAP. IntelliJ has EAP because new features may have bugs > > or usability issues. With LINQ and ODBC our main concern are not bugs, > > but unsupported use cases that we did not think of. Known use cases > > are covered with tests. > > > > Beta releases may not get enough attention to gather feedback. > > I think we should release these features right away and gradually add > > support > > for missing use cases, if any emerge. We are not going to change API or > > break compatibility while adding these things in future. > > > > Furthermore, LINQ is only a usability feature. Users can always switch to > > raw SQL > > if something can't be expressed in LINQ. > > > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Vladimir Ozerov <voze...@gridgain.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Igniters, > > > > > > I want to circulate again an idea of "betas" for particular product > > > features. > > > > > > For now we have several pretty cool features which are to be released > > soon: > > > ODBC driver and LINQ in .NET. Features like this include potentially > > > infinite amount of use cases and of course we cannot test all of them. > I > > > believe things like this should go through extended release cycle so > that > > > we have time to get user's feedback before officially announcing them. > It > > > could be betas, early previews, whatever. > > > > > > The main idea is that we have a time window to obtain a feedback and > > > stabilize the feature. > > > > > > This is a common practice for more or less big products. E.g. see > > Hazelcast > > > python client [1] and Intellij IDEA EAP 16 [2]. > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > [1] https://pypi.python.org/pypi/hazelcast-python-client > > > [2] https://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/IDEADEV/IDEA+16+EAP > > > > > > Vladimir. > > > > > > > > >
