I would also like to support Karthik's proposal on the release thread about version numbering. 2.7.0 being "alpha" is pretty confusing since all of the other 2.x releases since GA have been stable. I think users would prefer a version like "2.8.0-alpha1" instead, which is very clear and similar to what we did for 2.0 and 2.1. Then we release 2.8.0 when we're actually stable.
I don't know if it's retroactively possible to do this for 2.7.0, but it's something to consider for the next 2.7 alpha or beta or whatever. On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Karthik Kambatla <ka...@cloudera.com> wrote: > The feature set here seems pretty long, even for 2 - 3 months. Can we come > up with a minimum set of features (or a number of features) that justify a > new minor release, and start stabilizing as soon as those are in? > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Vinod Kumar Vavilapalli < > vino...@apache.org > > wrote: > > > With 2.7.0 out of the way, and with more maintenance releases to > stabilize > > it, I propose we start thinking about 2.8.0. > > > > Here's my first cut of the proposal, will update the Roadmap wiki. > > - Support *both* JDK7 and JDK8 runtimes: HADOOP-11090 > > - Compatibility tools to catch backwards, forwards compatibility issues > at > > patch submission, release times. Some of it is captured at YARN-3292. > This > > also involves resurrecting jdiff (HADOOP-11776/YARN-3426/MAPREDUCE-6310) > > and/or investing in new tools. > > - HADOOP-11656 Classpath isolation for downstream clients > > - Support for Erasure Codes in HDFS HDFS-7285 > > - Early work for disk and network isolation in YARN: YARN-2139, > YARN-2140 > > - YARN Timeline Service Next generation: YARN-2928. At least > branch-merge > > + early peek. > > - Supporting non-exclusive node-labels: YARN-3214 > > > > I'm experimenting with more agile 2.7.x releases and would like to > continue > > the same by volunteering as the RM for 2.8.x too. > > > > Given the long time we took with 2.7.0, the timeline I am looking at is > > 8-12 weeks. We can pick as many features as they finish along and make a > > more predictable releases instead of holding up releases for ever. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Thanks > > +Vinod > > > > > > -- > Karthik Kambatla > Software Engineer, Cloudera Inc. > -------------------------------------------- > http://five.sentenc.es >
